Dryer Vent Cleaning 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 Dryer Vent Cleaning Technician earns $38,000/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.
Dryer Vent Cleaning face unique challenges: Long, twisting duct runs through interior walls or up to a roof termination that are hard to reach. Customers who don't book until the dryer takes three cycles to dry or smells like burning, a real fire risk. Crushed or kinked flexible transition hose behind the dryer that traps lint no matter how often you clean. Bird and rodent nests blocking the exterior vent hood that the homeowner never checks. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Dryer Vent Cleaning Technician earns $38,000/year. Software at $348/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Rotary brush kit with flexible drill-driven rods 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 dryer vent cleaning 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 homeowner whose dryer suddenly needs three cycles to dry a load and is hot to the touch, the classic sign of a packed vent and a genuine fire risk, so it's the priority. I pull the dryer out, find the flexible transition hose crushed flat behind it from being shoved against the wall, and that alone was choking the airflow. I run the rotary brush on the drill all the way through the duct to the exterior while the vacuum catches the lint at the dryer end, then I take an airflow reading to prove flow is restored. Up on the wall the vent hood flap was stuck shut with lint, so I clean and free it. Second stop is a townhouse with a long duct run up to a roof termination, the hard ones, so I work from both ends and send the camera through to confirm it's clear. After lunch a property manager wants a whole row of units done, an efficient stretch where I knock out unit after unit. One has a bird's nest packed in the exterior hood, so I clear it and add a guard. The last job is a routine residential maintenance clean. Before and after each one I run the anemometer so I can show the customer the numbers, because 'it dries faster now' is easy to dismiss but a measured airflow jump is proof, and I log every reading so next year's visit has a baseline.
Real dryer vent cleaning near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a dryer vent cleaning technician? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every dryer vent cleaning 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 $2,400/year on software — and Dryer Vent Cleaning Technician face their own version of that math. CA state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Lancaster metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Dryer Vent Cleaning 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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