Aerial Silks Instructors on Square pay $29/month — $348/year. Over three years, that's $1,168. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 9.6 months. The median Aerial Silks Instructor earns $40,000/year, so Square's annual cost is roughly 0.9% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $1,168 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Aerial Silks Instructors face unique challenges: Inspecting and load-rating the rigging before every class because a silks drop happens at height with no net. Tracking each student's cleared climbs, wraps, and drops so a beginner never attempts a drop they can't safely lock off. Spotting from the mat while a student is fifteen feet up wrapping a foot-lock. Capping the class to the number of silks and crash mats so two students aren't climbing one fabric. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Aerial Silks Instructor earns $40,000/year. Software at $348/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Aerial silks / tissu fabric sets is yours. You bought it once. Nexa works the same way — $279 once for invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, and full accounting. All connected. All offline-capable. You own it like you own your tools.
Square is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | Square | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $29/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $1,168 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most aerial silks instructors are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Square Dashboard → Customers → Export. Also export transactions and item library.
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Rigging first, always. I check the figure-8, the swivels, the rescue-rated carabiners, and the load points, because silks work happens at height and there is no margin for a hardware I didn't inspect. I lay the crash mats under each fabric. Class is small by necessity, one student per silk, so the warm-up is also a strength check: pull-ups, hollow body, foot-locks at floor level. We climb, and I'm at the base of every new climber's fabric the first time they leave the ground. The drops are the dangerous, beautiful part, and before anyone wraps for a drop I confirm they've drilled the lock-off and earned it, because a drop done with a sloppy wrap is the injury that ends a season. I demo the wrap slow, walk them through every layer, and I will not let someone drop until the pose is clean and held. Conditioning takes a real chunk of class because silks is brutal on the grip and shoulders. After class I lower and inspect every fabric for wear and snags, re-check the rig points, and reset mats. Then I'm answering the usual: who's ready to move up, who wants a private to nail their drop, and the waitlist for the climbing class I never quite get to.
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For solo operators and small teams (1-5), yes. Nexa includes invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, task management, and full accounting. Square may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. Square is $29/month — that's $1,168 over 3 years. Which is more? And if you'd rather split it, Nexa is also available as 3 payments of $99.
Yes. Nexa is $279 as a one-time payment, or 3 payments of $99 ($297 total). Either way it's a one-time purchase — no subscription, no recurring fees ever.
30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund. If Nexa doesn't save you $500 in year one, you get every penny back.
Export your data from Square as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $2,640/year on software — and Aerial Silks Instructor face their own version of that math. GA state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Roswell metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Aerial Silks Instructors run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
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