Jugglers 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 Juggler earns $42,000/year, so Square's annual cost is roughly 0.8% 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.
Jugglers face unique challenges: The act has to flex for the room, a kids' birthday wants comedy and audience kids on stage, a corporate gig wants polished skill and clean patter, so the same show has to be re-tuned per booking. Indoor venues with low ceilings kill the high club and ring tosses, so the performance space height has to be confirmed or the best material is cut. Drops are inevitable and the skill is recovering with a joke, but a green client thinks a single drop means the act failed, so expectations need managing up front. Bookings cluster on weekends and travel between gigs with a heavy prop case eats time, so back-to-back scheduling has to leave room for load-in and a warm-up. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Juggler earns $42,000/year. Software at $348/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Stage balls, clubs, and rings in graded weights 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 jugglers 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 day starts tuning the set to the room. A morning kids' birthday needs the comedy version, lots of audience participation, a kid hauled up to 'help' and inevitably flub a club pass, big reactions, nothing over a few minutes. You pack the lighter clubs and the cigar boxes for that crowd. The gig itself is read-the-room work: you scan the ceiling height the second you walk in, because if it's a low rec-room ceiling your five-club cascade and the high ring pulls are out and you have to lean on contact juggling and ground-level material instead. You run the patter on a wireless mic so the parents can hear the jokes too, work in the drops as bits because recovery is the actual skill, and build to the unicycle finale if there's floor space. The afternoon flips to a corporate mixer that wants polish over slapstick, clean technical juggling, tighter patter, no kids on stage, so it's almost a different act with the same props. Between the two you're hauling the heavy prop case across town, and the schedule has to leave room to load in, warm up the hands, and not arrive cold. The day ends checking clubs for cracks, charging the PA, and re-sorting the case by which show is up next.
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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 $2,208/year on software — and Juggler face their own version of that math. AL state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Huntsville metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Jugglers run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
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