A workflow engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes collections. Aimed at construction project managers, charging only when it actually works.
In short: Collections Chaser for Construction, Run by Workflow is a workflow engine aimed at construction project managers, covering collections. It scores 70/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by monetisation (86) and held back by timing (35). Typical pricing is $1.0k–$20k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a month for $6.0k–$21k.
Construction teams lose receivables aging past 90 days because nobody chased. Every construction team solves this the same way: someone stays late. The cost is invisible on any P&L line, which is why it never gets fixed.
Point a workflow engine at collections, and let people review output instead of producing it. Revenue is seat saas, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $471M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 21% |
| Annual contract value | $1.0k – $20k |
| Pricing model | Seat SaaS |
| Time to first revenue | 51 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $6.0k – $21k |
| Build effort | ~1 month |
Connectors exist for systems that were closed five years ago. Construction is growing at roughly 20% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
Trust has to be earned before anyone lets this run unsupervised.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
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→ AltF IdeaLabAsk how they handle this today and what it costs them. If nobody can quantify the pain, the demand score is optimistic.
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