Commercial Door Repair 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 commercial door technician 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.
Commercial Door Repair face unique challenges: Fire-rated doors and exit hardware are life-safety code, so a repair has to keep the door rated and the egress functional, and an inspector's fire-door tag failure can shut a business until it's fixed. A commercial door cycles hundreds of times a day, so worn closers, dragging hinges, and failing panic bars are constant, and a propped-open fire door is a violation the tenant blames on the door. Hollow-metal doors and frames are heavy and rarely standard, so matching a hinge prep, lock backset, or frame profile on an old door means custom work the customer expects to be off-the-shelf cheap. Servicing a storefront or office means working around the business's open hours and a door everyone needs to use while you've got it apart. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median commercial door technician 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 Hollow-metal door and frame stock 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 commercial door repair 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.
First call is a fire-rated stairwell door that failed its annual inspection because the closer won't pull it latched, and a fire door that doesn't self-close and latch is a tagged violation that puts the building out of compliance. He adjusts the closer's sweep and latch speed, checks the gap and the rated hardware, and gets it closing and latching so it'll hold back smoke the way it's rated to. Next is a retail storefront where the panic bar on the exit door is sticking, which is both an annoyance and an egress hazard, and he's working on it during business hours with customers needing to come and go through the very door he's got torn down. He rebuilds the exit device, because a crash bar that doesn't release under pressure is exactly what fails in a fire. Afternoon is a heavy hollow-metal office door that's dragging on a sagging hinge, and the frame's an old non-standard profile so the replacement hinge needs the prep modified to fit, custom work the office manager assumed would be a quick swap. He closes the day on a closer leaking oil and a door sweep worn through. Everywhere he goes the door is the one thing the whole business funnels through, so he's juggling the repair against the traffic and explaining why a code-rated commercial door isn't a hardware-store fix.
Real commercial door repair near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a commercial door technician? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every commercial door technician 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 $2,760/year on software — and commercial door technician face their own version of that math. CT state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the New Haven metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Commercial Door Repair run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
$1,168 over 3 years. Or $279 once (or 3 × $99). Own your tools.
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