VJs (Video Jockeys) on FreshBooks pay $43/month — $516/year. Over three years, that's $1,548. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 6.5 months. The median VJ earns $35,000/year, so FreshBooks's annual cost is roughly 1.5% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $1,548 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
VJs (Video Jockeys) face unique challenges: Equipment rental vs. owned gear affects per-gig profitability differently. Late-night event schedules make invoicing the next day easy to forget. Venue relationships need CRM tracking for repeat bookings. Equipment wear and replacement costs not factored into pricing. On top of all that, FreshBooks charges $43/month ($516/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median VJ earns $35,000/year. Software at $516/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Projectors and LED panels 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.
FreshBooks is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | FreshBooks | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✓ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | — | ✓ |
| Works offline | — | ✓ |
| Price | $43/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $1,548 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most vjs (video jockeys) are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Settings → Export Data. Download clients, invoices, expenses, and time entries.
15-minute setup. Import your client list and expenses from CSV.
Run both for 1-2 weeks. Re-create unpaid and recurring invoices in Nexa; keep the FreshBooks export as your invoice history.
Cancel subscription. Download a final data export for your records.
Saturday starts with a load-in list. Tonight is a private event with projection mapping onto the front of a converted warehouse, $800 plus $200 in rented screens, so I'm checking the laptop, the capture card, the MIDI controller, spare HDMI and SDI runs, the lens for the throw distance and my own projector, whose lamp is down to about 500 hours. I pick the rental screens up at 2 and inspect them for tears before I sign. At 4 I'm on site measuring the facade, setting the projector on a scaffold and taping cables down where people will walk. Once it's dark enough I build the map: warping corners onto the window frames, masking the doors, lining up edges so the loops I rendered last week fit the architecture. I test clips against the DJ's opening track and fix a loop that stutters at the seam. During the event I'm triggering clips live, matching tempo, and layering the logos the client sent in the wrong format, which I recut this afternoon. Last night was a club set, $400, house visuals on the LED wall, and I got home at 4. Tonight wraps at 1, strike takes an hour, and the rented screens go back Monday. Sunday I sleep, then send two invoices from last weekend that I forgot, note which venue still hasn't paid for September, and look up what a replacement lamp costs, because I know I haven't been pricing its hours into my rates.
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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. FreshBooks may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. FreshBooks is $43/month — that's $1,548 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 FreshBooks as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $2,208/year on software — and VJ face their own version of that math. MI state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Dearborn metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps VJs (Video Jockeys) run into with FreshBooks, and what Nexa does instead.
If you want to compare notes or see how other vjs (video jockeys) are running their tools, here's where the conversation happens.
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