Route optimization software costs anywhere from free to $619+ per month, and the pricing model matters more than the sticker price. Per-driver tools charge roughly $25–89 per driver per month, stop and task packages run $99–$1,000 per month, and usage-based tools start free. This page lists every vendor’s published price side by side, then shows what the same five-courier operation actually pays on each one.
The table below is the short answer. Below it, each vendor gets its own pricing note, followed by a cost-by-fleet-size table, the hidden costs that change the real bill, and the questions we get asked most.
| Tool | Pricing model | Entry price | Free plan | 5 couriers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EfiRoute | Flat fee + usage | Free, then $15/mo (Pro) or $49/mo (Business) | Yes — permanent | $110/mo daily · $20/mo weekly |
| OptimoRoute | Per driver | $35.10–$39 per driver/mo | 30-day trial | $175–195/mo |
| Routific | Per order tier | From $150/mo (up to 1,000 orders) | Trial tier | From $150/mo |
| Circuit for Teams (Spoke) | Monthly stop packages | $125/mo (1,000 stops) → $1,000/mo (12,000) | Trial only | $125–200/mo + overage |
| Route4Me | Tiers + paid add-ons | ~$40/user/mo base; optimization tiers from $199/mo | Trial only | $199–349/mo + add-ons |
| Upper | Per user + add-ons | $50–$89 per user/mo, 3-user minimum | Trial only | $250–445/mo + tracking add-on |
| Zeo Route Planner | Per driver (fleet) | ~$24–25/mo solo; ~$49/driver/mo fleet (3-driver min.) | Limited free app | ≈$245/mo |
| Track-POD | Per driver (3 min.) or per order | From $49/driver/mo (~$147/mo) or $285/mo per-order | Trial only | ≈$245/mo |
| WorkWave Route Manager | Per vehicle | ~$54/vehicle/mo, 4-vehicle minimum (~$216/mo) | No free plan | ≈$270/mo |
| Tookan (Jungleworks) | Task-volume tiers + add-ons | From $99/mo (Startup, 700 tasks) | Trial only | $99/mo + paid optimization add-on |
| Onfleet | Flat tier by task volume | From $619/mo (2,500 tasks) | Trial only | From $619/mo |
| RoadWarrior | Per driver | $14.99/mo single driver; Flex adds per-driver fees | Limited free app | ≈$75/mo (no dispatch features) |
Disclosure: EfiRoute is our product. Competitor prices are publicly listed prices as of September 2026 and may change — always confirm on the vendor’s own site. Five-courier figures assume one optimization per weekday and, where a vendor has a seat minimum, the minimum that applies.
Same operation, three pricing models. Per-driver and per-stop columns use the typical published rates above; the EfiRoute column assumes one optimization run per weekday with the $15 monthly credit applied.
| Fleet | Per-driver tools | Stop / order packages | EfiRoute |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 courier | $35–39/mo | $125–150/mo | Free–$22/mo |
| 2 couriers | $70–78/mo | $125–150/mo | $44/mo |
| 5 couriers | $175–195/mo | $150–200/mo | $110/mo |
| 10 couriers | $350–390/mo | $200–1,000/mo | $220/mo |
| 25 couriers | $875–975/mo | $1,000+/mo | $49 + $1/courier/run |
Plan weekly instead of daily and every EfiRoute figure above drops by roughly 80%: five couriers planned once a week is about $20/month. That is the practical difference between paying for seats and paying for optimization runs.
OptimoRoute charges per driver: about $35.10 per driver per month on annual billing, $39 billed monthly. There is no free plan — only a 30-day trial. Because the fee is per seat, a five-driver team pays $175–195 every month whether it optimizes once or thirty times.
Best value when you need its deep workforce scheduling and your driver count is stable.
Full EfiRoute comparison →Routific prices by order volume, starting at $150/month for up to 1,000 orders, with larger volumes moving to higher quoted tiers. There is a trial tier but no permanent free plan. The per-order economics work at stable, higher volume; below a few hundred stops a month you pay for headroom you do not use.
Full EfiRoute comparison →Circuit for Teams — now Spoke — sells monthly stop packages: $125/month for 1,000 stops, $200/month for 2,000 and $1,000/month for 12,000, each with a per-stop overage once the allowance is used. Drivers are unlimited, so the variable that raises your bill is order volume, not fleet size.
Full EfiRoute comparison →Route4Me’s base Route Management plan starts around $40 per user per month, but the tiers that include real route optimization are published from about $199/month and reach roughly $249–$349/month. Barcode scanning, advanced constraints and several integrations are add-ons, so the invoice is usually higher than the tier price.
Full EfiRoute comparison →Upper lists $50–$89 per user per month with a three-user minimum, which makes the effective entry price about $150/month. Live tracking is billed as a per-driver add-on (around $20), as are barcode scanning and capacity optimization.
Full EfiRoute comparison →Zeo is roughly $24–25/month for a single driver on yearly billing, and its fleet product runs about $49 per driver per month with a three-driver minimum. Excellent solo-driver app; fleet pricing scales like every other per-seat tool.
Full EfiRoute comparison →Track-POD starts at $49 per driver per month with a three-driver minimum (about $147/month) or from $285/month on its per-order plans. Strong proof-of-delivery features; the seat minimum makes it expensive for one- or two-courier operations.
Full EfiRoute comparison →WorkWave Route Manager is about $54 per vehicle per month with a four-vehicle minimum — roughly $216/month to start — and GPS fleet tracking is a separate subscription. There is no free plan.
Full EfiRoute comparison →Tookan starts at $99/month (Startup, 700 tasks) and scales by task volume, but route optimization itself is a paid add-on on every plan — so the headline price rarely reflects what an optimizing dispatcher pays.
Full EfiRoute comparison →Onfleet’s entry Launch plan starts from $619/month for about 2,500 tasks, with advanced optimization on higher tiers. It targets established delivery operations where dispatch depth, not software price, drives the decision.
Full EfiRoute comparison →RoadWarrior is $14.99/month for a single driver — the cheapest option on this page if you drive your own route and need nothing else. Its Flex team tier adds a per-driver charge and it has no dispatcher-grade multi-courier optimization.
Full EfiRoute comparison →EfiRoute has no per-driver fees and no stop metering. The free plan is permanent: 3 projects per month, up to 2 couriers per project and $5 of optimization credit. Pro is $15/month (up to 10 couriers per project) and Business is $49/month (25 couriers, 1,000 stops per project); each optimization run costs $1 per courier included, with $15 of monthly credit applied first.
Because you pay per run rather than per seat, the bill follows how often you plan: five couriers optimized every weekday is about $110/month, the same five couriers planned weekly about $20/month. Optimization itself uses the Google Cloud Route Optimization API, and live tracking, courier chat, proof of delivery and the courier app are included on every paid plan.
Route optimization software costs from free to $619+ per month. Per-driver tools run about $25–89 per driver per month (OptimoRoute $35–39, Track-POD $49, Zeo fleet ~$49, Upper $50–89), stop or order packages run $99–$1,000 per month (Circuit/Spoke $125–$1,000, Routific from $150, Tookan from $99, Onfleet from $619), and usage-based tools start free — EfiRoute is $0 to start, then $15/month Pro or $49/month Business plus $1 per courier per optimization run.
For a single driver, RoadWarrior ($14.99/month) and Zeo (~$24/month) are the cheapest options, but neither gives you multi-courier dispatch. For any fleet planning with two or more couriers, usage-based pricing is cheapest: EfiRoute starts free and a 3-courier team planning twice a week pays roughly $24/month, versus $105–450/month on per-driver or per-stop tools.
At five drivers: OptimoRoute is $175–195/month, Zeo about $245/month, Track-POD about $245/month, WorkWave about $270/month, Upper $250–445/month plus its tracking add-on, Routific from $150/month, Circuit/Spoke $125–200/month plus overage, Route4Me $199–349/month plus add-ons and Onfleet from $619/month. EfiRoute is about $110/month optimizing every weekday, or about $20/month planning weekly.
Most vendors only offer time-limited trials. EfiRoute’s free plan is permanent — 3 projects per month, up to 2 couriers per project and $5 of optimization credit every month, with no credit card — and it uses the same Google Cloud Route Optimization API as its paid plans. Zeo and RoadWarrior have limited free driver apps, but they are single-driver tools rather than dispatch systems.
Because they meter different things. Per-seat pricing suits vendors selling workforce scheduling, where a driver is a licensed user. Per-stop and per-task packages suit vendors whose cost scales with delivery volume. Usage-based pricing meters the optimization run itself, which is the actual computational cost — so it matches operations whose driver count or delivery days fluctuate.
No. Most vendors, including the most expensive ones, run proprietary solvers. EfiRoute delegates optimization to the Google Cloud Route Optimization API — the fleet-grade engine Google sells to enterprise logistics platforms — which handles time windows, work-hour limits, capacity and multi-courier assignment on a $15/month plan.