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A workflow engine that handles asset tracking end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Aimed at education registrars, finding what the inspector would find, first.
In short: Education Asset Tracker is a workflow engine aimed at education registrars, covering asset tracking. It scores 74/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by demand (86) and held back by timing (56). Typical pricing is $5.0k–$107k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a month for $6.0k–$13k.
Education teams lose equipment located by asking around. Every education team solves this the same way: someone stays late. It scales linearly with headcount, so growth makes it worse rather than better.
A narrow workflow engine scoped to asset tracking alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Revenue is per-outcome, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $633M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 11% |
| Annual contract value | $5.0k – $107k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 66 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $6.0k – $13k |
| Build effort | ~1 month |
Connectors exist for systems that were closed five years ago. Education is growing at roughly 13% 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 incumbent is a person, and displacing a person is a change-management problem.
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