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A narrow workflow engine scoped to permit & licence tracking alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Aimed at solar project managers, built for one person, not a department.
In short: Workflow Permit Tracker for Solar is a workflow engine aimed at solar project managers, covering permit & licence tracking. It scores 73/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by monetisation (92) and held back by moat (46). Typical pricing is $4.5k–$97k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a month for $5.0k–$17k.
Solar teams lose twelve portals refreshed by hand every morning. Every solar team solves this the same way: someone stays late. The cost is invisible on any P&L line, which is why it never gets fixed.
Point a workflow engine at permit & licence tracking, 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 | $939M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 23% |
| Annual contract value | $4.5k – $97k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 80 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $5.0k – $17k |
| Build effort | ~1 month |
Connectors exist for systems that were closed five years ago. 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 spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
Accuracy is unforgiving here — one wrong output costs more than the subscription.
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