Every European route optimization software tool reviewed
Munich, Germany
Free plan with 500 requests/day; Basic €69/month (5,000/day), Standard €199/month (15,000/day), Premium €479/month (50,000/day); custom bulk pricing above that
Demo on request
Best for: Software teams that want a routing engine they can read, run themselves or rent
GraphHopper is a routing and route optimization API from Munich whose engine is published under Apache 2.0 on GitHub. A team can host the engine itself or buy hosted access, and the hosted plans include routing, route optimization, geocoding, map matching and isochrones from the free tier upward. It sits in the category as a building block, not a dispatcher's screen.
GraphHopper GmbH is a German company, which puts it under EU (Germany) jurisdiction. The plans count requests per day: a free plan with 500, €69 a month for 5,000, €199 for 15,000 and €479 for 50,000, with custom pricing above that. The site's own review notes that pricing climbs fast past the free tier and that no data residency is published beyond Germany.
What GraphHopper does well
- Routing engine published under Apache 2.0 on GitHub
- Free plan of 500 requests a day without a card
- Optimization, map matching and isochrones in the same API
- Run it yourself or use hosted plans with white-label
- Munich-based GmbH under German jurisdiction
Where GraphHopper falls short
- Directions only, with no tiles or map styling
- Paid tiers get expensive soon after the free one
- Data residency stops at the word Germany
- Built for developers and not for dispatchers
Standout feature. GraphHopper is the only tool here whose routing engine can be read on GitHub and also bought as a hosted API with a free tier.
Ghent, Belgium
Solver Community free; Platform tiers Spark, Flow and Horizon without prices on the pricing page; Solver Enterprise on request
Demo on request
Best for: Teams embedding pickup and delivery planning in their own software who must justify each plan
Timefold approaches vehicle routing as a scheduling problem with scored constraints. Its Pickup and Delivery Routing API takes vehicles, stops and rules and returns a plan with the score breakdown that produced it, and the platform adds map and timeline views and what-if scenarios. Other APIs on the platform cover field service routing, employee shift scheduling and task scheduling.
Timefold BV is incorporated in Ghent, Belgium, with enterprise number BE0794.647.853 shown on its terms. The Solver Community edition is open source under Apache 2.0 and limited to Java and Kotlin. Platform tiers are named Spark, Flow and Horizon, none with a price on the pricing page, and Horizon offers self-hosting. The managed cloud region is not named on the pages read.
What Timefold does well
- Ready API for pickup and delivery routing
- Community solver under Apache 2.0 needs no contract
- Score analysis shows why a plan came out as it did
- Horizon tier can be self-hosted
- Belgian BV with an enterprise number in its terms
Where Timefold falls short
- Entry tier lacks a driver app and a dispatch view
- Spark, Flow and Horizon prices are not on the page
- Community solver is a Java and Kotlin library
- Managed cloud region not named
Standout feature. Timefold attaches a score breakdown to every routing plan so a planner can see which rule drove a result.
Nancy, France
Lite EUR 34, Essential EUR 54, Pro EUR 74 per vehicle per month excl. VAT; first month at half price
Demo on request
Best for: Delivery, service and home-care rounds with a handful of vehicles and a month-to-month budget
AntsRoute plans the daily rounds of delivery drivers, technicians and home carers on one screen. Dispatchers import orders from Excel or CSV, optimise across several drivers and send the result to an Android or iOS app that keeps working offline. Customers can receive SMS and email, and an appointment booking site lets them choose a slot.
The publisher is Antsway of Nancy, France, and the legal notice names OVH in Roubaix as host. Lite costs €34, Essential €54 and Pro €74 per vehicle per month excluding VAT, with the first month at half price and no commitment. The company says it joined the Sinari group in January 2025, and the pages read do not describe load planning.
What AntsRoute does well
- Per-vehicle prices stated on the pricing page
- Cancel monthly, no contract term
- Driver app works offline on Android and iOS
- OVH Roubaix named as host, French publisher
- Booking site where customers pick an appointment
Where AntsRoute falls short
- A larger fleet multiplies the monthly bill
- Sinari group has owned it since January 2025
- Load planning not described on pages read
- No self-hosted version
Standout feature. AntsRoute is the only tool in this list whose legal notice names its hosting provider and the city.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Advanced from USD 49 per driver per month billed annually (USD 59 monthly), minimum 3 drivers
Demo on request
Best for: Wholesale distributors and couriers who must hold a signature or photo for every drop
Track-POD is built around the delivery receipt. Its routing sorts orders by time slots, driver breaks, capacities and priorities, and the driver app then collects signatures, photos and barcode scans against each order. Customers receive a tracking link with a live ETA, and the feature list also names cash on delivery, geo-zones and recurring routes.
The terms and privacy policy name Geros Technologijos Ltd, with an office in Vilnius, Lithuania. Prices are quoted in US dollars: Advanced starts at USD 49 per driver a month billed annually, or USD 59 monthly, with a minimum of three drivers and an order cap of 6,000 a month on the listed plan. A seven-day trial is stated, and the data centre is not named on the pages read.
What Track-POD does well
- Signatures and photos stored against each order
- Tracking page with a live ETA for customers
- Routing respects capacity, time slots and breaks
- Handles depots and several teams
- Free trial of seven days
Where Track-POD falls short
- Billed in dollars, not euros
- At least three drivers must be bought
- 6,000 orders a month on the listed plan
- No data centre named
Standout feature. Track-POD keeps the planned route and the evidence for each drop in the same system.
Paris, France
Free plan; One EUR 39 and Premium EUR 65 per optimized resource per month excl. VAT; API EUR 28 per month
Demo on request
Best for: Teams that want to try optimization on real routes for free before choosing a paid plan
Nomadia TourSolver is the route optimization product inside Nomadia, the French group that also sells field service software. It plans deliveries, collections and sales visits, and the Nomadia site says it was renamed from Geoconcept TourSolver after the group bought Geoconcept. Road traffic by time slot and weather forecasts are among its inputs.
The legal notice names Nomadia Group SAS, with its registered office on Avenue du Maine in Paris. A Free plan allows 5 optimizations a day and 100 visits, with a 15-day trial. One costs €39 and Premium €65 per optimized resource a month excluding VAT, and the API costs €28 a month. The savings figures are the vendor's, and SMS is sold in packs.
What Nomadia TourSolver does well
- Free plan plus a 15-day trial period
- Monthly prices listed in EUR, USD and GBP
- Traffic by time slot and weather forecasts as inputs
- Customer portal for booking appointments
- Registered office in Paris named in the legal notice
Where Nomadia TourSolver falls short
- Cost follows the number of resources
- SMS notifications bought as separate packs
- The free plan stops at 100 visits
- Storage location of data not stated
Standout feature. Nomadia TourSolver is the one planner here with a free plan and weather forecasts in the optimization.
Barcelona, Spain
Standard EUR 199 per month incl. 4 vehicles, EUR 49 per extra vehicle, excl. VAT; Enterprise on request
Demo on request
Best for: Small last-mile fleets that want one monthly figure for planner, app and tracking
Routal covers the delivery day from import to analytics. Orders arrive by CSV, API or ERP, the planner builds routes against vehicle, driver and time-window constraints, and drivers run them from a mobile app that can also be sent to them by WhatsApp. The feature list includes EV-aware optimization, emissions calculation, live tracking and a white-label option.
The terms identify the owner as Routal Tech SL, Barcelona, with disputes going to the courts of Barcelona. Standard is €199 a month including four vehicles and €49 for each extra one, excluding VAT, and the ten-day trial needs no card. The price page was last updated on 15 October 2026. Standard has one user and one project, and live traffic is a paid extra.
What Routal does well
- One price with four vehicles included
- Ten-day trial that asks for no card
- Drivers can receive routes on WhatsApp
- Optimizes routes for electric vehicles
- Owner and court named in the terms (Barcelona)
Where Routal falls short
- Standard allows one user and one project
- Live traffic costs extra for each vehicle
- Hosting region not stated
- Not as large as the enterprise vendors
Standout feature. Routal sends a finished route to a driver over WhatsApp, which the other planners on this page do not list.
Heiloo, Netherlands
Free to 20 stops; EUR 5 a day or EUR 35 a month for 100 stops; EUR 10 a day or EUR 70 a month for 200 stops
Demo on request
Best for: Individual drivers and very small businesses planning one multi-stop round a day
RouteXL sorts a list of addresses into the quickest driving order. You enter a start, paste or import the destinations and press one button, then print the round or export it to a navigation app. It runs on OpenStreetMap data and is the simplest entry in the category.
The contact page names RouteXL B.V., Kennemerstraatweg 464 in Heiloo, as the operator. Routes up to 20 stops are free, 100 stops cost €5 a day or €35 a month, and 200 stops cost €10 a day or €70 a month. Business customers can pay by invoice, whereas PayPal receipts are not invoices. There is no phone support, and the API is limited.
What RouteXL does well
- Routes up to 20 stops cost nothing
- One-day passes for an occasional large round
- Addresses can be pasted or imported
- Business subscription paid by invoice
- Street address of the Dutch B.V. on the contact page
Where RouteXL falls short
- Plans a single round per run, with no fleet dispatch
- API is limited and not advised for demanding production
- Support by form and forum, no telephone
- PayPal receipts do not serve as invoices
Standout feature. RouteXL is the only tool here that sells a one-day pass, at €5 for 100 stops.
Besançon, France
Premium API from EUR 20 per month for up to 500 optimized tasks, as low as EUR 0.005 per task at volume; engine free
Demo on request
Best for: Developers who want to run an engine on their own servers or pay only for the tasks solved
Verso (VROOM) is a vehicle routing engine published as open source by Verso, a small French team. Companies either run it on their own machines or call the hosted Vroom Premium API. It integrates with OSRM, Openrouteservice and Valhalla for road data and calculates in milliseconds according to the vendor.
The site lists an address in Besançon, and names a research and development director and several optimization and machine learning specialists as the team. The engine is under a BSD licence. The Premium API starts at €20 a month for up to 500 optimized tasks and falls to as little as €0.005 per task at volume, with no contract. A legal form and an API hosting region are not stated.
What Verso (VROOM) does well
- Engine published under a BSD licence
- Billed per optimized task, no fee per vehicle
- Smallest plan is €20 a month without a contract
- Can sit on top of OSRM, Openrouteservice or Valhalla
- Whole stack can run on your own servers
Where Verso (VROOM) falls short
- No dispatch screen or driver app
- Verso's legal form is not on the pages read
- Hosting region of the Premium API not stated
- Small team behind the product
Standout feature. Verso is the only vendor here that bills by optimized task, so cost follows the work solved and not the fleet size.
Karlsruhe, Germany
Pricing on request
Demo on request
Best for: Transport planners who must plan with truck restrictions and toll costs
PTV Logistics is a German road-logistics software company. Its optimisation range has two lines: PTV Route Optimiser, which the site describes as available on-premise, and PTV OptiFlow, a cloud platform. The range includes truck route planning, toll cost calculation for European countries, ETA notification, strategic network simulation and a planning assistant called PTV Mira.
The imprint names PTV Logistics GmbH, Stumpfstraße 1, Karlsruhe, registered at the Mannheim local court under HRB 745512. The pages count more than 400 employees and over 45 years of experience, which are the vendor's figures, as are the savings percentages. No prices are published, and the range of products takes time to map onto a single need.
What PTV Logistics does well
- European toll rates feed the route cost
- Choice of cloud or on-premise operation
- Planning built around truck restrictions
- Developer APIs sit beside the planner
- Commercial register number in the imprint
Where PTV Logistics falls short
- Price available only on request
- Several overlapping products to sort through
- Targets professional planners rather than small users
- Savings numbers come from marketing pages
Standout feature. PTV Logistics puts toll costs for European countries into the route plan itself.
Zoetermeer, Netherlands
Pricing on request
Demo on request
Best for: Networks with several depots, tight delivery windows and rules for how loads are built
ORTEC groups its delivery software into three products: B2B Delivery Logistics, Home Delivery Logistics and Intercompany Logistics. The pages also describe delivery zone engineering, 3D load optimization, a driver app, a control tower for exceptions and dynamic time slot booking for home delivery. Scenario planning covers what-if questions about the network.
The legal notice on ortec.com says the site is operated by ORTEC B.V., Zoetermeer, registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number 24421147. Prices are on request and the sale goes through demos and projects. The product pages describe benefits in general terms and the data location is not named on the pages we read.
What ORTEC does well
- Separate suites for B2B, home and intercompany delivery
- 3D load optimization next to the route plan
- Control tower reports exceptions
- Customers can book delivery slots dynamically
- Chamber of Commerce number published
Where ORTEC falls short
- No price on the website
- Bought through demos and projects
- No data location on the pages read
- More tool than a few vans need
Standout feature. ORTEC joins route planning to 3D load building across a multi-depot delivery network.
Paris, France
Academic use free; business licences on quote for 3 or 12 months; special pricing for startups and SMEs
Demo on request
Best for: Engineers who need to express unusual routing constraints in code
Hexaly is a solver, not a planner. Developers describe a routing problem with capacities, time windows, pickup and delivery pairs or several depots, and the solver searches for good solutions within a time limit. It offers APIs for Python, C++, Java and C#, code templates for routing problems and public benchmarks against Gurobi and OR-Tools.
The privacy policy names Hexaly at 251 Boulevard Pereire, 75017 Paris, RCS Paris 499 282 143, as data controller. The pages mention 400 companies as customers, a vendor figure. Academic use is free, business licences are quoted for 3 or 12 months, and there is special pricing for startups and SMEs. The solver brings no road network, and the Hexaly Cloud region is not named.
What Hexaly does well
- No cost for academic work
- Python, C++, Java and C# interfaces
- Ready-made code templates for routing models
- Benchmarks published against other solvers
- Paris address and RCS number in the privacy policy
Where Hexaly falls short
- Developers must build the planner around it
- Business licence price by quote
- Roads and maps are not part of it
- Hexaly Cloud region not stated
Standout feature. Hexaly lets a team write routing rules in a modelling language that no packaged planner exposes.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Per vehicle, per month
Demo on request
Best for: Fleets that must meet European tachograph rules and also want tracking and dispatch
Webfleet is the telematics platform that grew out of TomTom Telematics and now sits inside Bridgestone. Route optimisation is one module among live vehicle tracking, remote tachograph download, drivers' hours reporting, driver behaviour scoring, fuel and emissions reports and in-cab navigation with job dispatch on its own terminals.
The company is based in Amsterdam with European data centres, according to its review page on this site. Pricing is per vehicle per month, tiered by the modules you switch on, with hardware bought or leased separately and contracts that are typically multi-year. The review notes that tracking is location data about identifiable drivers, which in several countries needs works council agreement first.
What Webfleet does well
- Biggest installed base of telematics in Europe
- Tachograph download and drivers' hours reports
- Route optimisation plus in-cab terminals for jobs
- Coaching of drivers and fuel reports
- Data centres in Europe
- Backed by Bridgestone, which the review page frames as long-term stability
Where Webfleet falls short
- Hardware and multi-year contract come together
- Each module adds to the bill
- Integrations are less flexible than at small vendors
- Built for bigger fleets than a few vans
Standout feature. Webfleet treats tachograph download and drivers' hours under European rules as core functions of the platform.
