Event Videographers 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 Event Videographer earns $42,000/year, so Square's annual cost is roughly 0.8% 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.
Event Videographers face unique challenges: Capturing clean ceremony audio from the officiant and groom over wind and a noisy PA. Managing terabytes of 4K footage and proxy files across a multi-cam shoot. Editing a same-day-edit highlight reel under reception-night deadline pressure. Syncing multiple camera angles and external audio in the timeline before color grading. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Event Videographer earns $42,000/year. Software at $348/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Cinema camera plus a gimbal-mounted mirrorless for moving shots 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 event videographers 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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I arrive early to mic the groom and the officiant, hiding a lav under a boutonniere and praying the wind does not roar across the diaphragm during the vows. While the photographer works stills, I am thinking in motion: a slow gimbal push down the aisle, a locked-off wide on a tripod as a safety, and a long lens catching the tears. Ceremony audio is everything, because nobody forgives a muffled vow, so I record to two sources in case one drops. The reception is a lighting nightmare, so I clamp an LED panel where it will not blind guests and chase the first dance handheld on the gimbal. By the end of the night I have terabytes of 4K across multiple cards. If I sold a same-day edit, I am hunched in a corner cutting a ninety-second teaser to play before the toasts while the party roars behind me. The bulk of the job is the edit suite afterward: ingesting footage, generating proxies, syncing three camera angles to the external audio by waveform, picking the usable takes, color grading tungsten against daylight, licensing music, and exporting a film the couple will watch on their anniversary for decades.
Real event videographers near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you an event videographer? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every event videographer 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 $1,800/year on software — and Event Videographer face their own version of that math. No state income tax. Lower cost of living than Austin or Dallas means solopreneurs can compete on price more effectively. Texas has no general business license. TDLR licenses required for specific trades. San Antonio requires a sales tax permit for taxable services.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the San Antonio metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Event Videographers run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
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