A free delivery route planner for businesses with their own drivers

What do you get free on Porch Light?

Porch Light, from Porch Routes, is free for good: up to 150 orders a month on 1 vehicle, with no credit card. Every feature is included, and customer updates are email and a tracking link, not texts.

• Up to 150 orders a month on 1 vehicle.
• Every feature on every plan: the optimizer, frozen, refrigerated and dry rules, time windows, zones, drive mode, proof of delivery, a tracking page, and the orders API and webhooks. See features.
• Email and tracking-link updates. No customer texts on Porch Light.
• Email support.
• No credit card, and free for good.

Should I use the free planner or Porch Light?

Use the free multi-stop planner for one list of up to 25 stops, with no account. Use Porch Light when the delivery day repeats: it is free up to 150 orders a month on 1 vehicle, and it keeps the route, the driver link and proof of delivery.

What a delivery route planner does, past the free limits, is on the delivery route planner page.

How does free compare across route planners?

A free plan, a free trial and a free tool are different offers, and the limit is different on each row below. Porch Routes' Porch Light is a free plan: 150 orders a month, 1 vehicle, no card, as of 21 October 2026.

What's the catch with free?

Porch Light is 1 vehicle, includes no customer texts, covers 150 orders a month, and support is by email. Passing the allowance does not stop a route that is already out.

• 1 vehicle. Starter is $39 a month for up to 500 orders. No per-driver or per-vehicle fee on paid plans.
• No customer texts. Porch Light sends email and a tracking link. Customer texts come with Starter (750 a month) once texting is ready.
• 150 orders a month. The limit is advisory, with a heads-up at 80% and 100%. Nothing stops mid-route.
• Email support. That is the support included on Porch Light.

Every new business also gets a 14-day trial of Porch's allowances (up to 1,000 orders a month), with no card. No per-driver or per-vehicle fee on paid plans. That trial is separate from Porch Light, which stays free. Prices and allowances are on pricing. How other products charge is in what delivery route software costs.

The plan cards list each allowance in the same words as pricing. Porch Light stays at 150 orders a month on 1 vehicle. Customer updates on Porch Light are email and a tracking link. No per-driver or per-vehicle fee on paid plans.

How do you plan your first route for free?

Create an account on Porch Routes and confirm the email link, and you can build a route the same day. These steps match the getting started guide. Setup also starts a 14-day trial of Porch's allowances; Porch Light is the plan that stays free, with no card.

1. 1

   Create your account

   Enter your work email and a password, then open the confirmation link in the email. It brings you to business setup.

2. 2

   Name the business and its time zone

   Customers see the business name on the tracking page. Delivery dates and windows use this time zone.

3. 3

   Set the depot

   Type the address routes start from. Miles and times are counted from there.

4. 4

   Add your first vehicle

   Porch Light plans 1 vehicle. Name it and tick what it can carry: frozen, refrigerated or dry. A stop no vehicle can carry waits unassigned, with the reason in plain words.

5. 5

   Add orders, build the route, and send the driver link

   Add orders by hand, from a CSV, or through Shopify, WooCommerce and the API. Build the route, and send the driver a link that opens in the phone browser. There is no app to install. The driver link page describes that screen. Get setup help if the first route needs a hand.

Who is the free plan right for?

Porch Light fits a business that delivers on its own vehicle and stays within 150 orders a month. A one-off list of up to 25 stops can use the free planner with no account.

• Farms and CSAs on one van. A weekly route of your own boxes fits 1 vehicle and 150 orders a month. See farms and ranches and how many stops a driver can make in a day.
• A weekly delivery day. Saved vehicles, zones and days mean next week does not start from a blank list. The free planner is the one-off list. Porch Light is the day you run again.
• A one-person bakery or florist delivering locally. One vehicle and email updates cover a local round when you are the driver. See bakeries and meal prep and florists.