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Point a geospatial model at site selection, and let people review output instead of producing it. Aimed at childcare program directors, replacing the spreadsheet that currently holds it together.
In short: Automated Site Scorer for Childcare is a geospatial model aimed at childcare program directors, covering site selection. It scores 74/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by timing (90) and held back by feasibility (25). Typical pricing is $4.5k–$67k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $38k–$110k.
Childcare teams lose location decisions made on instinct and a drive-by. A typical childcare operation runs this on people, memory, and a shared spreadsheet. The cost is invisible on any P&L line, which is why it never gets fixed.
Site selection handled by a geospatial model, with a human signing rather than writing. Revenue is data subscription, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $474M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 18% |
| Annual contract value | $4.5k – $67k |
| Pricing model | Data subscription |
| Time to first revenue | 57 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $38k – $110k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Satellite and census-linked data became licensable at startup prices. Childcare is growing at roughly 17% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
| An offshore back office | Cheaper per hour, but does not scale down to the tail |
The buying cycle is slower than the build, so runway assumptions matter more than code.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
Score problem urgency, willingness to pay, and reachable audience size before writing any code.
→ AltF IdeaLabAsk how they handle this today and what it costs them. If nobody can quantify the pain, the demand score is optimistic.
→ Survey BuilderCheck availability, DNS, and email authentication in one pass so your first outreach lands in an inbox.
→ AltF DomainOpsStand up intake, the review queue, and billing before you build the clever part.
→ AltF Flow