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A workflow engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes permit & licence tracking. Aimed at utilities field supervisors, replacing the spreadsheet that currently holds it together.
In short: Permit Tracker Built for Field Supervisors is a workflow engine aimed at utilities field supervisors, covering permit & licence tracking. It scores 74/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by monetisation (92) and held back by timing (36). Typical pricing is $4.6k–$98k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a month for $5.0k–$11k.
Utilities teams lose twelve portals refreshed by hand every morning. In most utilities businesses this job has never had software written for it. The error rate is tolerated because measuring it would cost more than the errors.
A workflow engine that handles permit & licence tracking end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Revenue is per-outcome, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $1.5B |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 14% |
| Annual contract value | $4.6k – $98k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 66 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $5.0k – $11k |
| Build effort | ~1 month |
Connectors exist for systems that were closed five years ago. Utilities is growing at roughly 11% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
| A generalist AI tool | No domain grounding, so output needs full human review |
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
Integrations with the incumbent system of record are undocumented and gatekept.
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