Post Construction Cleaners 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 Post Construction Cleaner 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.
Post Construction Cleaners face unique challenges: Fine drywall and silica dust that settles back over every surface for hours after you wipe, so a job that looked finished is hazy again by the time the walkthrough happens, demanding multiple dust passes nobody budgeted. Working a live jobsite where trades aren't actually done, so a 'final clean' gets re-dirtied by a painter touching up or a trim carpenter cutting after I've cleaned the room. Damage and scratch liability on brand-new finishes, where a razor on the wrong window film, a buffer on unsealed stone, or grout haze remover on the wrong tile becomes a costly callback on materials I didn't install. Rough-versus-final scope confusion, where a builder books a 'cleanup' and expects a white-glove final, or pays a rough-clean rate for what is really three phases of work. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Post Construction Cleaner 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 Industrial HEPA vacuum and air scrubber for fine drywall and silica dust 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 post construction cleaners 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.
Post-construction is the dirtiest, most physical clean there is, and the enemy is dust that never quits. Drywall sanding throws a fine powder that coats everything and, worse, hangs in the air and re-settles for hours, so I run air scrubbers and HEPA vacuums and accept that one wipe is never enough, the room hazes back over before the builder's walkthrough. I work in phases: rough clean to haul debris and knock down the heavy dust, then the detail pass where I razor paint specks and stickers off every window, pull grout haze off new tile, and wipe down inside cabinets, ducts, and fixtures. The hazard is real, silica dust and a respirator all day, sharp offcuts, ladders for high glass. The frustration is that the site is rarely actually finished; I clean a room and a trim carpenter walks in to cut, or a painter does a touch-up, and now it's dirty again on a job I'm billing as final. And every surface is brand-new and unforgiving, so the wrong scraper angle on a window, a buffer on unsealed stone, or the wrong haze remover on the wrong tile is damage to materials I didn't install and can't cheaply fix. I document the scope phase, shoot the finished rooms, and confirm what 'clean' meant before I hand it back.
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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 $1,100/year on software — and Post Construction Cleaner face their own version of that math. Peru requires SUNAT electronic invoicing above threshold. IGV at 18%. Requirements vary by country and locality. Check local regulations.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Chiclayo metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Post Construction Cleaners run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
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