Compare · as of 15 October 2026

Porch Routes vs Routific

Routific is the established route-planning product in Porch Routes’ own niche, with a farm page, farm-platform integrations and a native driver app. Porch Routes differs on the things farms and other local delivery businesses ask about first: temperature as a hard rule, delivery zones with delivery days, no-login driver links and an undo window.

Every fact about Routific below carries a numbered source from its own website. Competitor prices change; check each vendor’s pricing page for current numbers.

In fairness

What does Routific do well?

A dedicated farm page with a CSA FAQ, and published meat customer stories (Walden Local Meats, Two Rivers Specialty Meats) 4
Barn2Door and Local Food Marketplace integrations 4, a native two-way Shopify app 6, and Zapier, API, webhooks and an MCP server for AI agents (labelled beta), listed on its pricing page as of 28 October 2026 1 15
No per-driver fee, per Routific’s pricing page, on every plan and no feature gating, as of Oct 2026 1 2
A driver app for iOS and Android that saves a route once it is opened and keeps working offline 4 7
Driver breaks, barcode scanning and a branded delivery tracker, shipped between December 2025 and August 2026 8

Pricing

What does Routific cost?

Routific publishes its prices on its own pricing page 1, so check there for current figures. Porch Routes’ plans are listed below.

All plans
Price
See Routific’s pricing page
What it includes
Prices aren’t repeated here. Competitor prices change, so check Routific’s current pricing page 1

Routific published pricing
Plan	Price	What it includes
All plans	See Routific’s pricing page	Prices aren’t repeated here. Competitor prices change, so check Routific’s current pricing page 1

Porch Routes

Porch Light: Free. No credit card needed. Up to 150 orders a month. 1 vehicle. Email and tracking-link updates. Email support.
Starter: $39/mo or $390 a year, two months free. Up to 500 orders a month. No fee per driver or vehicle. 750 customer texts a month. Email support.
Porch: $79/mo or $790 a year, two months free. Up to 1,000 orders a month. No fee per driver or vehicle. 1,500 customer texts a month. Email support. Customer texts are included and turn on once texting is ready.
Route: $189/mo or $1,890 a year, two months free. Up to 5,000 orders a month. No fee per driver or vehicle. 7,500 customer texts a month. Priority support.
Fleet: Custom. Priced for your volume. More than 5,000 orders a month. No fee per driver or vehicle. Texts set for your volume. A dedicated contact.

Annual billing is two months free. Every feature is on every plan.

Side by side

How do Routific and Porch Routes differ?

On the things farms, food businesses and local delivery operations ask about first. Left, their side with sources; right, what Porch Routes does today.

Pricing unit
Routific
Orders scheduled to a route per month, in volume bands; see its pricing page for current prices, as of Oct 2026 1 2
Porch Routes
Orders a month; free to 150, $39 to 500, $79 to 1,000, $189 to 5,000
Customer texts
Routific
An add-on; its pricing page says SMS rates vary by country and to ask for a quote, as of 28 October 2026 1 3
Porch Routes
None on Porch Light (email and tracking links instead); 750 a month included on Starter, 1,500 on Porch and 7,500 on Route, once texting is ready; then $0.015 a text
Temperature (frozen / refrigerated / dry)
Routific
Handled with tags. Tag refrigerated orders to refrigerated trucks 4 9
Porch Routes
A hard constraint on every vehicle; a stop that doesn’t fit waits with the reason
Delivery zones and delivery days
Routific
Not in the product; “route territories” is on the planned roadmap 5
Porch Routes
Radius or drawn zones, each with delivery days, a window, a daily limit and a cutoff
Driver app
Routific
Native app required; drivers create an account tied to the invited email. No-login link dispatch was dropped in the new Routific 7 10
Porch Routes
A no-login link opens drive mode in the phone’s browser; staff can sign in instead
Undo after “delivered”
Routific
A driver cannot undo a Delivered or Failed status 7
Porch Routes
An undo window (5 minutes by default) holds the notice and the webhook
Proof of delivery
Routific
Photos, signature, notes and barcode scans; files downloadable for 90 days 11
Porch Routes
Photos and signatures, required or optional
Customer ratings
Routific
Not offered (Routific says so in its OptimoRoute comparison) 12
Porch Routes
1 to 5 stars and a comment on the tracking page
Webhooks
Routific
Three events; HTTPS only; signing secret with 24-hour rotation; retries and logs not documented 13
Porch Routes
12 events for stops, orders and routes, HMAC-SHA256 signed, retried with backoff for about two days, reconciled, with a delivery log and one-click resend
Printable manifest
Routific
CSV export; no PDF manifest documented 14
Porch Routes
A run sheet and load list PDF per route
Store integrations
Routific
Native Shopify (two-way) 6; Zapier, API, webhooks and an MCP server for AI agents (labelled beta), per its pricing page as of 28 October 2026 1 15; Barn2Door and Local Food Marketplace 4
Porch Routes
Shopify and WooCommerce connectors (orders in by signed webhook; Shopify fulfillment write-back), CSV import and the orders API
Trial
Routific
Trial terms not published 1
Porch Routes
14 days of Porch’s allowances, no card; Porch Light remains after

Feature comparison: Routific and Porch Routes
Feature	Routific	Porch Routes
Pricing unit	Orders scheduled to a route per month, in volume bands; see its pricing page for current prices, as of Oct 2026 1 2	Orders a month; free to 150, $39 to 500, $79 to 1,000, $189 to 5,000
Customer texts	An add-on; its pricing page says SMS rates vary by country and to ask for a quote, as of 28 October 2026 1 3	None on Porch Light (email and tracking links instead); 750 a month included on Starter, 1,500 on Porch and 7,500 on Route, once texting is ready; then $0.015 a text
Temperature (frozen / refrigerated / dry)	Handled with tags. Tag refrigerated orders to refrigerated trucks 4 9	A hard constraint on every vehicle; a stop that doesn’t fit waits with the reason
Delivery zones and delivery days	Not in the product; “route territories” is on the planned roadmap 5	Radius or drawn zones, each with delivery days, a window, a daily limit and a cutoff
Driver app	Native app required; drivers create an account tied to the invited email. No-login link dispatch was dropped in the new Routific 7 10	A no-login link opens drive mode in the phone’s browser; staff can sign in instead
Undo after “delivered”	A driver cannot undo a Delivered or Failed status 7	An undo window (5 minutes by default) holds the notice and the webhook
Proof of delivery	Photos, signature, notes and barcode scans; files downloadable for 90 days 11	Photos and signatures, required or optional
Customer ratings	Not offered (Routific says so in its OptimoRoute comparison) 12	1 to 5 stars and a comment on the tracking page
Webhooks	Three events; HTTPS only; signing secret with 24-hour rotation; retries and logs not documented 13	12 events for stops, orders and routes, HMAC-SHA256 signed, retried with backoff for about two days, reconciled, with a delivery log and one-click resend
Printable manifest	CSV export; no PDF manifest documented 14	A run sheet and load list PDF per route
Store integrations	Native Shopify (two-way) 6; Zapier, API, webhooks and an MCP server for AI agents (labelled beta), per its pricing page as of 28 October 2026 1 15; Barn2Door and Local Food Marketplace 4	Shopify and WooCommerce connectors (orders in by signed webhook; Shopify fulfillment write-back), CSV import and the orders API
Trial	Trial terms not published 1	14 days of Porch’s allowances, no card; Porch Light remains after

Which to pick

Who should choose which?

Pick Routific if…

You want a native driver app with offline route caching and multiple languages today
You rely on Barn2Door or Local Food Marketplace right now
You need driver breaks or barcode scanning at the door
You run multiple depots or cities as separate workspaces

Pick Porch Routes if…

Frozen and refrigerated orders must never end up on the wrong vehicle
Your CSA or delivery program runs on delivery days by area
Your drivers are part-time and won’t install an app or create an account
You want a mis-tapped “delivered” to be undoable before the customer is told
You deliver 150 to 1,000 orders a month

Questions

Routific or Porch Routes?

How do Porch Routes and Routific prices compare?

Routific publishes its prices on its own pricing page, and competitor prices change, so check it for your volume. Porch Routes is free to 150 orders a month, then $39 a month on Starter up to 500 orders and $79 on Porch up to 1,000, with 1,500 texts included on Porch (once texting is ready). Routific lists texts as an add-on.

Does Routific handle frozen and refrigerated deliveries?

Routific’s guidance is to tag refrigerated orders and refrigerated trucks so they match. Porch Routes makes temperature a hard rule on every vehicle instead, so a frozen order can’t be placed on a dry van by mistake.

Do drivers need an app with either product?

With the new Routific, yes: drivers install the app and create an account tied to the invited email. With Porch Routes, no: dispatching texts or emails a link that opens drive mode in the phone’s browser, and staff drivers can sign in instead.

Can I move from Routific to Porch Routes?

Export your orders from Routific as a CSV and import them; the column matcher handles the headers. Vehicles, drivers and zones are set up once in Porch Routes. There’s no import of Routific settings.

Sources

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