Garden Maintenance 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 Garden Maintenance Gardener 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.
Garden Maintenance face unique challenges: Pruning the wrong shrub at the wrong time of year and cutting off next season's flowers. Bindweed and ground elder coming back through the beds faster than you can pull them. Hauling away tarp after tarp of green waste when the client has no compost bay. Slugs, aphids, and box blight wiping out a border the client babied all spring. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Garden Maintenance Gardener 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 Bypass and anvil pruners plus long-handled loppers 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 garden maintenance 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.
The morning starts at a walled cottage garden where the herbaceous border has flopped after the rain, so I stake and tie the delphiniums, deadhead the roses to push another flush, and cut back the hardy geraniums to get fresh foliage. The bindweed is twining up everything again, so I trace each stem to the root and pull rather than snap it. I edge the lawn with a half-moon and rake the clippings onto the tarp. Next is a formal front garden with box hedging that I shear by eye to keep the lines crisp, watching for the tell-tale brown patches of box blight along the bottom. After lunch I'm at a new client's neglected plot, mostly assessing: the apple needs winter pruning but it's the wrong season, the shrub roses want a hard cut in spring, and the whole back bed is choked with ground elder I'll have to tackle in stages. I weed the gravel paths, sweep, and load three tarps of green waste to take to the tip because there's no compost area. I water in the newly planted perennials, feed the tomatoes in the greenhouse, and finish by walking the garden with the client to flag what's coming up next month so nothing surprises either of us.
Real garden maintenance near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a garden maintenance gardener? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every garden maintenance gardener 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 Garden Maintenance Gardener face their own version of that math. IL state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Naperville metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Garden Maintenance 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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