Triathlon 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 triathlon 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.
Triathlon Coaches face unique challenges: Building a plan across three sports plus brick workouts and recovery is exponentially more complex than coaching one discipline. Athletes balance triathlon training around full-time jobs and a missed session cascades through the whole week's plan. Race logistics for a long-course event, transition setup, nutrition timing, pacing, generate endless questions. Pulling swim, bike, and run data from three different sources to see if an athlete is actually adapting or just tired. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median triathlon 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 pool deck setup with a pace clock for swim sessions 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 triathlon 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.
You're on the pool deck before sunrise with a pace clock, running a swim group through a threshold set, watching strokes break down as they fatigue and reminding the back lane that form holds the pace, not effort. After the swim you head to the studio where a couple of athletes are on bike trainers for a power test; you watch the numbers, call the intervals, and note who's holding their threshold and who's fading early. The hard part of your day is the desk work: building training plans that juggle three sports, brick workouts, and recovery for people who are also holding down jobs and families, so a single skipped Tuesday swim has to be re-slotted without wrecking the weekend long ride. You review last night's uploads across three platforms, trying to tell whether an athlete is adapting or quietly digging into a hole. An age-grouper texts about her first half-distance race, and you walk her through transition layout, what to eat on the bike, and how not to blow up on the run. You run a lunchtime run session, coaching pacing off the bike so it doesn't feel like running on stilts. Afternoon is plan-writing and answering a steady stream of logistics questions, then sketching tomorrow's swim set before you finally close the laptop.
Real triathlon coaches near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a triathlon coach? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every triathlon 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 $1,900/year on software — and triathlon coach face their own version of that math. Missouri income tax up to 4.8%. Kansas City, MO imposes a 1% earnings tax. Kansas side has up to 5.7% state income tax. Kansas City, MO requires a business license and occupational license for trades. Kansas side requires separate state contractor registration.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Kansas City metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Triathlon Coaches run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
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