How much does route planning software cost?
Prices checked October 19, 2026 on each vendor's own pricing page. The short version: what a vendor counts matters more than the price tag.
- Free for up to 50 addresses
- No credit card
- No app to install
The short answer
Updated
As of October 2026, route planning software for small teams costs about $35 to $110 per driver or user a month, or $125 to $150 a month for plans priced by orders or stops. A per-driver tool like OptimoRoute costs $195 a month for 5 drivers and $390 for 10 at monthly billing. Lite Route Planner is free for up to 50 addresses, Personal is $19.99 a month billed every six months, and Business is $59.99 a month for 1,000 new stops a month with unlimited drivers.
Six ways route planners charge
Before comparing prices, check what's being counted. The same team can pay several times more under one model than another.
Per driver
Each driver or vehicle is a seat. OptimoRoute starts at $39 per driver a month ($35.10 billed yearly). Zeo's fleet plan is about $599 a year per driver.
Per user
Everyone who logs in is a seat. Badger Maps Business is $69 a user a month, Maptive $110 a month for one user, and Upper from $50 a user a month.
Per order
You pay for deliveries, not people. Routific is free up to 100 orders a month, then $150 a month for 101 to 1,000, with unlimited drivers.
Per stop
Spoke Dispatch includes a block of stops: $125 a month for 1,000, then 4 to 7 cents for each stop past the block. Unlimited drivers.
Per address credit
MyRouteOnline sells address credits with unlimited users: 50 for $19 a month, 500 for $49, 1,200 for $99, or pay as you go.
Flat
One price however many drivers. Routing24 is $69 a month for Starter. Lite Business is $59.99 a month for 1,000 new stops, with unlimited drivers.
What 1, 5 and 10 drivers pay a month
Monthly billing for tools priced by the person. Volume-priced tools are in the next table, because their price follows stops, not drivers.
| Feature | Lite | OptimoRoute | Badger Maps | Zeo | Maptive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priced by | New stops a month | Driver | User | Driver seat | User tier |
| 1 driver | $29.99, or free up to 50 addresses | $39 | $69 | About $15 | $110 |
| 5 drivers | $59.99 for 1,000 new stops | $195 | $345 | About $250 | $220 (5 users) |
| 10 drivers | $59.99 for 1,000 new stops | $390 | $690 | About $500 | Not listed |
| Try before paying | Free plan, no trial clock | 30-day trial | 14-day trial | 7-day trial | 10-day trial |
Checked October 19, 2026 on each vendor's pricing page. OptimoRoute is its cheapest plan; proof of delivery needs the $49 plan. Zeo's fleet price is about $599 a year per driver, and the 1-driver figure is its one-driver plan. Lite Business sizes go up by new stops a month, not drivers: $59.99 for 1,000, $99.99 for 2,000, $149.99 for 5,000, $249.99 for 10,000. Upper is left out because it isn't clear whether its drivers count as paid users.
Tools priced by orders, stops or credits
Here the bill follows how much you deliver. Drivers are usually unlimited.
| Feature | Lite | Routific | Spoke Dispatch | MyRouteOnline | RouteXL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What's counted | New addresses a month | Orders a month | Stops a month | Address credits | Stops per route |
| Free | Up to 50 addresses | Up to 100 orders a month | App only, 10 stops a route | 20-credit trial | Up to 20 stops |
| Entry price | $29.99/mo for 200 addresses | $150/mo for 101 to 1,000 orders | $125/mo with 1,000 stops | $19/mo for 50 credits | €35/mo for 100 stops |
| Bigger plans | $99.99 to $249.99/mo for 2,000 to 10,000 | Per order above 1,000 | $1,000/mo with 12,000 stops | $99/mo for 1,200 credits | €70/mo for 200 stops |
| Drivers | Unlimited on Business | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited users | No driver app |
Checked October 19, 2026. Spoke Dispatch also has a 2,000-stop tier, and RouteXL sells the same plans by the day (€5 for 100 stops). Route4Me lists team plans at $199, $299 and $349 a month, but we couldn't confirm what each one covers, so it isn't in these tables.
How to work out what you'll actually pay
- 1
Count the people, not just the vans
List your drivers plus anyone else who needs to log in: a dispatcher, office staff, the owner. Per-user tools charge for all of them.
- 2
Count stops a month, and how many are new
Multiply stops a day by working days. Then estimate how many are new addresses: a pool route repeats the same 60 homes, a florist delivers somewhere new every day. Per-order and per-stop tools charge for every one; Lite counts new saved addresses, so repeat customers cost nothing extra.
- 3
List your must-haves
Time windows, photo proof of delivery, live GPS tracking and customer texts usually mean a dispatch tool and a higher tier. If you don't need them, don't pay for them.
- 4
Price it at next year's size
Add the drivers you plan to hire. Per-driver bills grow with every hire; flat and volume pricing grows with the work.
- 5
Read the billing terms
Yearly billing takes about 5% to 20% off at the tools above, but locks you in. Watch for seat minimums and trials that ask for a card. Lite takes 33% off any paid plan billed every six months.
- 6
Plan a real day before you pay
Import last week's actual stops into a free plan or trial and build one real day of routes. That shows you the fit faster than any feature list.
Costs that don't show on the price tag
Add-ons. Upper charges extra for SMS, live tracking ($20 per driver), vehicle capacity ($25 per driver) and barcode scanning ($50 per company). Routific quotes SMS as an add-on. OptimoRoute's proof of delivery is on its Pro plan, $49 per driver a month, not the cheapest one.
Minimums and contracts. Map My Customers bills yearly on a 12-month term with a 5-seat minimum at $99 a seat, which comes to at least $5,940 a year. Badger Maps asks for a card after the first 7 days of its 14-day trial on the web.
Overage. Spoke Dispatch charges 4 to 7 cents for each stop past the plan's block, and Routific charges per order above 1,000 a month.
Time. A free tool that makes you retype addresses or split a route into 10-stop links can cost more in hours than a paid plan costs in dollars.
Which pricing model fits you
Choose Lite if
- You have more than one or two drivers and don't want the bill to grow with each hire
- Most of your stops are repeat customers on weekly or monthly routes
- You plan from a spreadsheet and want stops in a good order, on a map and on drivers' phones
- You want to start free: free for up to 50 addresses, with no credit card
Choose a per-driver dispatch tool if
- You need delivery time windows, vehicle capacity or driver shifts
- You need photo or signature proof of delivery, or barcode scanning
- You want live GPS tracking or texts with customer ETAs
- You run a fleet big enough that those features save more than the per-driver fees cost
Pricing
Free to start. Simple as you grow.
Every plan includes unlimited routes, unlimited optimizations, drive times, share links, exports, visit history and custom fields. No per-driver fees, ever. Pay every six months and save 33%.
Free
Free forever for small lists.
$0forever
No credit card
- Up to 50 addresses
- Unlimited routes
- Unlimited optimizations
- Driver app, nothing to install
- Directions in Google Maps, Apple Maps or Waze
- No trial clock
Personal
For one person on the road.
$19.99/ month
$119.94 every 6 months
- Up to 200 addresses
- Unlimited routes
- Unlimited optimizations
- Up to 500 stops per route
- Driver app, nothing to install
- Directions in Google Maps, Apple Maps or Waze
- One base
Business
For teamsFor a team with drivers.
$39.99/ month
$239.94 every 6 months
New stops a month
- Up to 1,000 stops
- Unlimited drivers, no per-driver fees
- Unlimited routes
- Unlimited optimizations
- Up to 500 stops per route
- Driver app, nothing to install
- Directions in Google Maps, Apple Maps or Waze
- Up to 100 bases
Prices in US dollars. Every account starts on the free plan.