Coffee Roasters on Wave pay $16/month — $192/year. Over three years, that's $644. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 17.4 months. The median coffee roaster earns $35,000/year, so Wave's annual cost is roughly 0.5% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
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Coffee Roasters face unique challenges: Roasted coffee degasses and goes stale fast, so it has to be roasted close to when it ships, making freshness a scheduling problem against demand. Dialing in a roast profile takes repeated test roasts and cupping, so a new green coffee or a crop change means re-developing the curve. Green coffee is bought in bulk far ahead and quality shifts by harvest, so capital is tied up in inventory that ages and varies. Wholesale and subscription accounts want consistent flavor batch after batch, so any drift in the roast or the green is immediately tasted by regulars. On top of all that, Wave charges $16/month ($192/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median coffee roaster earns $35,000/year. Software at $192/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your drum or fluid-bed roaster 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 | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $16/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $644 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most coffee roasters are fully switched before the weekend.
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She roasts to order as much as she can, because coffee is freshest in the days after the roast and stales quickly, so the morning is built around what ships this week rather than stockpiling. She preheats the drum and runs the first batch, watching the bean probe and listening for first crack, adjusting gas and airflow to follow the profile she developed for that coffee. Logging is constant, because hitting the same curve batch after batch is what keeps a wholesale account's espresso tasting like it did last month. A new green from a different harvest means going back to the sample roaster and the cupping table, dialing in a fresh profile over several test roasts before it's ready for production. Between batches she weighs and bags into valve bags that let the coffee degas without going stale, sealing and dating each one. Green inventory is its own worry, since she bought it in bulk months ago and it shifts as it ages, tying up money in a warehouse. The afternoon is filling subscription and wholesale orders, making sure each account gets the roast level it expects, and tracking which beans are running low against what's committed. She cups a sample from the day's batches to catch any drift before a regular does.
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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 $16/month — that's $644 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.
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The average solo operator there spends about $1,900/year on software — and coffee roaster face their own version of that math. Missouri income tax up to 4.8%. St. Louis City imposes a 1% earnings tax on all workers. Illinois side has separate 4.95% state tax. St. Louis City and County are separate jurisdictions with different licensing. Missouri contractors need registration for projects over $5,000.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the St. Louis metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Coffee Roasters run into with Wave, and what Nexa does instead.
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