Tick Control 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 Tick Control Technician 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.
Tick Control face unique challenges: Treating the woodland edge and leaf-litter zones precisely, because ticks live in the transition between lawn and woods, not the open grass people expect. Explaining that you can't spray a whole forest, so control means managing the yard perimeter and the rodent hosts, not eradication. Timing spring and fall applications to the tick life cycle, when nymphs and adults are active, rather than treating on the customer's calendar. Carrying the weight of customers terrified of Lyme disease, where a missed tick isn't a nuisance but a health fear. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Tick Control Technician 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 backpack mist blower for treating the yard perimeter 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 tick control 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.
Tick control is a precision job disguised as a spraying job, because ticks don't live where people think they do. They're not out in the open sunny lawn; they're in the leaf litter and the shaded transition zone where the mowed yard meets the woods, on the low brush along trails and stone walls. So when I show up with a backpack mist blower, the homeowner often watches me ignore most of their lawn and concentrate on the wooded edge, and I have to explain why that strip is where the entire risk lives. I treat the leaf litter and the perimeter with an acaricide barrier, and I place tick tubes, permethrin-treated cotton that mice carry back to their nests, because mice and other small mammals are the reservoir that keeps the tick population fed, so killing ticks on the host is as important as killing them in the yard. Timing matters enormously; I treat to the tick life cycle, spring for the nymphs that do most of the disease transmission and fall for the adults, not whenever a customer happens to call. And the emotional weight is different from any other pest. People aren't annoyed by ticks, they're scared, because Lyme and the other tick-borne diseases are real and serious, so a customer who finds an embedded tick on their kid after I've treated isn't filing a complaint, they're frightened, and I have to manage that honestly, since no treatment is a hundred percent and I never promise eradication.
Real tick control near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a tick control technician? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every tick control technician 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 $2,208/year on software — and Tick Control Technician face their own version of that math. UT state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Ogden metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Tick Control run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
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