Iv Hydration Techs 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 IV Hydration Nurse earns $35,000/year, so Square's annual cost is roughly 1.0% 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.
Iv Hydration Techs face unique challenges: Running a mobile, address-to-address schedule (homes, hotels, offices, events) where travel time between stops has to be built into the calendar. Keeping a standing physician/NP order and signed consent on file for each client per scope-of-practice rules before any drip goes in. Tracking refrigerated fluid and additive inventory and expiration dates across a mobile cooler so nothing expired gets infused. Handling hangover and event group bookings (bachelorette parties, corporate events) where several people need drips at one location and one combined bill. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median IV Hydration Nurse earns $35,000/year. Software at $348/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Sterile IV start kits, catheters, and tubing 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 iv hydration techs 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.
She loads the cooler with saline bags, vitamin additives, and start kits, checks expiration dates, restocks the sharps container, and maps her route, because she's mobile and the day is a chain of addresses with drive time between each. First stop is a hotel where a wedding party of four wants the hangover drip before brunch; she confirms each one's consent and the standing order, takes vitals, starts the lines, and runs saline with B-complex and anti-nausea while they recover on the couch. She bills the group as one stop. Next is a regular at her downtown office on a monthly immune drip with a glutathione push at the end. The tech watches the infusion rate, monitors how each client tolerates the line, and never starts a drip without the screening and order in place, because that's the scope-of-practice line she can't cross. Between stops she's driving, so the calendar has to leave room for traffic. She fields a text from a corporate client wanting drips for ten people at an afternoon event. She tracks which additives are running low in the cooler and what's nearing expiration, restocks for tomorrow, and reconciles the day's stops, the group bill, and the single visits.
Real iv hydration techs near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you an iv hydration nurse? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every iv hydration nurse 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 $2,448/year on software — and IV Hydration Nurse face their own version of that math. RI state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Warwick metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Iv Hydration Techs 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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