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Point an optimisation engine at scheduling, and let people review output instead of producing it. Aimed at solar ops teams, writing down what only one person knows.
In short: Scheduling for Solar, Run by Optimisation is an optimisation engine aimed at solar ops managers, covering scheduling. It scores 70/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by demand (93) and held back by feasibility (42). Typical pricing is $2.4k–$49k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $40k–$140k.
Solar teams lose a calendar rebuilt by hand every time one job slips. Every solar team solves this the same way: someone stays late. The backlog only surfaces when a customer or an auditor finds it first.
A narrow optimisation engine scoped to scheduling alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Revenue is usage-based, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $545M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 21% |
| Annual contract value | $2.4k – $49k |
| Pricing model | Usage-based |
| Time to first revenue | 37 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $40k – $140k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Solver capacity that once needed a research budget now runs on commodity hardware. Solar is growing at roughly 24% 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 |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
| An offshore back office | Cheaper per hour, but does not scale down to the tail |
Every customer wants their own edge cases encoded, so onboarding cost is the real constraint.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
Score problem urgency, willingness to pay, and reachable audience size before writing any code.
→ AltF IdeaLabAsk how they handle this today and what it costs them. If nobody can quantify the pain, the demand score is optimistic.
→ Survey BuilderCheck availability, DNS, and email authentication in one pass so your first outreach lands in an inbox.
→ AltF DomainOpsStand up intake, the review queue, and billing before you build the clever part.
→ AltF Flow