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A workflow engine that handles quoting & estimating end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Aimed at energy asset managers, proving value before anyone signs anything.
In short: Energy Quote Builder is a workflow engine aimed at energy asset managers, covering quoting & estimating. It scores 76/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (90) and held back by timing (25). Typical pricing is $10k–$103k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a month for $6.0k–$21k.
Energy teams lose quotes that take three days and still miss margin. The work sits between two systems that were never designed to talk. The error rate is tolerated because measuring it would cost more than the errors.
Quoting & estimating handled by a workflow engine, with a human signing rather than writing. Revenue is site licence, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $1.1B |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 20% |
| Annual contract value | $10k – $103k |
| Pricing model | Site licence |
| Time to first revenue | 93 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $6.0k – $21k |
| Build effort | ~1 month |
Connectors exist for systems that were closed five years ago. Energy is growing at roughly 18% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| A generalist AI tool | No domain grounding, so output needs full human review |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
The data you need lives on paper in a back office; digitisation is half the product.
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