A workflow engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes onboarding. Aimed at security services schedulers, replacing the spreadsheet that currently holds it together.
In short: Onboarding Flow for Security services, Run by Workflow is a workflow engine aimed at security services schedulers, covering onboarding. It scores 72/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by monetisation (91) and held back by timing (36). Typical pricing is $3.5k–$74k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a month for $6.0k–$20k.
Security services teams lose a 40-step checklist living in one person’s head. Every security services team solves this the same way: someone stays late. Whoever knows how it works becomes a single point of failure.
Point a workflow engine at onboarding, and let people review output instead of producing it. Revenue is per-outcome, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $543M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 15% |
| Annual contract value | $3.5k – $74k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 68 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $6.0k – $20k |
| Build effort | ~1 month |
Connectors exist for systems that were closed five years ago. 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
Accuracy is unforgiving here — one wrong output costs more than the subscription.
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