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A workflow engine that handles collections end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Aimed at public safety ops teams, closing the loop while everyone is asleep.
In short: Public safety Collections Chaser on Workflow is a workflow engine aimed at public safety ops managers, covering collections. It scores 74/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by feasibility (91) and held back by timing (41). Typical pricing is $3.8k–$57k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in a weekend for $2.0k–$6.0k.
Public safety teams lose receivables aging past 90 days because nobody chased. The work sits between two systems that were never designed to talk. Whoever knows how it works becomes a single point of failure.
A workflow engine that handles collections end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Revenue is data subscription, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $392M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 15% |
| Annual contract value | $3.8k – $57k |
| Pricing model | Data subscription |
| Time to first revenue | 71 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $2.0k – $6.0k |
| Build effort | Weekend |
Connectors exist for systems that were closed five years ago. Public safety 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 |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
The incumbent is a person, and displacing a person is a change-management problem.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
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→ AltF IdeaLabAsk how they handle this today and what it costs them. If nobody can quantify the pain, the demand score is optimistic.
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