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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 rail ops teams, finding what the inspector would find, first.
In short: Permit Tracker for Rail, Run by Workflow is a workflow engine aimed at rail ops managers, covering permit & licence tracking. It scores 70/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by monetisation (92) and held back by timing (21). Typical pricing is $3.3k–$71k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in a weekend for $2.0k–$5.0k.
Rail teams lose twelve portals refreshed by hand every morning. Every rail team solves this the same way: someone stays late. It scales linearly with headcount, so growth makes it worse rather than better.
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 | $429M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 9% |
| Annual contract value | $3.3k – $71k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 67 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $2.0k – $5.0k |
| Build effort | Weekend |
Connectors exist for systems that were closed five years ago. Rail is growing at roughly 10% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| An offshore back office | Cheaper per hour, but does not scale down to the tail |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
Trust has to be earned before anyone lets this run unsupervised.
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