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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 utilities ops teams, writing down what only one person knows.
In short: Permit Tracker for Utilities Ops Teams is a workflow engine aimed at utilities ops managers, covering permit & licence tracking. It scores 70/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by open field (94) and held back by timing (42). Typical pricing is $11k–$166k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in a weekend for $2.5k–$8.0k.
Utilities teams lose twelve portals refreshed by hand every morning. Every utilities team solves this the same way: someone stays late. The error rate is tolerated because measuring it would cost more than the errors.
Permit & licence tracking handled by a workflow engine, with a human signing rather than writing. Revenue is managed service, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $1.4B |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 11% |
| Annual contract value | $11k – $166k |
| Pricing model | Managed service |
| Time to first revenue | 83 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $2.5k – $8.0k |
| Build effort | Weekend |
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 |
|---|---|
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
| An offshore back office | Cheaper per hour, but does not scale down to the tail |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
The data you need lives on paper in a back office; digitisation is half the product.
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