Animal Massage Therapists 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 Animal Massage Therapist earns $32,000/year, so Square's annual cost is roughly 1.1% 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.
Animal Massage Therapists face unique challenges: Owners expect a written gait and muscle-tension report after each session, and writing them up by hand in the truck eats an hour a day. A nervous or reactive dog can blow up a 45-minute slot, throwing the whole mobile route behind for the rest of the afternoon. Vet-referral work requires staying inside the diagnosis the vet gave, and tracking which animals are cleared for deep work versus comfort-only is easy to lose track of. Multi-horse barns want one invoice for six horses massaged in a day, but each horse needs its own session note and progress history. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Animal Massage Therapist earns $32,000/year. Software at $348/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Portable folding grooming/massage table with non-slip top 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 animal massage therapists are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Square Dashboard → Customers → Export. Also export transactions and item library.
15-minute setup. Import your customer list and service/product catalog.
Run both for 1-2 weeks. Test invoicing and booking through Nexa.
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The day starts loading the folding table and the heat packs into the back of the van before the first barn call. The first stop is a three-horse dressage barn where one gelding has been short-striding behind; palpating down the topline finds a tight spot over the left hindquarter that matches what the owner described. Each horse gets thirty to forty minutes of effleurage and trigger-point work in the cross-ties, and notes go on a clipboard between horses. The afternoon switches to canine clients in homes: an arthritic Labrador who needs gentle warm-up before any pressure, a working agility dog getting maintenance between trials, and a post-surgical referral where the vet has limited the work to the uninjured limbs. Reactive animals are the wildcard, and one barking terrier means starting slow with a hand resting on the shoulder until it settles. Between appointments there is the constant low-grade math of drive time, whether the next owner will be home, and whether today's cash and check payments got written down. By evening the body is tired from kneeling and bracing, and there is still a stack of session notes to type up and email so owners and referring vets know exactly what was found and what to watch.
Real animal massage therapists near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you an animal massage therapist? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every animal massage therapist on Nexa →
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 $4,000/year on software — and Animal Massage Therapist face their own version of that math. California 13.3% top rate. Highest cost of living in the US. Solopreneurs need premium pricing just to survive. San Jose requires a Business Tax Certificate. California CSLB license for contractors. Santa Clara County has additional home-based business rules.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the San Jose metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Animal Massage Therapists run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
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