Fire Safety Inspectors 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 Fire Safety Inspector 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.
Fire Safety Inspectors face unique challenges: Blocked exits, propped fire doors, and overloaded occupancy that the business owner argues isn't really a hazard. Tracking which buildings are due for annual occupancy inspections so nothing slips past its cycle. Coordinating sprinkler, alarm, and fire-pump test witnessing around the contractor's schedule and the building's hours. Re-inspections where the same extension-cord and exit-light violations come back uncorrected month after month. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Fire Safety Inspector 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 NFPA code set (NFPA 1, 25, 72, 101) in the field bag 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 fire safety inspectors 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.
You start at a restaurant for an annual occupancy inspection and the first thing you see is the rear exit blocked by stacked liquor boxes and a fire door propped with a milk crate, so the conversation gets tense before you've even pulled the extinguisher tags. You count seating against the posted occupant load, check the exit signs and emergency lighting, verify the hood suppression tag date, and test a smoke detector with the aerosol. The owner insists the boxes are 'only there during deliveries.' Mid-morning you witness a sprinkler contractor's annual test on a warehouse, watching the inspector's test connection flow and timing the alarm, then checking head spacing and obstructions on the new racking. After lunch you witness a fire pump churn test, reading the pressure and listening for the controller to sequence right. The rest of the day is a school walk-through where you're measuring egress widths and checking that the panic hardware actually releases. Between every stop you're matching photos to addresses, writing violation notices, and trying to keep the inspection cycle straight so no building blows past its annual due date. Half your re-inspections find the same propped doors and daisy-chained power strips you wrote up last time.
Real fire safety inspectors near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a fire safety inspector? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every fire safety inspector 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 $2,112/year on software — and Fire Safety Inspector face their own version of that math. KS state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Wichita metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Fire Safety Inspectors run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
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