The typical ghostwriter pays $72/month for FreshBooks + HoneyBook. That's $864/year — $2,898 over 3 years with SaaS inflation. Nexa includes invoicing as a built-in module for $279 once. Break even in 3.9 months.
That's 37 hours of your work every year — just to pay for software you don't own.
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You own your Writing software (Scrivener, Google Docs). You bought it once. Why are you renting your invoicing?
$72/month. Every month. Forever. That's not a tool — that's a tax.
Professional invoicing with payment tracking, reminders, and automated follow-ups. Plus scheduling, CRM, task management, and a full QuickBooks-style accounting suite. All connected. All yours. Forever.
The average ghostwriter pays FreshBooks ($33/mo), HoneyBook ($39/mo) — a total of $72/month or $864 per year. With SaaS prices rising 11.4% annually (five times general inflation), that stack will cost $2,898 over three years and $5,423 over five. Nexa replaces all of it for $279, paid once. You break even in 3.9 months. After that, every dollar your competitors spend on subscriptions is money you keep. At median ghostwriter earnings, $864/year in software represents 37 hours of work — time spent earning money just to hand it to SaaS companies for tools you never own.
It's not the work — it's the steps between 'done' and 'paid.' On-site invoicing, automatic generation from the job record, and same-day reminders compress 23 days to next-day. Every day you shave off is cash that's in your account instead of someone else's.
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Yes. The invoicing module is designed for ghostwriters who need to professional invoicing with payment tracking, reminders, and automated follow-ups. Plus you get scheduling, CRM, time tracking, and full accounting — tools most ghostwriters end up needing anyway. $279 total for everything.
$279 spread over 3 years is $7.75/month. You're currently paying $72/month for FreshBooks + HoneyBook — that's $2,898 over 3 years. Nexa saves you $2,619 over that period. The math isn't close.
30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund, no questions. If Nexa doesn't save you $500 in year one, you get every penny back.
Yes. Export your data as CSV, import into Nexa. Most ghostwriters are fully switched in 1-2 days. Run both in parallel until you're confident — zero risk.
The median ghostwriter earns $48,000/year. Software subscriptions at $864/year represent 1.8% of that income — every single year. Nexa at $279 once is 0.58% of annual income, paid one time. The difference compounds every year you operate.
Most ghostwriters 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 ghostwriter 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 Writing software (Scrivener, Google Docs) you bought once is finally matched by software you buy once. The "books take 3-6 months with milestone-based payment schedules" 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 3.9 months. 30-day money-back guarantee. And because there's nothing to renew, a ghostwriter who switches keeps paying $0/month while competitors keep paying $72/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).