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A narrow workflow engine scoped to incident reporting alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Aimed at energy ops teams, catching the error before it becomes a change order.
In short: Incident Recorder for Energy Ops Teams is a workflow engine aimed at energy ops managers, covering incident reporting. It scores 77/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by monetisation (89) and held back by timing (33). Typical pricing is $8.2k–$82k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a month for $6.5k–$15k.
Energy teams lose incidents written up days later from memory. Every energy team solves this the same way: someone stays late. Most operators assume this is simply the cost of doing business.
A narrow workflow engine scoped to incident reporting alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Revenue is site licence, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $1.9B |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 19% |
| Annual contract value | $8.2k – $82k |
| Pricing model | Site licence |
| Time to first revenue | 97 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $6.5k – $15k |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Integrations with the incumbent system of record are undocumented and gatekept.
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