Land Surveyors 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 Land Surveyor 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.
Land Surveyors face unique challenges: Reconciling conflicting deeds and found monuments - the record description, the old iron pipe in the ground, and the neighbor's fence rarely agree, and resolving the true boundary is judgment-heavy work clients think is just 'measuring'. Research and recording overhead clients don't see - pulling deeds, plats, and prior surveys at the courthouse and recording the plat afterward is hours of unbillable-feeling work baked into every boundary job. Boundary disputes and liability - a stamped survey that's challenged can pull the licensed surveyor into a neighbor's lawsuit, and an errant corner becomes an expensive professional-liability claim. Field-to-finish bottleneck - the crew gathers data fast but the CAD drafting, closure checks, and sealed plat are the slow, licensed deliverable that piles up and stalls billing. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Land Surveyor 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 Robotic total station 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 land surveyors 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.
Before the truck leaves, I've done the part nobody bills happily for: pulling the subject deed, the adjoiners' deeds, the recorded plat, and any prior survey, because you can't retrace a boundary you haven't researched. Field work is a boundary and topo for a lot split. We set the base, the rover floats RTK while I run the robotic total station to tie the found monuments - an old bent iron pipe at one corner, a pinched-top pipe at another, and the deed call disagrees with both by a foot. That conflict is the whole job: I'm weighing senior rights, occupation, and the record to decide where the true line is, which is judgment, not measurement. We tie the neighbor's fence too, because it's three feet off the line and that's a conversation coming. Topo shots feed the design, then I set rebar with my cap at the resolved corners. Back at the office the field-to-finish grind starts: download the data, run the traverse closure, draft the plat in CAD, label bearings and distances, and check it closes to spec. Afternoon is finalizing a different plat for recording and signing and sealing it - my license is on that paper. Last hour is billing the boundary job including the research hours, scheduling tomorrow's crew, and emailing the title company the survey they've been waiting on to close.
Real land surveyors near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a land surveyor? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every land surveyor 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 $1,500/year on software — and Land Surveyor face their own version of that math. Chile requires SII electronic invoicing. IVA at 19%. Requirements vary by country and locality. Check local regulations.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Concepción metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Land Surveyors run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
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