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Route planning for field service, without buying a whole FSM suite.

Field service management software bundles booking, invoicing and routing. If the part you need is the routing, you can have just that.

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Monday · West6 stops · 9.0 miOptimized

The short answer

Updated October 19, 2026

Lite Route Planner is a route planner for field service teams such as electricians, appliance repair techs and handymen: add the day's jobs, press Optimize to put them in the shortest order, and send each route to a tech's phone with nothing to install. It does routing only, with no scheduling, invoicing or payments. It's free for up to 50 addresses, and Business includes unlimited techs from $59.99 a month.

Do you need FSM software, or just routes?

Field service management (FSM) suites run the whole job: booking, dispatch, quotes, invoices, payments and customer texts. Routing is one tab inside them, and you pay for all of it whether you use it or not.

Plenty of small field service businesses already have the rest covered. Jobs live in a shared calendar, invoices go out from accounting software, and the part that eats the day is the driving. For them, a route planner is the missing piece.

Three questions settle it. Do you need the software to book jobs for you? Do you need to invoice from the field? Do you need customers to get a text when the tech is on the way? If all three answers are no, you need routes, not a suite.

What the day looks like, by trade

  • Electricians

    Four to six jobs, from a 30-minute outlet repair to a half-day panel upgrade. A service time on each stop keeps the day's total honest.

  • Appliance repair

    Six to ten calls a day, often with a parts pickup in the middle. Add the parts counter as a stop and optimize around it.

  • Handymen

    Three to five jobs and a hardware store run. Group jobs by area across the week so you aren't crossing town twice in a day.

  • Garage doors and locksmiths

    Short jobs spread wide. One-click ordering matters most when stops are quick and far apart. Related: HVAC and plumbing.

Three ways a five-tech team can route

A free map app, a per-driver route optimizer, and a flat-priced route planner, for the same team.

Three ways a five-tech team can route
FeatureLiteGoogle MapsOptimoRoute
Monthly price for five techs$59.99Free$195
Free planUp to 50 addressesFreeNo, 30-day trial
Stops in one routeUp to 50010 placesNo published cap
Puts stops in the best orderYesNoYes
Driver app with nothing to installYesNot a driver appApp, or emailed stop list
Time windows and driver shiftsNoNoYes
Photo and signature proofNoNoPro plan

Monthly billing, checked October 19, 2026 on each vendor's own pages. Lite Business covers 1,000 new stops a month with unlimited techs. OptimoRoute Lite is $39 per driver a month ($35.10 billed yearly). If your jobs come with promised time windows, OptimoRoute is the better fit; see the full comparison or every planner side by side.

A week of jobs in one sheet

A week of jobs in one sheet
ABCDEFGHI
1JobCustomerAddressCityTypeEst. minutesTechDayNotes
2J-2207Paula Graves305 Kildaire Farm RdCary, NCPanel upgrade240AndreMonMeter on north wall
3J-2208Kevin Moss1121 Olive Chapel RdApex, NCDryer not heating60SamMonPart on truck
4J-2209Oak Street Cafe214 S Main StWake Forest, NCWalk-in cooler90SamMonBack entrance
5J-2210Tina Ruiz88 Brookhaven DrCary, NCCeiling fan install45AndreTue
6J-2211Ray Chen4508 Glenwood AveRaleigh, NCDrywall patch120LuisTueCall on arrival

Paste it straight from your job list. Est. minutes, Tech and Day come along as custom fields you can filter and color by. Copy the notes a tech needs at the door into each stop's note, which is what techs see in the driver app.

The driver app

Techs see the day in order, with directions one tap away

Your techs sign in with a code from their email: no password and no app store. They get their route with drive time and distance between jobs, open each job in Google Maps, Apple Maps or Waze, and mark it Visited or Attempted with a note. If you add a job to their route, it shows up within a minute.

9:41

Monday Route

6 stops · 9.0 mi · 1h 56m · Maria Reyes

Start · Shop20 Commerce Way
Riverside Library740 Park Boulevard4m1.4 mi
Bluebird Café305 Cedar Avenue6m2.1 mi
3Northside Gym61 Market Street4m1.3 mi
4Maple Court Apartments1290 Elm Street4m1.3 mi
5Hartley Bakery412 Oak Avenue5m1.8 mi
6Green Leaf Dental88 Main Street3m1.1 mi
3

Northside Gym

61 Market Street

Stop noteSide entrance. Ask for Sam at the desk.

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Lite or an FSM suite?

Choose Lite if

  • You book jobs in a calendar or spreadsheet and invoice from accounting software.
  • You want optimized routes and a driver app this week, without a setup project.
  • You want unlimited techs for one flat price, with no per-user fees.
  • You have up to 50 customers and want it free.

Choose an FSM suite if

  • You want booking, dispatch, quotes, invoicing and payments in one system.
  • You need photos, signatures or checklists on each job.
  • You need time windows, live GPS tracking or on-the-way texts to customers.
  • You want jobs assigned to techs automatically.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

The questions owners ask before they move their routes over.

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Is Lite Route Planner field service management software?

No. Lite Route Planner is a route planner. It plans and optimizes routes, sends them to techs' phones and keeps a history of every visit, but it doesn't book jobs, send quotes, invoice or take payments.

Can I use it alongside my FSM or accounting software?

Yes, by spreadsheet. Export jobs or customers to Excel or CSV and import the file, or paste the day's addresses. There's no integration or API, so the two don't sync.

Can it assign jobs to the nearest technician automatically?

No. You decide who goes where by lassoing jobs into each tech's route on the map, then Lite Route Planner optimizes the order. Color the map by driver to see everyone's jobs at once.

Can techs take photos or collect signatures?

No. Techs mark each stop Visited or Attempted and can add a note, and every visit stays in the stop's history. There's no photo, signature or checklist capture.

How many technicians can I add?

As many as you like on Business, which starts at $59.99 a month for 1,000 new stops a month. There are no per-tech fees.

Does it account for how long each job takes?

Yes, in the day's total. Set a default service time and a different time on any job, and Lite Route Planner adds time at stops to drive time. It orders stops by distance, not by appointment time.

Can I add a parts run or supply house to a route?

Yes. Add the supply house as a stop and put it on the route. Optimize places it in the shortest order like any other stop, or drag it where you want it.

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