Hoarder Cleaners 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 Hoarder Cleaner 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.
Hoarder Cleaners face unique challenges: Quoting a job blind because the client downplays how deep the clutter goes until you open the door. Coordinating dumpster drop-off and haul-away with the disposal company before the crew can finish a room. Working at the family's emotional pace while a multi-day job stalls every time the client wants to 'keep just this one'. Documenting found cash, pets, medications, and valuables so nobody later accuses the crew of taking things. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Hoarder Cleaner 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 Tyvek coveralls and P100 respirators 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 hoarder cleaners 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.
I pull up to a two-story house where the path to the kitchen is a single trampled trail through chest-high stacks of newspapers, mail, and clothes. The daughter who hired me meets me on the porch, embarrassed, half-defensive about her father who's standing in the doorway already telling me what I can't touch. I gear up in Tyvek and a P100 before I even step inside, because I don't know yet whether the smell is just clutter or whether there are dead rodents and rotting food under it. We work room by room, three categories only: keep, donate, trash. Every hour I'm hauling full contractor bags out to the dumpster I had dropped in the driveway this morning. I find a sandwich bag of cash taped under a drawer, a box of expired insulin, two cats nobody mentioned. I photograph the cash, set it aside, and flag the meds and animals for the family. By mid-afternoon the father has gone quiet, overwhelmed, and we slow down so he can say goodbye to a chair. It's filthy, physical, emotional work, and the only thing that keeps a four-day job from becoming a four-week one is staying organized and gentle at the same time.
Real hoarder cleaners near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a hoarder cleaner? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every hoarder cleaner 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 $4,080/year on software — and Hoarder Cleaner face their own version of that math. CA state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Sunnyvale metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Hoarder Cleaners 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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