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A forecasting model that handles pricing end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Aimed at construction project managers, built for one person, not a department.
In short: Pricing Engine Built for Project Managers is a forecasting model aimed at construction project managers, covering pricing. It scores 78/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (94) and held back by feasibility (43). Typical pricing is $6.7k–$135k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $36k–$118k.
Construction teams lose a price list last revised when costs were 30% lower. The work sits between two systems that were never designed to talk. Whoever knows how it works becomes a single point of failure.
A narrow forecasting model scoped to pricing alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Revenue is take-rate, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $941M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 19% |
| Annual contract value | $6.7k – $135k |
| Pricing model | Take-rate |
| Time to first revenue | 57 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $36k – $118k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Forecasting that used to need a data team now runs on off-the-shelf models. Construction is growing at roughly 20% 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 vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
| 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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