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Point a forecasting model at margin monitoring, and let people review output instead of producing it. Aimed at solar ops teams, proving value before anyone signs anything.
In short: Solar Margin Watch is a forecasting model aimed at solar ops managers, covering margin monitoring. It scores 73/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by monetisation (86) and held back by feasibility (44). Typical pricing is $2.6k–$47k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $37k–$120k.
Solar teams lose discovering a product went underwater a quarter late. In most solar businesses this job has never had software written for it. Whoever knows how it works becomes a single point of failure.
A forecasting model that handles margin monitoring end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Revenue is per-project, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $731M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 27% |
| Annual contract value | $2.6k – $47k |
| Pricing model | Per-project |
| Time to first revenue | 51 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $37k – $120k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Forecasting that used to need a data team now runs on off-the-shelf models. 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 |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
| 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.
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.
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→ AltF DomainOpsStand up intake, the review queue, and billing before you build the clever part.
→ AltF Flow