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A workflow engine that handles permit & licence tracking end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Aimed at dental office managers, unbundling the one module people actually use.
In short: Permit Tracker for Dental, Run by Workflow is a workflow engine aimed at dental office managers, covering permit & licence tracking. It scores 72/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by feasibility (97) and held back by timing (40). Typical pricing is $900–$10k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in a weekend for $2.0k–$5.0k.
Dental teams lose twelve portals refreshed by hand every morning. It is the kind of task that is too small to fund and too costly to ignore. Most operators assume this is simply the cost of doing business.
A workflow engine that handles permit & licence tracking end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Revenue is flat saas, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $2.3B |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 13% |
| Annual contract value | $900 – $10k |
| Pricing model | Flat SaaS |
| Time to first revenue | 25 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $2.0k – $5.0k |
| Build effort | Weekend |
Connectors exist for systems that were closed five years ago. Dental is growing at roughly 14% 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 |
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
The data you need lives on paper in a back office; digitisation is half the product.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
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