Crossfit Coaches on Vagaro pay $50/month — $600/year. Over three years, that's $1,800. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 5.6 months. The median Crossfit Coach earns $40,000/year, so Vagaro's annual cost is roughly 1.5% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $1,800 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Crossfit Coaches face unique challenges: Scaling a single WOD across a class with a brand-new member next to a competitive athlete without slowing either down. Catching dangerous form under fatigue, a rounding back on a deadlift or a collapsing knee on a squat, before someone gets hurt. Member retention and the no-show after the January rush, where the on-ramp crowd vanishes by March. Programming balanced cycles so the box doesn't overtrain the same movements and stall everyone's progress. On top of all that, Vagaro charges $50/month ($600/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Crossfit Coach earns $40,000/year. Software at $600/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your barbells, bumper plates, and collars 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.
Vagaro is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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Your exact Vagaro cost, full stack total, and what switching saves. 10 seconds.
| Feature | Vagaro | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | — | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✓ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✓ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | — | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Works offline | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $50/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $1,800 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most crossfit coaches are fully switched before the weekend.
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He chalks the day's WOD on the whiteboard before the 5am class, already running the scaling options in his head, because the workout that lets a competitive athlete go heavy and Rx'd is the same workout a member who joined last week has to survive safely. He demos the movements, breaks the lift down to its pieces, and as the clock starts he's everywhere at once, eyes on form first, because under a fatiguing AMRAP that's when a back rounds on a deadlift or a knee caves on a squat and someone gets hurt on his watch. He scales on the fly, swapping a box jump for a step-up, dropping the load, capping reps for the newcomer while pushing the athlete who's sandbagging. He counts rounds, calls time, keeps the energy in the room, and learns each member's body, who has a cranky shoulder, who rushes their kip. Between classes he programs the coming weeks so the box isn't deadlifting heavy three days running, balancing the engine work and the lifting and the gymnastics so people actually progress instead of plateau. He's watching the back of the room too, the on-ramp crowd from January, half of them already drifting, and he knows a check-in text is the difference between a member and a churned membership. He resets the bars, sweeps the chalk, wipes the whiteboard, and writes tomorrow's workout.
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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. Vagaro may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. Vagaro is $50/month — that's $1,800 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 Vagaro as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $1,872/year on software — and Crossfit Coach face their own version of that math. WV state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Huntington metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Crossfit Coaches run into with Vagaro, and what Nexa does instead.
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