Odor Removal Specialists 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 Odor Removal Specialist 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.
Odor Removal Specialists face unique challenges: Tracking down the actual source of an odor instead of just masking it, because if you miss the source the smell comes back and so does the angry call. Convincing a client that a room needs to sit empty and sealed for a day or two of ozone treatment when they want it usable tonight. Pricing a job when you can't promise success until you've found what's causing the smell. Handling re-treatment callbacks for stubborn smells like cat urine, smoke, or skunk that resist a single pass. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Odor Removal Specialist 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 ozone generators and hydroxyl machines 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 odor removal specialists are fully switched before the weekend.
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Most of my job is being a detective with a nose. A landlord calls because a unit reeks and the new tenant moves in Saturday. The previous renter had cats and smoked indoors for years, and the smell has soaked into everything porous. I walk the unit with a moisture meter and my nose low to the baseboards, because cat urine pools where you can't see it and lights up under UV. The mistake amateurs make is spraying air freshener over the top, which buys a day and then the smell punches back through. I do the opposite: find every source, clean and extract what I can, seal the subfloor and the framing where the urine crystallized, then treat the air itself. I seal the unit, set ozone generators running on timers, and post warnings on the door because nobody can breathe that while it runs. Smoke is its own animal, it films onto every surface including the inside of cabinets and the ceiling, so I'm wiping and sealing as much as deodorizing. By the time I'm done the unit has to sit, air out, and get rechecked. The whole business lives or dies on whether the smell stays gone a week later, not whether it smells fine the minute I pack 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 $2,500/year on software — and Odor Removal Specialist face their own version of that math. Oregon has no sales tax but income tax up to 9.9%. Portland Metro levies a 1% Supportive Housing Services tax on high earners. Oregon CCB license required for contractors. Portland requires a business license. Vancouver, WA side requires separate Washington UBI registration.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Portland metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Odor Removal Specialists run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
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