Austin is home to about 2,350,000 people. The moderate cost of living means competitive pricing — and software savings hit different on tight margins.
Doulas in Texas need a Business License. Requirements vary — contact your city or county business licensing office for current details.
Insurance: $500K-$1M general liability
Continuing Education: Check with state licensing board
Texas has no state income tax. Every dollar you save on software stays in your pocket. The $561 annual savings from switching to Nexa is real money — not reduced by state taxes.
Whether you call it invoicing, a app for jobs, or a invoicing system — most doulas in Austin stitch together HoneyBook, Acuity Scheduling, Dubsado and other monthly services. That's $840/year in monthly software fees. Over 5 years at today's prices, you're looking at $4,200.
Nexa gives you the ability to stop renting software. Your CRM, invoicing, calendar tool, jobs, time tracking, and financial tools — combined into one app. A single action books a client. A single action generates an invoice. No bouncing between tools. No middleware. No sync fees. It's a buy once — cut costs starting today. For doulas in Austin weighing the switch, the 30-day money-back guarantee covers the migration window — you can run Nexa in parallel with your existing subscriptions, verify the workflow handles your real client load, and only cancel the monthly tools once you are confident the data and processes have settled in.
I support families through pregnancy, birth and the first weeks after. A client relationship starts months before the due date with a couple of prenatal visits: talking through their hopes for the birth, their fears, who will be in the room, and comfort techniques we practise together. From about thirty-seven weeks I'm on call around the clock, with my phone on at all times and childcare arranged for my own kids, because labour starts when it starts. During labour I'm with them for as long as it takes, sometimes twenty hours: suggesting positions, massage and breathing, keeping them informed and calm, and helping the partner support them. I'm not a medical provider, and I'm clear about that; my job is support, and I work alongside the midwife or doctor. After the birth I help with the first feed and visit in the following weeks to talk through the birth and check how everyone's coping. Most families pay a package fee in instalments, with a deposit to reserve their due date, and I only take a few clients a month so I'm never at two births at once.
That is the work Nexa is built around: the job, the client, the hours and the invoice live in one place, so the paperwork side of the day doesn't need a second shift.
Every one of those was bought once and earns its keep for years. Nexa is priced the same way: $279 once, and it keeps working whether business is busy or slow.
Dated changes to the subscriptions a doula might rent. Each one links the announcement or report it comes from. Tap one for the numbers.
For renewals on or after February 1, 2026, Pro Plus and Mac Plus went from $999 to $1,149 a year for one user, and each extra seat from $200 to $230.
Source: SWK Technologies, Insightful Accountant (Dec 2, 2025)
From July 1, 2025: Simple Start $35 to $38, Essentials $65 to $75, Plus $99 to $115, Advanced $235 to $275 a month.
Source: Woodard Report (May 27, 2025)
From February 4, 2025: Starter $19 to $36 (89%), Essentials $39 to $59, Premium $79 to $125 a month.
Source: Fstoppers (Jan 24, 2025)
From October 27, 2024: Early $15 to $20, Growing $42 to $47, Established $78 to $80 a month.
Source: Insightful Accountant
Only changes we can link to a vendor announcement or a named publication are listed. Plans, add-ons and discounts vary, so check the vendor's current pricing page before you decide.
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