Water Well Pump Repair 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 Water Well Pump Repair Technician earns $55,000/year, so Square's annual cost is roughly 0.6% 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.
Water Well Pump Repair face unique challenges: Pulling hundreds of feet of drop pipe and wire to reach a submersible pump - a labor-heavy, equipment-dependent job where one stuck pitless adapter or seized check valve doubles the time on site. Diagnosing no-water calls remotely enough to bring the right pump, motor, and control box - guessing horsepower and voltage wrong means leaving a family without water while you go back for parts. Emergency no-water calls that can't wait - a household with no water at 6 PM expects same-day, but the right replacement pump may be a day out from the supplier. Waterlogged or burst pressure tanks and short-cycling that customers blame on the pump when it's the tank's air charge or a failed pressure switch. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Water Well Pump Repair Technician earns $55,000/year. Software at $348/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Pump puller or well rig with a hoist for pulling drop pipe 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 water well pump repair are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Square Dashboard → Customers → Export. Also export transactions and item library.
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Run both for 1-2 weeks. Test invoicing and booking through Nexa.
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Day usually opens with a no-water emergency, because nobody calls a well guy to say things are great. I get there, check the pressure switch and the tank's air charge first - half of no-water calls are a tripped switch or a waterlogged tank, not the pump 250 feet down, and confirming that saves a customer a thousand-dollar pull. This one's real: no amperage at the control box, megohmmeter shows the motor's gone to ground. So we set up to pull. The pitless adapter fights us, the check valves are scaled, and pulling 280 feet of pipe and wire by hand and hoist is the back-breaking part of the trade. New submersible spliced and heat-shrunk, wire taped to the drop pipe every ten feet, lowered back in, and I prime and check amperage against the motor's spec. Pressure comes up, I bleed the air, set the switch to 40/60, and the family has water again. Afternoon is a short-cycling complaint that turns out to be a tank that lost its air charge - I recharge it, not a pump problem at all. Last is a water-quality customer wanting a chlorination quote. End of day is invoicing the big pull, ordering a control box to restock, and confirming tomorrow's two service calls have gate access for the rig.
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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 $1,900/year on software — and Water Well Pump Repair Technician 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 Water Well Pump Repair run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
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