Stilt Walkers 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 Stilt Walker 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.
Stilt Walkers face unique challenges: Walking eight feet up means surfaces matter enormously, so grass, gravel, slopes, and indoor thresholds are fall hazards a generic event planner never warns you about in advance. Most venues have height limits, low ceilings, doorways, and chandeliers that make indoor stilt work impossible, so a site check has to happen before you commit. Crowds press in for photos and a bumped stilt at that height is a serious-injury risk, so you need a spotter or a clear performance zone the client must arrange. Getting up on stilts requires a mounting chair and a few minutes, and there's nowhere to sit during a long shift, so set duration has to be negotiated and built in. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Stilt Walker 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 Drywall or peg stilts with foot straps 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 stilt walkers 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.
The day starts checking the venue specs before anything else, because at eight feet tall a low doorway, a chandelier, or a soft patch of grass is the difference between a great gig and a trip to the ER. You strap into the drywall stilts using a mounting chair, take the first careful steps to find your balance, and let the costume's extra-long legs fall right so the illusion of a ten-foot person holds. The gig is a festival, so you're parading through crowds that immediately press in for photos, and you're constantly reading the ground, scanning for gravel, a curb, a slope, a cable taped to the floor, anything that could catch a stilt. A spotter walks with you because a bumped stilt at that height is no small fall. You work the crowd, wave, pose, maybe juggle a few clubs, all while there's nowhere to sit, so the set length you agreed to actually matters to your body. Between sets you find the one chair tall enough to rest against without dismounting. Indoor jobs are a gamble you can't take blind, so you turn down or modify any booking where the ceiling won't clear your headpiece. The day ends checking the stilt straps and joints for wear, because the equipment is the only thing between you and the ground.
Real stilt walkers near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a stilt walker? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every stilt walker 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 $1,872/year on software — and Stilt Walker face their own version of that math. WV state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Huntington metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Stilt Walkers 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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