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A narrow workflow engine scoped to renewal management alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Aimed at public safety ops teams, replacing the spreadsheet that currently holds it together.
In short: Renewal Manager for Public safety, Run by Workflow is a workflow engine aimed at public safety ops managers, covering renewal management. It scores 70/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (90) and held back by monetisation (49). Typical pricing is $2.2k–$43k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in a weekend for $3.0k–$8.0k.
Public safety teams lose renewals that lapse because a date sat in a spreadsheet. Every public safety team solves this the same way: someone stays late. It scales linearly with headcount, so growth makes it worse rather than better.
Renewal management handled by a workflow engine, with a human signing rather than writing. Revenue is usage-based, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $373M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 12% |
| Annual contract value | $2.2k – $43k |
| Pricing model | Usage-based |
| Time to first revenue | 51 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $3.0k – $8.0k |
| 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 |
| 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 |
The buying cycle is slower than the build, so runway assumptions matter more than code.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
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