Nail Technicians 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 nail tech earns $33,000/year, so Vagaro's annual cost is roughly 1.8% 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.
Nail Technicians face unique challenges: Vagaro takes a cut AND charges monthly — double dipping. No-shows killing income when you only have 6-8 appointment slots per day. Managing deposits for appointments to reduce no-shows. Tracking product costs per service (acrylics, gel, nail art supplies). Clients booking through DMs, texts, and the app — impossible to keep straight. On top of all that, Vagaro charges $50/month ($600/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median nail tech earns $33,000/year. Software at $600/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your UV/LED curing lamp 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 nail technicians are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Reports → export client list, appointment history, and sales data to CSV.
15-minute setup. Import your client list and set up your service categories.
Run both for 2 weeks. Update your booking link to Nexa. Notify existing clients.
Cancel subscription. Redirect old booking URLs to your new Nexa page.
Most of my appointments are fills and new sets, and a full set with art can take two hours. Every client starts with prep: pushing back cuticles, shaping, buffing the shine off the natural nail and dehydrating it so the product actually sticks, because lifting a week later comes back to me. Then it's building the nail, gel or acrylic, with the right shape and apex so it's strong, curing under the lamp, filing and shaping, and finishing with colour or whatever design the client brought on her phone. Sanitation is non-negotiable: disinfecting metal tools between every client, fresh files and buffers, clean stations, because an infection ends a career. I'm booked in blocks and a late client pushes my whole day back, so I have a grace period and a deposit to book. I buy a lot of product: gels, powders, tips, art supplies, and the next colour everyone saw online. Between appointments I'm posting my work, because that's where my next clients find me.
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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 $2,520/year on software — and nail tech face their own version of that math. ID state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Meridian metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Nail Technicians run into with Vagaro, and what Nexa does instead.
If you want to compare notes or see how other nail technicians are running their tools, here's where the conversation happens.
$1,800 over 3 years. Or $279 once (or 3 × $99). Own your tools.
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