House Sitters 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 House Sitter 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.
House Sitters face unique challenges: Juggling overlapping stays and remembering each home's keys, alarm codes, and routines. Sending consistent daily updates and photos so owners trust their home and pets are fine. Handling emergencies like a burst pipe, a sick pet, or a tripped alarm while the owner is unreachable. Coordinating overlapping bookings and travel time between homes across a busy holiday season. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median House Sitter 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 Reliable vehicle for travel between client homes 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 house sitters 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.
My day is a circuit of other people's lives. I wake at one client's house, disarm the alarm I have to remember the code for, let the dog out, and refill water bowls before the morning rush. Then I work down each home's instruction sheet: this cat needs medication crushed in wet food, that house has plants on three different watering schedules, and the mail and packages need bringing in so the place does not look empty. Owners want reassurance, so I send daily photos and a short video of the pet being happy, because that update is what they are really paying for. Between homes I am driving, and during the holidays the bookings overlap so tightly that travel time between them becomes the hard puzzle. The job is mostly calm until it is not: a tripped alarm at midnight, a dog that suddenly will not eat, a pipe under the sink dripping into the cabinet. When the owner is on a plane and unreachable, the decisions fall to me. I lock up each home exactly as I found it, reset the alarm, and keep a careful record of every key, code, and routine so the next stay does not blur into the last.
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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 $2,880/year on software — and House Sitter face their own version of that math. FL state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Fort Lauderdale metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps House Sitters 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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