The typical caterer pays $94/month for HoneyBook + QuickBooks. That's $1,128/year — $3,785 over 3 years with SaaS inflation. Nexa includes scheduling as a built-in module for $279 once. Break even in 3.0 months.
That's 62 hours of your work every year — just to pay for software you don't own.
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You own your Chafing dishes and warming equipment. You bought it once. Why are you renting your scheduling?
$94/month. Every month. Forever. That's not a tool — that's a tax.
Appointment and job scheduling with calendar sync, reminders, and online booking. Plus scheduling, CRM, task management, and a full QuickBooks-style accounting suite. All connected. All yours. Forever.
The average caterer pays HoneyBook ($39/mo), QuickBooks ($55/mo) — a total of $94/month or $1,128 per year. With SaaS prices rising 11.4% annually (five times general inflation), that stack will cost $3,785 over three years and $7,081 over five. Nexa replaces all of it for $279, paid once. You break even in 3.0 months. After that, every dollar your competitors spend on subscriptions is money you keep. At median caterer earnings, $1,128/year in software represents 62 hours of work — time spent earning money just to hand it to SaaS companies for tools you never own.
Online booking with deposits and automatic reminders removes the two biggest leaks at once: the slot that got booked twice and the customer who forgot. The calendar should defend your time without you policing it — that's the whole job of scheduling software.
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Yes. The scheduling module is designed for caterers who need to appointment and job scheduling with calendar sync, reminders, and online booking. Plus you get scheduling, CRM, time tracking, and full accounting — tools most caterers end up needing anyway. $279 total for everything.
$279 spread over 3 years is $7.75/month. You're currently paying $94/month for HoneyBook + QuickBooks — that's $3,785 over 3 years. Nexa saves you $3,506 over that period. The math isn't close.
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Yes. Export your data as CSV, import into Nexa. Most caterers are fully switched in 1-2 days. Run both in parallel until you're confident — zero risk.
The median caterer earns $38,000/year. Software subscriptions at $1,128/year represent 3.0% of that income — every single year. Nexa at $279 once is 0.73% of annual income, paid one time. The difference compounds every year you operate.
Most caterers cobble together 3-5 separate apps — one for scheduling, one for invoicing, one for bookkeeping, maybe another for client management. Each one charges monthly. None of them talk to each other. So you end up copying client info between apps, manually reconciling invoices with your books, and losing track of details that fall through the cracks.
For the way a caterer actually works, Nexa keeps one record instead of five logins. You finish the job and the invoice generates from that same record — no retyping into a second app between calls. The hours feed your P&L automatically, a client who books online lands in your CRM with their history, and the Chafing dishes and warming equipment you bought once is finally matched by software you buy once. The "pricing per-head for events with changing guest counts" problem goes away. No Zapier, no CSV exports. $279 once — or $99 today and two more — and the whole integrated system is yours, break-even in 3.0 months. 30-day money-back guarantee. And because there's nothing to renew, a caterer who switches keeps paying $0/month while competitors keep paying $94/month — that gap compounds every year you own it.
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Pricing verified March 2026. SaaS inflation rate: 11.4% YoY (5x general inflation).