Illustrators 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 illustrator earns $42,000/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.
Illustrators face unique challenges: Pricing creative work — hourly vs per-piece vs licensing royalties. Tracking time on projects that involve research, sketching, and final rendering. Clients wanting unlimited revisions on commission work. Managing licensing agreements and usage rights across clients. On top of all that, Toggl Track charges $12/month ($144/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median illustrator earns $42,000/year. Software at $144/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Drawing tablet (Wacom Cintiq, iPad Pro with Apple Pencil) 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 illustrators are fully switched before the weekend.
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A commission starts with a brief that's usually vague, so the first job is asking the right questions: where it will be used, what size, what the deadline really is, and which references the client loves. Then I sketch three thumbnail concepts, and once one is chosen I take it to a tighter sketch for approval before any final art, because changing a composition after I've rendered it costs days. Final art is the long part: line work, flats, colour, lighting and texture, then exporting at the right resolution and colour profile for print or screen. Every project comes down to usage rights. A book cover, a packaging label and a one-off personal gift are priced very differently, and I spell out in writing what the client can do with the image and for how long. I take a deposit before sketches and the balance before I release the high-resolution files. Between commissions I'm working on my portfolio, pitching publishers and art directors, and selling prints and stickers at a couple of conventions a year.
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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.
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The average solo operator there spends about $3,072/year on software — and illustrator face their own version of that math. CA state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Santa Ana metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Illustrators run into with Toggl Track, and what Nexa does instead.
If you want to compare notes or see how other illustrators are running their tools, here's where the conversation happens.
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