Social Media Managers 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 social media manager 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.
Social Media Managers face unique challenges: Tracking hours across 8-15 retainer clients posting daily. Clients expecting 24/7 availability for social media 'emergencies'. Proving ROI to justify monthly retainer fees. Already paying for scheduling tools — adding invoicing software on top is painful. On top of all that, Toggl Track charges $12/month ($144/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median social media manager 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 Scheduling tools (Later, Buffer, Hootsuite) 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 social media managers are fully switched before the weekend.
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I manage accounts for six small businesses, and each one runs on its own calendar. Monday I plan the week: posts, captions, hashtags and the offers they want to push, then send it for approval, which some clients take two days to give. Content is the bottleneck. I shoot on site once or twice a month, edit short videos, design graphics, and write captions in each client's voice, because a bakery and a law firm can't sound the same. Every day I'm in the inboxes and comments, answering questions, flagging complaints to the owner, and deleting spam. Once a month I pull the numbers: reach, engagement, clicks, and the enquiries that came through social, and I explain what worked instead of just sending a screenshot. Paid ads are a separate job, with a budget, targeting and weekly adjustments. Clients pay a monthly retainer, and the hard part is keeping the retainer honest: when a client asks for one more thing every week, I track my hours so I know when the scope has quietly doubled.
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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 $4,080/year on software — and social media manager face their own version of that math. HI state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Honolulu metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Social Media Managers run into with Toggl Track, and what Nexa does instead.
If you want to compare notes or see how other social media managers are running their tools, here's where the conversation happens.
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