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An optimisation engine that handles maintenance planning end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Aimed at security services ops teams, at a tenth of what the enterprise suite charges.
In short: Maintenance Planner for Security services, Run by Optimisation is an optimisation engine aimed at security services ops managers, covering maintenance planning. It scores 75/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (94) and held back by timing (56). Typical pricing is $1.7k–$35k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a quarter for $14k–$42k.
Security services teams lose maintenance done on a calendar rather than on condition. Every security services team solves this the same way: someone stays late. Whoever knows how it works becomes a single point of failure.
A narrow optimisation engine scoped to maintenance planning alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Revenue is usage-based, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $434M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 16% |
| Annual contract value | $1.7k – $35k |
| Pricing model | Usage-based |
| Time to first revenue | 33 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $14k – $42k |
| Build effort | ~1 quarter |
Solver capacity that once needed a research budget now runs on commodity hardware. Security services is growing at roughly 15% 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 vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
Accuracy is unforgiving here — one wrong output costs more than the subscription.
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