Teeth Whitening Techs 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 Teeth Whitening Tech earns $35,000/year, so Vagaro's annual cost is roughly 1.7% 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.
Teeth Whitening Techs face unique challenges: Clients with heavy staining expecting Hollywood-white in one session when realistic results take a few shades and sometimes repeat visits. Sensitivity flare-ups during or after treatment that turn into worried follow-up calls. Booking back-to-back 60-to-90-minute sessions, where one late client pushes the whole afternoon under the lamp. Selling whitening packages and take-home maintenance pens, then losing track of who's mid-package. On top of all that, Vagaro charges $50/month ($600/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Teeth Whitening Tech earns $35,000/year. Software at $600/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your LED accelerator lamp on an arm stand 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 |
Most teeth whitening techs 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.
Your first client wants a brighter smile for an event, so you start with a VITA shade reading to set an honest baseline and a realistic target, because someone with years of coffee and wine staining isn't getting blinding white in one sitting and managing that expectation up front saves a disappointed review later. You seat them, place the cheek retractors and the bib, apply the peroxide gel to the trays, and position the LED accelerator lamp for the timed cycle, checking in between rounds and watching for sensitivity. A session runs sixty to ninety minutes, and you do two or three gel applications, taking another shade reading at the end to show the change. Some clients get a zing of sensitivity mid-cycle and you switch to desensitizing gel and reassure them it passes. The afternoon is back-to-back appointments, and when one client shows up fifteen minutes late the whole lamp schedule compresses behind them. You sell a package to someone who wants to go several shades lighter over multiple visits, plus a take-home pen for maintenance, and a returning client is mid-package for her second of three sessions. Between clients you sanitize, change barriers, and field calls from people whose teeth felt sensitive that night wondering if it's normal.
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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 $2,592/year on software — and Teeth Whitening Tech face their own version of that math. NH state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Manchester metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Teeth Whitening Techs run into with Vagaro, and what Nexa does instead.
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