Art Teachers on Wave pay $19/month — $228/year. Over three years, that's $684. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 14.7 months. The median art teacher earns $30,000/year, so Wave's annual cost is roughly 0.8% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $684 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
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You're not the only one who's had enough.
Art Teachers face unique challenges: Supply costs per class eat into tuition revenue. Class minimums and cancellation policies for group sessions. Managing kids' classes, adult workshops, and private lessons. Seasonal enrollment fluctuations. On top of all that, Wave charges $19/month ($228/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median art teacher earns $30,000/year. Software at $228/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Art supplies for classes 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.
Wave is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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Your exact Wave cost, full stack total, and what switching saves. 10 seconds.
| Feature | Wave | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✓ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Works offline | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $19/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $684 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most art teachers are fully switched before the weekend.
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I teach drawing and painting to kids after school and to adults in the evenings, in my own studio and at a community centre. Each term is planned around skills that build on each other: line and shape first, then value and shading, then colour mixing, then composition, with a project at the end of each block so students have something they're proud to take home. Preparing a class means testing the project myself, cutting paper, mixing paint into palettes, and setting up still lifes or reference photos, and for kids it means planning for the ones who finish in five minutes and the ones who never want to stop. In class I demonstrate first, then circulate, correcting a grip, showing someone how to lift colour out of a wet wash, and finding something genuinely good in every piece. Adults need a different kind of encouragement: most of them were told as children they couldn't draw. Supplies are a constant cost, paper, paint, brushes that students destroy, and I track them so the materials fee covers them. Cleanup takes as long as setup. Parents sign up by the term, adults buy class packs, and I run holiday camps and private lessons in between, plus a student exhibition every spring.
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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. Wave may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. Wave is $19/month — that's $684 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 Wave as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $2,200/year on software — and art teacher face their own version of that math. Mexico requires CFDI electronic invoicing for all formal businesses. ISR and IVA apply. Requirements vary by country and locality. Check local regulations.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Cancún metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Art Teachers run into with Wave, and what Nexa does instead.
If you want to compare notes or see how other art teachers are running their tools, here's where the conversation happens.
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