Athletic Coaches 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 Athletic Coach earns $45,000/year, so Wave's annual cost is roughly 0.5% 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.
Athletic Coaches face unique challenges: Pricing one-on-one sessions, small-group training, and team work on three different scales without it becoming a guessing game. Tracking which athletes have sessions left on a prepaid 10-pack versus who's drop-in and owes per visit. Building a season schedule around school sports, tournaments, and athletes who travel, then rescheduling around weather and injuries. Logging each athlete's progress metrics, sprint times, and lift numbers so they can show parents real improvement. On top of all that, Wave charges $19/month ($228/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Athletic Coach earns $45,000/year. Software at $228/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Speed and agility ladders, hurdles, and cones 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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| 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 athletic coaches are fully switched before the weekend.
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He's at the field or the gym before sunrise because serious athletes train before school. The 6 AM is a one-on-one speed session: he sets the timing gates, runs the athlete through sprint repeats, and jots times on his clipboard between reps. By 7 it's a small group, and he's mentally tracking who paid for a 10-pack and who's a drop-in he'll have to invoice later. The middle of the day is a patchwork of make-up sessions for athletes who travel for tournaments, plus a parent who wants to know if their kid is actually getting faster. After school the schedule slams: back-to-back groups, a team session, and a couple of privates squeezed in. He's coaching and bookkeeping at once, calling out cues while half-remembering who's down to their last prepaid session. A rainstorm forces him to move two field sessions indoors and reshuffle the whole evening. Between groups he updates a couple of athletes' sprint times so he has something concrete to show parents at the next check-in. At night he reconciles the day's mix of packages and drop-ins, blocks out next week around two tournaments, and texts three families about renewing their session packs before they run dry.
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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 $1,968/year on software — and Athletic Coach face their own version of that math. WV state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Charleston metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Athletic Coaches run into with Wave, and what Nexa does instead.
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