See which machines are due, then fill them in the shortest order.
Import your locations, color the map by last service, and turn the overdue ones into today's route. Every fill and every locked-door visit goes into that location's history.
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The short answer
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Lite Route Planner plans vending and ATM service routes: import your locations, color the map by how long since each was last serviced, and optimize the day's refill run in one click. Drivers mark each location Visited or Attempted with a note, so every location keeps a service history. It's free for up to 50 addresses, Personal holds up to 200 for $19.99 a month billed every six months, and Business adds unlimited drivers from $59.99 a month.
A location is a stop; its machines are a field
Most operators think in locations: a break room with a snack and a drink machine, a car wash with a combo, a laundromat with a change machine. In Lite, each address is one stop, and the machines there go in a custom field, so a stop can read "2 snack, 1 drink."
Service cycles vary. A busy factory break room might need filling twice a week; a small office, every other week. Keep the cycle as a number field (days between visits), and the map can show you which locations are past it.
If your machines report sales through telemetry, keep using it to decide what to load. Lite doesn't read telemetry; it puts the locations you've chosen in order and records each visit.
A location list for a small vending route
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | |
| 1 | Location | Address | City | Machines | Service every (days) | Access | Last serviced |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Midwest Tool & Die | 2600 Industrial Pkwy | Elkhart, IN | 2 snack, 2 drink | 3 | Badge at guard shack | 2026-10-16 |
| 3 | St. Joseph Family Clinic | 511 E Jefferson Blvd | Mishawaka, IN | 1 combo | 14 | Front desk | 2026-10-03 |
| 4 | Sparkle Car Wash | 3120 Lincoln Way E | Mishawaka, IN | 1 drink, 1 change | 7 | Key on ring B | 2026-10-11 |
| 5 | Granger Self Storage | 12880 State Rd 23 | Granger, IN | ATM | 10 | Office hours only | 2026-10-06 |
| 6 | Riverside Apartments | 1400 Riverside Dr | South Bend, IN | 1 snack, 1 drink | 7 | Clubhouse, ask manager | 2026-09-29 |
Service every comes in as a number field and Last serviced as a date, so you can color the map by either from the first day. Once drivers start marking visits, last-visit colors take over from the old date column.
Colors that tell you where to go
Color the map by last visit and every location shows how long since a driver marked it. A few other views help too.
Green: within a week
Fine for anything on a weekly or longer cycle. Your short-cycle locations shouldn't stay green for long.
Yellow: 2 to 4 weeks
Your slower locations are coming due. Check them against their Service every number.
Red: over 2 months
A location that fell off the route, or a machine worth reconsidering.
Last outcome: Attempted
Locked break room, business closed for the day. Filter to Attempted to find the stops to retry.
Times visited
Compare how often each location gets serviced against how much it sells.
Any field you track
Color by Machines, or by an ATM yes/no field, to plan cash runs separately from product runs.
Plan tomorrow's fill run
- 1
Filter to the short cycles
Filter Service every to 7 days or fewer to start with the locations that sell fastest.
- 2
Show who's past due
Color by last visit and tick 1 to 2 weeks and older. What's left on the map needs a visit.
- 3
Lasso and optimize
Draw around the due locations in one area, add anything a customer called about, and press Optimize. Start and end at your warehouse base.
- 4
Check the day's total
Give each stop a default of 20 minutes and more for big locations. The day's total shows whether it fits one shift.
- 5
Send it out
Assign it to a driver, who sees the run on their phone and marks each location as they finish it.
Route planner or vending management software?
Choose Lite if
- You decide what to load yourself and need the stops in order.
- You want overdue locations on a map, not in a spreadsheet.
- You run a few routes and don't want per-driver fees.
- You want to start free and add drivers later.
Choose vending management software if
- You need telemetry, sales data and pick lists for each machine.
- You track inventory, planograms and cash accounting.
- You want routes built automatically from machine demand.