Compare · as of 21 October 2026
Porch Routes vs Spoke (formerly Circuit)
Circuit is now Spoke. Spoke Dispatch Starter is $125 a month as of Oct 2026. Competitor prices change, so check their page. Porch Routes fits farms, CSAs, local fleets. Porch Light is free up to 150 orders and 1 vehicle, no card. Starter is $39, Porch $79 and Route $189 a month. No per-driver or per-vehicle fee on paid plans.
Every fact about Spoke below carries a numbered source from its own website, seen on 21 October 2026. Competitor prices change; check each vendor’s pricing page for current numbers. Last updated . Updated .
Free on Porch Light up to 150 orders a month, one vehicle, no credit card.
In fairness
What does Spoke do well?
Spoke Route Planner plans one driver’s stops from a phone, with spreadsheet, camera or voice import, Google Maps navigation, CarPlay and Android Auto, and offline use once a route is saved. Spoke Dispatch adds courier-team tools: custom zones, barcode scanning, a driver app, and Shopify, Zapier, an API and webhooks.
- Route Planner optimizes a route in one tap, and imports stops from a spreadsheet, the camera or voice 1
- Navigation in Route Planner is powered by Google Maps, with CarPlay and Android Auto, and a saved route works offline 1
- Dispatch includes Unlimited drivers and Unlimited dashboard members on every plan, as of Oct 2026, plus custom delivery zones and barcode scanning 3
- Hexagon delivery zones assign stops to drivers, and stops outside a zone go to the most suitable driver 6
- Linked pickups and deliveries, and a native driver app 39
- Shopify, Zapier, a read/write API, webhooks and Spoke Connect, where clients can upload orders 3
Pricing
What does Spoke cost?
Spoke Route Planner is $0 up to 10 stops a route, then $9.99 or $19.99 a month, and Spoke Dispatch Starter is $125 a month for 1,000 stops, then $0.04 a stop, as of Oct 2026. Porch Light is free up to 150 orders and 1 vehicle, then Starter $39, Porch $79 and Route $189. No per-driver or per-vehicle fee on paid plans. Competitor prices change, so check their page.
Spoke Route Planner Free
Spoke Route Planner Lite
- Price
- $9.99/month
- What it includes
- Unlimited stops per route, as of Oct 2026. Competitor prices change, so check their page. A 7-day trial on iOS and Android may vary by region. 12
Spoke Route Planner Standard
- Price
- $19.99/month
- What it includes
- Unlimited stops per route, as of Oct 2026. Competitor prices change, so check their page. Annual subscriptions are 50% off. 12
Spoke Dispatch Starter
- Price
- $125/month
- What it includes
- Spoke Dispatch Starter only: 1,000 stops, then $0.04 each extra stop. as of Oct 2026. Competitor prices change, so check their page. 3
Spoke Dispatch Premium
- Price
- $200/month
- What it includes
- 2,000 stops, then $0.06 each extra stop; branded tracking page. as of Oct 2026. Competitor prices change, so check their page. 3
Spoke Dispatch Expert
- Price
- $1,000/month
- What it includes
- 12,000 stops, then $0.07 each extra stop. as of Oct 2026. Competitor prices change, so check their page. 3
Spoke Dispatch texts
- What it includes
- Email notifications are free. This is not a Route Planner price. as of Oct 2026. Competitor prices change, so check their page. 3
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.
Spoke counts a stop when it is attempted, is a depot stop, is marked failed or delivered, is accessed through the API, is exported or is printed 3. Porch Routes counts an order once, when it is put on a route. Spoke Dispatch lists a free trial, and the length is not stated 3. Spoke Route Planner’s paid plans list a 7-day trial on iOS and Android, which may vary by region 2.
Side by side
How do Spoke and Porch Routes differ?
Spoke Route Planner is one driver on a phone, and Spoke Dispatch is for courier teams whose clients can upload orders. Porch Routes plans every vehicle for a business delivering its own orders, with frozen, refrigerated and dry as hard rules.
Who it’s built for
Pricing unit
- Spoke
- Stops a month. Spoke Dispatch Starter is $125 for 1,000 stops, then $0.04 each extra stop. as of Oct 2026. Competitor prices change, so check their page. 3
- Porch Routes
- Orders a month; free to 150, $39 to 500, $79 to 1,000, $189 to 5,000. No fee per driver or vehicle
Free path
Stops per route
- Spoke
- Route Planner: 10 stops on the free plan. Lite and Standard: Unlimited stops per route, as of Oct 2026 1
- Porch Routes
- Free planner: 25 stops. Porch Light limits orders (150 a month), not stops per route.
Temperature rules
- Spoke
- Not documented on the pages we reviewed. Dispatch can set a maximum weight per vehicle type, and that overrides a maximum number of stops per driver 7
- Porch Routes
- Frozen, refrigerated and dry as hard vehicle constraints
Delivery zones
- Spoke
- Hexagon zones assigned to drivers; stops outside a zone go to the most suitable driver 6
- Porch Routes
- Radius or drawn zones with delivery days, a window, a daily limit and a cutoff
Driver app
Customer messages
- Spoke
- Dispatch: up to 3 per delivery (route started, next in queue, attempted), by SMS and/or email. Email is free; SMS is charged per segment at Twilio’s rates 38
- Porch Routes
- Email and a tracking link on every plan, including Porch Light. Texts are included from Starter (750 a month), Porch (1,500) and Route (7,500), once texting is ready
Branded tracking and sender name
- Spoke
- A branded tracking page and a custom SMS sender name are on Premium and Expert, not on Spoke Dispatch Starter 3
- Porch Routes
- The tracking page carries the business’s name on every plan
Undo after “delivered”
- Spoke
- Not documented on the pages we reviewed
- Porch Routes
- An undo window holds the notice and the webhook; corrections later are logged
Proof of delivery
- Spoke
- Photos (5 on Spoke Dispatch Starter, 10 on Premium and Expert) and a signature 3
- Porch Routes
- Photos and signatures, required or optional
Webhooks and API
Which to pick
Who should choose which?
Choose Spoke Route Planner for a fast one-driver phone app, or Spoke Dispatch for a courier team on per-stop pricing. Choose Porch Routes to deliver your own frozen, refrigerated and dry orders with a driver link instead of an app.
Pick Spoke if…
- You are one driver and want a fast phone app, with CarPlay or Android Auto 1
- You run a courier team and clients upload orders through Spoke Connect 3
- You need barcode scanning or linked pickup-and-delivery pairs 39
- A per-stop price fits your volume, and frozen, refrigerated and dry do not need to be hard rules
Pick Porch Routes if…
- Frozen, refrigerated and dry orders must stay on a vehicle that can carry them
- You want delivery days by area, not only zones by driver
- Your drivers are part-time and a texted link beats an app install
- You want the tracking page to show your business’s name on every plan, including Porch Light
- You deliver under 1,000 stops a month and Spoke Dispatch Starter at $125 as of Oct 2026 is more than you want to start on. Competitor prices change, so check their page. Starter is $39 a month for up to 500 orders. No per-driver or per-vehicle fee on paid plans
Questions
Spoke or Porch Routes?
These three questions cover the Circuit rename, how the prices compare, and whether frozen orders stay on the right vehicle.
Is Circuit the same as Spoke?
Yes. Circuit’s route planner app is now Spoke Route Planner, and Circuit for Teams became Spoke Dispatch on 23 October 2025 (https://spoke.com/dispatch/product-updates/circuit-is-now-spoke-com). Route Planner is a phone app for one driver, free up to 10 stops per route. Porch Routes plans a fleet for a business delivering its own orders.
How does Spoke pricing compare with Porch Routes?
Spoke Dispatch Starter is $125 a month for 1,000 stops, then $0.04 a stop (https://spoke.com/dispatch/pricing), as of Oct 2026. Route Planner is $0, then $9.99 or $19.99 (https://spoke.com/route-planner). Competitor prices change, so check their page. Porch Routes: Porch Light is free to 150 orders and 1 vehicle, then Starter $39, Porch $79 and Route $189.
Does Spoke keep frozen orders on the right vehicle?
Not as a documented rule. Spoke’s help describes Dispatch capacity as a maximum weight, which overrides a maximum number of stops per driver, and its zones assign stops to drivers. Porch Routes treats frozen, refrigerated and dry as hard constraints, so a frozen order stays off a dry-only van.
Where do these Spoke facts come from?
The prices and product facts on this page come from Spoke’s own pages, seen 21 October 2026. Competitor prices change, so check their page.
All seen on 21 October 2026. Re-check before relying on a price.
- 1.Spoke Route Planner
- 2.Spoke help: Spoke products and pricing
- 3.Spoke Dispatch pricing
- 4.Spoke Dispatch product update: Circuit is now Spoke.com
- 5.Spoke Route Planner product updates
- 6.Spoke help: How to create delivery zones
- 7.Spoke help: How to change global account settings
- 8.Spoke help: How to set up recipient notifications
- 9.Spoke Dispatch product updates
Free delivery route planner — Porch Light is free up to 150 orders a month on 1 vehicle, no card. No per-driver or per-vehicle fee on paid plans.
Plan a real delivery day on Porch Light?
Porch Light is free up to 150 orders a month, 1 vehicle, no credit card. The free multi-stop planner takes 25 stops and needs no account.