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Route planning software comparison for businesses that deliver their own orders
Porch Routes is route planning for farms, CSAs and local own-fleet delivery. Porch Light is free up to 150 orders a month and 1 vehicle, with no card. Paid plans are Starter at $39, Porch at $79 and Route at $189 a month. No per-driver or per-vehicle fee on paid plans.
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Porch Light is free up to 150 orders a month on 1 vehicle. No credit card.
How do these route planners compare at a glance?
Porch Routes, Routific, OptimoRoute, Onfleet, and Route4Me all plan multi-stop delivery routes, and they charge in different units. The table names each pricing unit, free path and published entry price as of 21 October 2026.
As of Oct 2026. Competitor prices change. Check their pages before you rely on a figure.
Porch Routes
- Built for
- Own-fleet food and local delivery
- Pricing unit
- Per order. No fee per driver or vehicle
- Free path
- Porch Light, free up to 150 orders a month and 1 vehicle, no card
- Published entry price
- $39 a month for Starter, up to 500 orders
- Full comparison
- Pricing
Routific
- Built for
- Food-adjacent multi-stop delivery, with your own drivers or hired drivers
- Pricing unit
- Per order
- Free path
- A free plan; see its pricing page for what it includes
- Published entry price
- See Routific’s pricing page, as of Oct 2026
- Full comparison
- Full comparison
OptimoRoute
- Built for
- Field service and delivery
- Pricing unit
- Per driver
- Free path
- 30-day free trial, no contract
- Published entry price
- Lite $35.10 and Pro $44.10 per driver a month, billed annually, as of Oct 2026
- Full comparison
- Full comparison
Onfleet
- Built for
- Courier and last-mile platforms
- Pricing unit
- Per completed task
- Free path
- 14-day trial; the card is not charged until a plan is confirmed
- Published entry price
- Launch $619 a month for 2,500 tasks, as of Oct 2026
- Full comparison
- Full comparison
Route4Me
- Built for
- Broad last-mile platform, from enterprise fleets to small business
- Pricing unit
- Packages; the pricing page says Contact Us
- Free path
- The visible pricing grid does not show a trial length
- Published entry price
- Contact Us. The pricing page does not show a public dollar price.
- Full comparison
- Full comparison
Which route planner fits a business that delivers its own orders?
Match the tool to the job, then open that comparison. Own-fleet food delivery points at Porch Routes or Routific, a per-driver price points at OptimoRoute, and a courier platform points at Onfleet.
- If you deliver frozen or refrigerated orders on your own vans, look at Porch Routes or Routific.
- If your drivers will not install an app, read driver apps and route links and the Routific comparison.
- If you want a native driver app, look at Routific.
- If you have few drivers and would rather pay per driver, look at OptimoRoute.
- If you need time windows, driver skills and breaks in the plan, look at OptimoRoute.
- If you run a courier operation that completes thousands of tasks a month, look at Onfleet.
- If you want email updates and a tracking link on the free plan, look at Porch Routes pricing. Customer texts are a paid-plan feature, from Starter up.
- If the step after a free plan is the question, check Routific’s current pricing page and our Starter plan.
- If you want a broad last-mile platform whose price is published as Contact Us, look at Route4Me.
What should I compare before I pick a route planner?
Start with the pricing unit, then temperature, the driver experience, customer updates and how orders connect to your store. Each item below links to a page that explains it.
1Pricing unit
Per order, per driver, per stop and per completed task change the bill for the same week. Read the unit before the headline price.
2Temperature as a hard rule
Frozen, refrigerated and dry are hard vehicle rules in Porch Routes. A stop no vehicle can carry waits, with a reason.
3Driver experience
Some products need a driver app and an account. Porch Routes uses a link that opens in the phone’s browser.
4Customer updates
Check which messages a plan includes. On Porch Routes, email and a tracking link are on every plan, including Porch Light. Customer texts are a paid-plan feature, from Starter up.
5Integrations and API
Check whether orders can come from your store and whether outcomes go back. Porch Routes has an orders API, signed webhooks, and Shopify and WooCommerce connectors.
Before you create an account, the free multi-stop planner orders up to 25 stops and needs no account. free multi-stop planner
What is each route planner good at?
Each tool below is built for a different job, and the note leads with that strength. The full comparison is one link away.
Porch Routes
Porch Light is free up to 150 orders a month on 1 vehicle, with no card, and email and tracking links are on every plan. No per-driver or per-vehicle fee on paid plans.
Routific
Routific’s pricing page charges by the order, not by the driver or the vehicle, and lists texts as an add-on.
OptimoRoute
OptimoRoute’s pricing page charges per driver, offers a 30-day free trial, and says there is no contract. The driver prices on the page are the annual rates.
Full comparisonOptimoRoute pricing, Lite $35.10 and Pro $44.10 per driver a month, billed annually, as of Oct 2026
Onfleet
Onfleet’s pricing page includes proof of delivery, an API and webhooks on Launch. The trial lasts 14 days, and the card is not charged until a plan is confirmed.
Full comparisonOnfleet pricing, Launch $619 a month for 2,500 tasks, as of Oct 2026
Route4Me
Route4Me’s pricing page names packages such as Route Optimization and Business Optimization and shows Contact Us instead of a price.
What do people ask when they compare route planners?
The shortlist usually starts with three questions: which planner fits your own drivers, who has a free path, and how the price is metered.
Which route planner is best for a small business with its own drivers?
Porch Routes fits farms and other local businesses that deliver their own orders, including frozen and refrigerated food. Routific fits food delivery teams that want a driver app and order-based pricing. OptimoRoute fits a small roster that would rather pay per driver. Onfleet fits a courier operation that completes thousands of tasks a month.
Is there a free delivery route planner?
Yes. Porch Light is free up to 150 orders a month on 1 vehicle, with no card. Routific has a free plan, per its pricing page (routific.com/pricing), as of Oct 2026. Spoke Route Planner is free up to 10 stops per route. OptimoRoute offers a 30-day trial. Onfleet's 14-day trial does not charge the card until a plan is confirmed.
How do route planners charge?
Common units are per order (Porch Routes and Routific), per driver (OptimoRoute), per stop (Spoke Dispatch) and per completed task (Onfleet). Route4Me's pricing page names packages and says Contact Us, with no public price. A farm with four part-time drivers pays differently under each, so match the unit to how you deliver.
How do we keep this comparison honest?
Every competitor fact on this page comes from that vendor’s own site, with the source linked and a seen date of 21 October 2026. A price appears only where that page publishes one.
We re-check these sources when we update the page.
- Porch Routes pricing · seen 21 October 2026
- Routific pricing, as of Oct 2026 · seen 21 October 2026
- OptimoRoute pricing, Lite $35.10 and Pro $44.10 per driver a month, billed annually, as of Oct 2026 · seen 21 October 2026
- Onfleet pricing, Launch $619 a month for 2,500 tasks, as of Oct 2026 · seen 21 October 2026
- Spoke Dispatch pricing, Starter $125 a month for 1,000 stops, then $0.04 a stop, as of Oct 2026 · seen 21 October 2026
- Spoke Route Planner · seen 21 October 2026
- Route4Me pricing · seen 21 October 2026
For a closer look at farm delivery, read Farm delivery software comparison and Routific alternatives.
Can I plan a real delivery day before I pay?
Yes. Porch Light is free to 150 orders a month on 1 vehicle, with no credit card.
Porch Light is free up to 150 orders a month on 1 vehicle. No credit card.