Graphic Designers on Toggl Track pay $12/month — $144/year. Over three years, that's $432. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 23.3 months. The median graphic designer earns $52,000/year, so Toggl Track's annual cost is roughly 0.3% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $432 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Graphic Designers face unique challenges: Tracking billable hours across 5+ client projects. Scope creep — 'one more revision' eating into fixed-price projects. Separating creative time (billable) from admin time (not billable). FreshBooks + Toggl combined costing $27+/month for basic time tracking and invoicing. On top of all that, Toggl Track charges $12/month ($144/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median graphic designer earns $52,000/year. Software at $144/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Adobe Creative Cloud subscription 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.
Toggl Track is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | Toggl Track | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Works offline | — | ✓ |
| Price | $12/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $432 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most graphic designers are fully switched before the weekend.
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A design project starts with a brief that usually says what the client wants, not what the design needs to do. So the first job is questions: who's it for, where will it live, what does it replace, and what does success look like. For a logo I'm researching the market and competitors, sketching dozens of rough ideas, and developing three directions to present, with the reasoning behind each. The client picks one and we refine it through a set number of rounds, then I build out the system: colours, type, variations for small and large use, and a short guide so it gets used consistently. Packaging, social templates and print pieces each have their own specs, bleed, colour profiles and file formats, and a printer who'll reject files that aren't set up right. Revisions are where projects lose money, so my contract spells out rounds and what counts as a new request. I take a deposit up front, the balance before final files, and I track hours even on flat-fee jobs to see what I should have charged.
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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. Toggl Track may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. Toggl Track is $12/month — that's $432 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 Toggl Track as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $2,520/year on software — and graphic designer face their own version of that math. AZ state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Gilbert metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Graphic Designers run into with Toggl Track, and what Nexa does instead.
If you want to compare notes or see how other graphic designers are running their tools, here's where the conversation happens.
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