Diving Coaches on Vagaro pay $50/month — $600/year. Over three years, that's $2,013. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 5.6 months. The median Diving Coach earns $40,000/year, so Vagaro's annual cost is roughly 1.5% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $2,013 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Diving Coaches face unique challenges: Sharing limited board and pool time with the swim team and lap swimmers on a tight aquatics schedule. Tracking each diver's cleared dives by difficulty so a new somersault isn't attempted off the platform before the trampoline work is solid. Coordinating the bubbler and spotting rig so a learning dive is cushioned the first times it's thrown. Billing club fees, meet entries, and the pool's separate lane-time charges. On top of all that, Vagaro charges $50/month ($600/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Diving 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 Springboard and platform access 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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| Feature | Vagaro | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $50/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $2,013 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
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Pool time is gold and I never have enough of it, so I run dryland first: the squad on the trampoline and the spotting belt, drilling the somersault rotation and the entry shape before anything goes near the water. I'm on the belt rope, throwing a diver into a clean double tuck and catching the over-rotation before it becomes a bad habit. When we finally get the board, I'm sharing the pool with lap swimmers and the swim team, so I have a window and I have to make it count. I turn on the bubbler under the platform for the diver learning a new inward, because the aerated water softens the landing the first few attempts. I watch from the side, calling the takeoff, the kick-out, the rip entry, and we review on the video delay so the diver can see what I saw. A kid smacks a back flat and I'm checking on her before she's out of the pool. Between groups I'm logging which dives each athlete is cleared to throw off which height, because platform is a different animal from springboard. End of day there's club dues, an upcoming meet's entry fees, and the aquatics center's lane charges, all separate, and parents asking which is which.
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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 $2,013 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 $3,800/year on software — and Diving Coach face their own version of that math. California 13.3% top rate plus SF Gross Receipts Tax. Among the highest total tax burdens for self-employed in the US. San Francisco requires a Business Registration Certificate and may require additional permits. Oakland has separate business tax requirements.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the San Francisco metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Diving Coaches run into with Vagaro, and what Nexa does instead.
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