Basement Waterproofing 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 basement waterproofing contractor earns $55,000/year, so Square's annual cost is roughly 0.6% 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.
Basement Waterproofing face unique challenges: Diagnosing whether the water is hydrostatic pressure, a wall crack, or surface grading, because the wrong diagnosis sells the wrong system. Big-ticket quotes customers want to think about for weeks, so leads go cold between the inspection and the signature. Dust, noise, and tearing up a finished basement floor to trench the interior drain, which homeowners underestimate. Transferable lifetime warranties that mean callbacks can come ten years later, long after you've forgotten the job. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median basement waterproofing contractor earns $55,000/year. Software at $348/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your concrete saw and jackhammer for the interior drain trench 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 basement waterproofing 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.
Cancel paid subscriptions. Keep free account for records access.
Your day is half diagnosis and half demolition. The morning inspection is a homeowner with a damp wall and a musty smell, and your job is to figure out whether it's hydrostatic pressure pushing through the footing, a single cracked wall, or just bad grading and gutters dumping at the foundation, because each one is a completely different sell. You check for efflorescence, probe the crack, and look at the exterior downspouts before you quote. The afternoon is a signed interior system, so the crew is saw-cutting the concrete around the basement perimeter and jackhammering out a trench against the footing, which fills the house with dust and noise the homeowner did not fully picture when they signed. You lay perimeter drain tile in gravel, tie it to a new sump basin and pump, and patch the floor back. On the walls you hang dimple board to channel any seepage down to the drain. A separate crack on the far wall gets a polyurethane injection under pressure to seal it from the inside. The quote you wrote last week is still sitting unsigned because it's a five-figure decision the family wants to sleep on, and you know if you don't follow up it'll go cold. You leave the warranty paperwork, which is transferable and effectively forever, meaning a call could come a decade out.
Real basement waterproofing near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a basement waterproofing contractor? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every basement waterproofing contractor 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 $2,200/year on software — and basement waterproofing contractor face their own version of that math. Chile requires SII electronic invoicing. IVA at 19%. Requirements vary by country and locality. Check local regulations.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Antofagasta metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Basement Waterproofing run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
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