Running Coaches 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 running coach earns $40,000/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.
Running Coaches face unique challenges: Athletes train on their own all week and you're reconstructing whether they actually hit the prescribed paces from messy watch data. Writing individualized training plans for runners at different goal races and fitness levels eats your evenings. A runner ramps mileage too fast, gets injured, and you're rebuilding their plan and their patience at the same time. Race-day taper and logistics questions flood in the week before every goal race and you're answering the same things over and over. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median running coach earns $40,000/year. Software at $348/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your A GPS watch and a stack of athletes' Strava and Garmin Connect feeds to review 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 running coaches 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.
Early mornings are when your athletes run, so you're often trackside at dawn with a stopwatch and a whiteboard, calling splits for a group doing 800-meter repeats and reminding the one who always goes out too hot to settle into the first 200. You watch form as much as the clock, catching a heel-striker overstriding when she gets tired. After the session you're at the laptop reviewing everyone else's uploads from the night before, comparing prescribed pace to actual, leaving notes on the ones who clearly sandbagged the tempo or, worse, blew past it and risked their next workout. Mid-morning you write next week's plans, individualized because a first-time marathoner and a runner chasing a 5K PR need completely different work, and you're constantly adjusting for who's traveling, who's sore, who's peaking. A runner texts that her knee's been nagging, and you spend real time deciding whether to pull mileage now or let her push, because catching an injury early is the whole game. Afternoon is a one-on-one with someone three weeks out from a goal marathon, walking through the taper, the carb plan, and the mental game. You answer a flurry of race-week logistics questions, update training logs, and sketch tomorrow's track workout before you call it.
Real running coaches near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a running coach? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every running coach 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 $2,520/year on software — and running coach face their own version of that math. ID state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Meridian metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Running Coaches 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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