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Dispatch handled by a workflow engine, with a human signing rather than writing. Aimed at public safety department heads, unbundling the one module people actually use.
In short: Public safety Dispatch is a workflow engine aimed at public safety department heads, covering dispatch. It scores 71/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by demand (83) and held back by timing (52). Typical pricing is $700–$7.0k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a month for $6.5k–$18k.
Public safety teams lose routing decisions made from memory at 6am. In most public safety businesses this job has never had software written for it. Whoever knows how it works becomes a single point of failure.
A workflow engine that handles dispatch 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 | $417M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 12% |
| Annual contract value | $700 – $7.0k |
| Pricing model | Flat SaaS |
| Time to first revenue | 22 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $6.5k – $18k |
| Build effort | ~1 month |
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 |
| 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 buying cycle is slower than the build, so runway assumptions matter more than code.
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