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Field reporting handled by a document parser, with a human signing rather than writing. Aimed at solar ops teams, built for one person, not a department.
In short: Solar Field Reporter is a document parser aimed at solar ops managers, covering field reporting. It scores 79/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by monetisation (90) and held back by moat (61). Typical pricing is $4.3k–$93k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a month for $5.0k–$12k.
Solar teams lose reports typed up in a truck cab after a ten-hour day. Every solar team solves this the same way: someone stays late. The error rate is tolerated because measuring it would cost more than the errors.
Point a document parser at field reporting, and let people review output instead of producing it. Revenue is per-outcome, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $505M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 22% |
| Annual contract value | $4.3k – $93k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 80 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $5.0k – $12k |
| Build effort | ~1 month |
Document parsing stopped needing per-layout templates. 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 |
|---|---|
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| An offshore back office | Cheaper per hour, but does not scale down to the tail |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
Accuracy is unforgiving here — one wrong output costs more than the subscription.
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