Geothermal Installers 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 Geothermal Installer 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.
Geothermal Installers face unique challenges: Jobs hinge on subcontractors you don't fully control: the drilling crew, the excavator for the loop trenches, and the electrician for the heat pump all have to land in sequence, and a rained-out dig stalls everything downstream. Loop-field sizing and ground conditions make every bid a gamble; you quote a tonnage and bore count off a heat-load calc, then hit rock or a high water table that changes the drilling cost mid-job. Commissioning is documentation-heavy, loop pressure, flow rate, antifreeze percentage, and refrigerant charge all have to be measured and recorded for the warranty and the utility rebate, and that proof scatters across photos and notebooks. The money is lumpy and rebate-tangled: large deposits to start drilling, draws as the loop and unit go in, and federal tax-credit and utility-rebate paperwork the homeowner needs, all stretched over a job that runs weeks. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Geothermal Installer 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 A drilling rig or horizontal boring machine for the ground loop 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 geothermal installers 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.
Your day begins coordinating crews you don't employ: a call to confirm the drill rig is rolling, a text to the excavator about whether last night's rain left the trench lines too soft, and a heads-up to the electrician that the heat pump won't be ready for hookup until Thursday. On site, the vertical bores are going down to depth while you fuse HDPE loop pipe at the surface, socket-welding the U-bends that will live underground for decades. You drop the loops, tremie the grout, and run the headers back toward the house through a trench the excavator opened. Midday you walk a new prospect's property to scope a horizontal loop, doing rough math on lot size and soil that will decide whether the bid even pencils. Back at the active job you start the part no one sees but everyone relies on: flushing the loop field, purging air, charging antifreeze to the right percentage, and pressure-testing the whole loop, recording each number because the warranty and the utility rebate depend on it. Once the heat pump is set you check the refrigerant charge and the airflow at commissioning. The evening is paperwork that actually matters here, assembling the rebate and tax-credit documentation the homeowner needs, billing the next draw on the contract, and re-sequencing the crews for tomorrow around the forecast.
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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 $2,160/year on software — and Geothermal Installer face their own version of that math. ND state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Bismarck metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Geothermal Installers 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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