A narrow workflow engine scoped to shift handover alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Aimed at security services field supervisors, proving value before anyone signs anything.
In short: Security services Handover Recorder is a workflow engine aimed at security services field supervisors, covering shift handover. It scores 76/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by monetisation (91) and held back by timing (56). Typical pricing is $12k–$174k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in a weekend for $3.0k–$9.0k.
Security services teams lose a whiteboard that loses half of what the last crew knew. Nobody owns this process, which is exactly why it keeps breaking. Most operators assume this is simply the cost of doing business.
A narrow workflow engine scoped to shift handover alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Revenue is managed service, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $473M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 15% |
| Annual contract value | $12k – $174k |
| Pricing model | Managed service |
| Time to first revenue | 72 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $3.0k – $9.0k |
| Build effort | Weekend |
Connectors exist for systems that were closed five years ago. Security services is growing at roughly 15% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
Trust has to be earned before anyone lets this run unsupervised.
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