Voiceover Artists 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 voiceover artist earns $35,000/year, so Wave's annual cost is roughly 0.7% 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.
Voiceover Artists face unique challenges: Usage rights and buyout pricing make invoicing complex. Platform fees on Fiverr/Voices.com eat 20% of revenue. Tracking per-word and per-finished-hour rates across different job types. Dry spells between jobs make cash flow unpredictable. On top of all that, Wave charges $19/month ($228/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median voiceover artist earns $35,000/year. Software at $228/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Professional microphone (Neumann, Sennheiser) 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 voiceover artists are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Settings → Data Export. Download customers, invoices, transactions, and accounts.
15-minute setup. Import your client list and bank transactions from CSV.
Run both for 1-2 weeks. Re-create recurring invoices in Nexa and check your bank imports.
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Most of my work happens in a padded closet. Every morning I warm up my voice, then work through auditions: a few commercial reads, an explainer video, sometimes a video-game character, each one recorded, lightly cleaned up and submitted within hours, because the fastest good read often wins. Maybe one in twenty turns into a booking. A booked job means a directed session, often with the client listening in remotely, taking notes on pace and emphasis and recording alternate takes. Then editing: removing breaths and mouth clicks, levelling, and delivering files in the exact format they asked for. Audiobooks are a different rhythm: hours of narration a day, then editing and correcting mistakes against the manuscript, paid per finished hour. Rates depend on usage, so a regional radio spot, a national TV ad and a corporate training video are priced very differently, and I have to read every contract for how long and where my voice will run. I'm also maintaining my booth, microphone and interface, because noise ruins a take.
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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 $2,000/year on software — and voiceover artist face their own version of that math. Chile requires SII electronic invoicing. IVA at 19%. Requirements vary by country and locality. Check local regulations.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Santiago metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Voiceover Artists run into with Wave, and what Nexa does instead.
If you want to compare notes or see how other voiceover artists are running their tools, here's where the conversation happens.
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