Bookkeepers on Toggl Track pay $12/month — $144/year. Over three years, that's $432. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 23.3 months. The median bookkeeper earns $45,000/year, so Toggl Track's annual cost is roughly 0.3% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $432 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Bookkeepers face unique challenges: Tracking hours across 15-25 monthly clients. QuickBooks Online costs you pay on behalf of clients (or eat yourself). Clients dumping a shoebox of receipts on you at tax time. Scope creep when 'just bookkeeping' becomes payroll, tax prep, and advisory. On top of all that, Toggl Track charges $12/month ($144/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median bookkeeper earns $45,000/year. Software at $144/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Accounting software licenses (for client work) 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.
Toggl Track is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | Toggl Track | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Works offline | — | ✓ |
| Price | $12/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $432 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most bookkeepers are fully switched before the weekend.
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Month-end is my deadline. Around the fifth, clients' bank and card feeds have closed and I start reconciling: every account, every transaction, matched to a receipt or an invoice, until the books agree with the statement to the cent. The work is mostly in the exceptions: a deposit that's actually two invoices, a transfer coded as income, a personal expense on the business card, a vendor paid twice. I chase clients for the receipts they swore they'd upload. For some clients I run payroll twice a month, which has hard deadlines and zero room for error. Then I close the month, produce a P&L and balance sheet, and send a short note on what changed and why, because a report nobody understands is worthless. Sales-tax returns land on their own calendar by state. Around tax season I'm cleaning up the year and preparing a clean package for the CPA. Most clients are on a monthly flat fee, so the ones with messy books cost me real hours, and every year I'm deciding which to reprice and which to let go.
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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. Toggl Track may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. Toggl Track is $12/month — that's $432 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 Toggl Track as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $2,000/year on software — and bookkeeper face their own version of that math. Ohio Commercial Activity Tax applies to businesses over $150K. Columbus imposes a 2.5% income tax — among Ohio's highest. Ohio requires specific trade licenses through the Division of Industrial Compliance. Columbus requires a business license for most trades.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Columbus metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Bookkeepers run into with Toggl Track, and what Nexa does instead.
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