MapQuest reorders 26 stops. Lite keeps your whole customer list.

MapQuest's route planner takes up to 26 stops on one route, as of October 2026. Lite Route Planner fits up to 500 stops on a route on paid plans, and it's free for up to 50 addresses.

Yes. Turn on "Let us re-order stops" and MapQuest sorts your stops for the shortest time or distance, keeping your first and last stops fixed. Lite Route Planner also reorders in one click, for the shortest distance, and lets the route end at a base, back at the start or at the last stop.

Yes. MapQuest's route planner is free and shows ads. Saving routes and importing a spreadsheet need a MapQuest account, and the app's ad-free upgrades cost $1.99 to $39.99 a year, as of October 2026.

Importing a spreadsheet into MapQuest's route planner needs a MapQuest account. Lite Route Planner imports .xlsx, .xls, .csv and .tsv files or cells pasted from Excel or Google Sheets, finds the address columns, and keeps your other columns as custom fields.

MapQuest's route planner has no driver app or team features. In Lite Route Planner, Business plans include unlimited drivers, who sign in on their phone's browser with a code sent to their email, and any route can be shared with a link or QR code.

Lite Route Planner is free for up to 50 addresses, with unlimited routes, unlimited optimizations, and no credit card or trial clock. Other free planners stop sooner: Google Maps at 10 places, Apple Maps at 15 stops and RouteXL at 20. See the best free route planners.

Put your stops in a spreadsheet or a plain list, one address per line, and paste or upload it into Lite Route Planner. It places every address on the map and flags any it couldn't find. Lasso the stops into a route, press Optimize, and save.