You're Switching from Toggl Track.
Here's Why UX Designers Choose Nexa.

Toggl Track
$18/mo
$216/year — every year, forever
Nexa
$279
Once. Own it forever.
or 3 payments of $99
Break even in 15.5 months. Then it's free forever.
"Switched from Toggl Track after the last price increase. Nexa does everything I needed for $279. Wish I'd done it sooner."
— Verified UX designer, former Toggl Track customer

The Bottom Line

UX Designers on Toggl Track pay $18/month — $216/year. Over three years, that's $725. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 15.5 months. The median UX designer earns $65,000/year, so Toggl Track's annual cost is roughly 0.3% of typical revenue — every year, forever.

Key Numbers

$65,000
Median UX designer income
3.5%
Typical SaaS spend as % of revenue
15.5 mo
Break-even vs Toggl Track
$446
3-year savings switching to Nexa

What Toggl Track Is Costing You

The Damage

Toggl Track monthly $18/mo
Annual drain $216/yr
Year 2 (11.4% SaaS inflation) $241
Year 3 $268
3-year total $725

That's $725 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.

Your Toggl Track subscription has cost you $0.00 since you opened this page.

Why UX Designers Leave Toggl Track

Free tier limited to 5 users
Per-user pricing adds up for teams
Only does time tracking
Need separate invoicing tool
Limited project management
UX Designers are leaving Toggl Track every week.

You're not the only one who's had enough.

Why This Matters for UX Designers

The morning often opens with a moderated user interview over Zoom, recording running, discussion guide on the second monitor, probing why a participant abandoned a flow rather than what they clicked. Mid-morning is synthesis: pulling quotes into Dovetail or a Miro board, clustering observations into an affinity diagram until patterns emerge that the client's assumptions missed. By midday the designer is in Figma, translating those patterns into low-fidelity wireframes, then wiring screens into a clickable prototype that simulates the real navigation. Afternoons fill with reviews, a stakeholder call where the product manager weighs business constraints against the research, a design critique where a peer pokes at edge cases, or a tense moment defending a finding a founder doesn't want to hear. Then come revisions, often a second or third round, each one a quiet negotiation about whether it's covered by the contract. Late in the day is handoff work: annotating components in Dev Mode, marking frames ready for dev, exporting assets, and logging the reasoning behind decisions so engineers don't reinvent them. Threaded through all of it: tracking which deliverables a milestone payment is tied to, and which client still hasn't signed off on the last one.

UX Designers face unique challenges: Scope quietly expands as research surfaces real user needs the original brief never accounted for, so the 'simple checkout redesign' becomes a flow rework no one budgeted for. Fixed-bid projects carry the estimation risk: price the deliverable too low and unbounded revision rounds eat the margin, but hourly billing punishes the speed that experience earned. Selling research findings to stakeholders who already 'know what users want', a founder or marketing lead dismisses interview evidence that contradicts their gut. Lumpy cash flow swinging between feast-and-famine project work and the steadier-but-capped income of a monthly retainer, with milestone payments arriving long after the work is done. On top of all that, Toggl Track charges $18/month ($216/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median UX designer earns $65,000/year. Software at $216/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.

Your Figma (with Dev Mode and FigJam for wireframes, prototypes, and handoff specs) 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.

Your Full Stack Cost

Toggl Track is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?

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"I was paying Toggl Track $18/month and didn't question it until I did the math. $725 over 3 years for tools I don't even own. Nexa was $279. Once. Done."
— UX designer business owner

What You Get Instead

Feature Toggl Track Nexa
Invoicing
Scheduling
CRM
Time Tracking
Full Accounting ✓ (SIMPL)
Task Management
Price $18/mo forever $279 once
or 3 × $99
3-Year Cost $725 $279
Stop paying? Lose everything Keep everything forever

Switching Takes 1-2 Days

Most ux designers are fully switched before the weekend.

1

Export your data

Go to Reports → Detailed → Export as CSV. Download your full time entry history.

2

Set up Nexa

10-minute setup. Import your project and client structure.

3

Start tracking in Nexa

Use Nexa time tracker for new entries. Import historical data if needed.

4

Cancel Toggl

Cancel subscription. Download a final export for your records.

✓ Run both in parallel. Cancel Toggl Track when you're confident. Zero risk.

What ux designers actually deal with

A day in the life of a ux designer

The morning often opens with a moderated user interview over Zoom, recording running, discussion guide on the second monitor, probing why a participant abandoned a flow rather than what they clicked. Mid-morning is synthesis: pulling quotes into Dovetail or a Miro board, clustering observations into an affinity diagram until patterns emerge that the client's assumptions missed. By midday the designer is in Figma, translating those patterns into low-fidelity wireframes, then wiring screens into a clickable prototype that simulates the real navigation. Afternoons fill with reviews, a stakeholder call where the product manager weighs business constraints against the research, a design critique where a peer pokes at edge cases, or a tense moment defending a finding a founder doesn't want to hear. Then come revisions, often a second or third round, each one a quiet negotiation about whether it's covered by the contract. Late in the day is handoff work: annotating components in Dev Mode, marking frames ready for dev, exporting assets, and logging the reasoning behind decisions so engineers don't reinvent them. Threaded through all of it: tracking which deliverables a milestone payment is tied to, and which client still hasn't signed off on the last one.

The tools a working ux designer actually owns

Why ux designers leave the big platforms

Where ux designers actually talk shop

Local ux designers on Nexa

Real ux designers near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you an ux designer? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every ux designer on Nexa →

FAQ

Is Nexa really a Toggl Track replacement for ux designers?

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.

$279 seems like a lot.

It's $7.75/month over 3 years. Toggl Track is $18/month — that's $725 over 3 years. Which is more? And if you'd rather split it, Nexa is also available as 3 payments of $99.

Can I pay in installments?

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.

What if I don't like it?

30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund. If Nexa doesn't save you $500 in year one, you get every penny back.

Can I import my Toggl Track data?

Export your data from Toggl Track as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.

UX Designers in Missoula

The average solo operator there spends about $2,448/year on software — and UX designer face their own version of that math. MT state licensing requirements apply.

Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Missoula metro. Your situation will vary.

If You Need These — Nexa Has Them

Specific gaps UX Designers run into with Toggl Track, and what Nexa does instead.

Toggl Track gapInvoicing
NexaInvoicing built in — send unlimited, accept cards.
Toggl Track gapScheduling
NexaBuilt-in scheduling and booking — no separate tier.
Toggl Track gapCRM
NexaFull CRM module included in $279.

Where UX Designers Talk Shop

If you want to compare notes or see how other ux designers are running their tools, here's where the conversation happens.

Reddit
r/userexperience, r/UXDesign, r/freelanceDesigners
Forums
UX Mastery Forum, Designer News
YouTube
The Futur, Femke Design, Jesse Showalter
Podcasts
UI Breakfast Podcast, The Honest UX Talks
"Toggl Track raised prices again and I was done. Found Nexa — $279 once. I own it. No more 'we're updating our pricing' emails. Best business decision this year."
— UX designer, switched from Toggl Track

Stop Losing $216/Year to Toggl Track

$725 over 3 years. Or $279 once (or 3 × $99). Own your tools.

Get Nexa — $279 Once
or 3 payments of $99
✓ 30-day money-back guarantee — save $500 or full refund

Still want Toggl Track?

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