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Site selection handled by a forecasting model, with a human signing rather than writing. Aimed at trade schools program directors, taking the phone queue off a human entirely.
In short: Trade schools Site Scorer is a forecasting model aimed at trade schools program directors, covering site selection. It scores 70/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by open field (92) and held back by demand (53). Typical pricing is $1.5k–$30k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a quarter for $15k–$37k.
Trade schools teams lose location decisions made on instinct and a drive-by. A typical trade schools operation runs this on people, memory, and a shared spreadsheet. The error rate is tolerated because measuring it would cost more than the errors.
A forecasting model that handles site selection end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Revenue is usage-based, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $264M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 14% |
| Annual contract value | $1.5k – $30k |
| Pricing model | Usage-based |
| Time to first revenue | 52 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $15k – $37k |
| Build effort | ~1 quarter |
Forecasting that used to need a data team now runs on off-the-shelf models. Trade schools is growing at roughly 15% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| A generalist AI tool | No domain grounding, so output needs full human review |
| 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 |
The incumbent is a person, and displacing a person is a change-management problem.
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