Martial Arts Instructors 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 Martial Arts Instructor 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.
Martial Arts Instructors face unique challenges: Running recurring monthly tuition for dozens of students while chasing the handful whose autopay cards expire each month. Scheduling a single mat across little-dragons, teens, and adult classes without overlap or an empty floor. Collecting belt-testing fees and tracking who's eligible to grade and who's stalled at the same rank too long. Managing tournament registrations, weight divisions, and waivers for a busload of competitors at once. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Martial Arts Instructor 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 Mat flooring (puzzle tatami or rollout mats) for the dojo floor 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 martial arts instructors are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Square Dashboard → Customers → Export. Also export transactions and item library.
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Run both for 1-2 weeks. Test invoicing and booking through Nexa.
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He gets to the dojo by mid-afternoon to mop the mats before the after-school crowd floods in. The little-dragons class is controlled chaos: thirty minutes of falling-down games disguised as ukemi, and he's counting heads against the roster because two parents are perpetually late on pickup. Between classes he resets the floor, swaps the focus mitts for sparring gear, and checks who on the adult roster is overdue for their blue-belt test. Evening classes stack back to back, and he's calling out combinations on the pads until his shoulders ache. Somewhere in there a parent corners him about whether their kid is ready to grade, and another asks how tournament registration works for the regional next month. After the last class he sits at the front desk reconciling tuition: two autopay cards bounced, one family wants to freeze their membership over summer, and he still has to collect testing fees from six students before Saturday's belt exam. He updates the testing eligibility list, posts the tournament weight divisions to the parents' group, locks the bag closet, and turns off the round timer. He's a coach who became an accountant by accident, and the books are always the part that keeps him up.
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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 $2,760/year on software — and Martial Arts Instructor face their own version of that math. CA state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Rancho Cucamonga metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Martial Arts Instructors 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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