EfiRoute is delivery route optimization software that runs the whole delivery day: orders arrive from Shopify, WooCommerce, Trendyol, the REST API or an Excel upload, the Google Cloud Route Optimization API assigns and sequences them across every driver on shift in one run, and the routes push to the driver app with live tracking, automatic customer notifications, proof of delivery and cash-on-delivery recording. Free to start with no credit card, then $29/month (Pro) or $49/month (Business) plus $1 per driver per optimization run. Stops are never metered and there are no per-driver fees.
A delivery operation does not lose its margin on the drive between two stops — it loses it in the hour before the vans leave, deciding who takes what, and in the afternoon spent answering calls about orders nobody can locate. Delivery route optimization software is worth buying for both halves: the optimizer that plans the day in seconds, and the operational layer that keeps the driver, the dispatcher and the customer looking at the same delivery.
Connect Shopify, WooCommerce or Trendyol and paid orders become delivery stops automatically — customer, address, products and payment method included. No store? Drop in an Excel or CSV file and every address is geocoded on import.
The Google Cloud Route Optimization API decides who takes which deliveries and in what order, honouring delivery time windows, each driver's shift and breaks, service time per stop and vehicle capacity. Not one route at a time — the whole delivery day in a single run.
Whoever packs the vehicles gets a per-driver checklist in the sequence the stops will actually be driven, so the first delivery is not at the bottom of the load.
Each driver gets their own sorted route on iOS or Android: stop-by-stop navigation, customer notes and phone number, one-tap status per stop, and native Apple Watch and Wear OS companions for riders who cannot unlock a phone at every door.
Delivery status updates go out automatically and customers get a live tracking link, which is what actually stops "where is my order?" calls reaching the dispatcher mid-morning.
Photo and signature proof per stop, plus cash or card collection recorded against the delivery in the currency it was collected in — with a reasoned correction trail if an amount has to be fixed later.
The constraints the optimizer respects — hard and soft time windows, shift limits, capacity, multi-day overflow — are described on advanced route optimization software, and the vehicle side of the same problem on fleet routing software.
The pricing model matters more than the sticker price, because the three models react to a change in volume in completely different ways. Stop packages charge for the stops whether you plan well or badly; per-driver seats charge for a driver who worked three days last week; per-run pricing charges only when you actually optimize.
| Your delivery month | Stop package (Circuit/Spoke) | Per-driver tool ($39/driver) | EfiRoute (Pro) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 stops/month · 3 drivers, planned every weekday | $125 / month (1,000-stop package) | $117 / month (3 × $39) | $29 + 3 × 22 × $1 − $29 credit = $66 / month |
| 2,000 stops/month · 5 drivers, planned every weekday | $200 / month (2,000-stop package) | $195 / month (5 × $39) | $29 + 5 × 22 × $1 − $29 credit = $110 / month |
| 2,000 stops/month · 5 drivers, planned weekly | $200 / month — packages do not care how often you plan | $195 / month — seats do not care either | 5 × 4 × $1 = $20 of runs, inside the $29 credit → $29 / month |
| 12,000 stops/month · 10 drivers, planned every weekday | $1,000 / month (12,000-stop package) | $390 / month (10 × $39) | $29 + 10 × 22 × $1 − $29 credit = $220 / month |
Stop-package figures are Circuit for Teams (now Spoke) published packages — $125/month for 1,000 stops, $200 for 2,000, $1,000 for 12,000, each with per-stop overage — and the per-driver column uses $39 per driver per month, OptimoRoute's monthly-billing rate, both as of October 2026. Competitor prices change; confirm on the vendor's own site. EfiRoute figures assume one optimization run per planning day with the monthly credit applied first.
| Plan | Price | What is included per project |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 forever — no credit card | 3 projects/month, up to 2 drivers and 50 stops per project, $5 optimization credit |
| Pro | $29 / month + $1 per driver per run | Up to 10 drivers and 500 stops per project, $29 monthly credit, REST API + webhooks |
| Business | $49 / month + $1 per driver per run | Up to 25 drivers and 1,000 stops per project, $49 monthly credit, REST API + webhooks |
Run your own numbers with the calculator on the pricing page, or compare every vendor's published price in the route optimization software pricing comparison.
Honest version: at a stable, high order volume the per-order tiers of Routific and Circuit for Teams (Spoke) become competitive, Onfleet goes deeper on enterprise dispatch workflows, and a single driver delivering their own orders is better served by a solo planner app. EfiRoute is built for delivery teams of two to twenty-five drivers whose volume moves week to week.
Delivery route optimization software takes the day's delivery addresses and solves two things at once: which driver delivers which orders, and in what order each driver drives them. It is not a navigation app — Google Maps follows the order you type and caps you at about 10 waypoints, while an optimizer searches the possible orderings and returns the fastest one that still fits delivery time windows, driver shifts, breaks, vehicle capacity and service time per stop. Around that engine, a usable product adds order import with geocoding, a driver app with navigation, live tracking, customer notifications and proof of delivery.
A route planner app plans one driver's route — usually the route of the person holding the phone. Delivery route optimization software is a dispatch system: it assigns work across several drivers before sequencing anything, keeps the dispatcher's map and the customer's tracking link in sync, and records proof of delivery centrally. If one person plans and drives their own stops, a $15–25/month planner app is enough. From two drivers upward, the assignment half of the problem is where the time and fuel go.
Three pricing models dominate. Per-driver tools charge about $25–89 per driver per month (OptimoRoute $35–39, Track-POD $49, Upper $50–89). Stop or order packages run $99–$1,000 per month (Circuit for Teams/Spoke $125 for 1,000 stops to $1,000 for 12,000; Routific from $150; Onfleet from $619). EfiRoute prices the optimization run: free to start, then $29/month (Pro) or $49/month (Business) plus $1 per driver included in each run, with the monthly credit applied first — so five drivers planning every weekday is about $110/month, and the same five planning weekly is $29/month.
No. Stop count is never billed — 300 deliveries and 900 deliveries across the same drivers cost exactly the same, because the only variable in the bill is how many drivers are included in an optimization run. Plan limits are per project: 50 stops on Free, 500 on Pro and 1,000 on Business, with Enterprise for larger operations. That is the structural difference from stop-package pricing, where a busy month pushes you into a higher tier.
Yes — Shopify, WooCommerce and Trendyol connectors are live. Paid orders are pulled in automatically (or pushed by webhook) and become delivery stops with customer, address, line items and payment method attached; addresses are geocoded on the way in. For any other system, the REST API on Pro and Business creates projects and delivery points directly from your own backend, ERP or WMS.
Yes. Delivery status updates are sent automatically as the driver works the route, and customers can follow a live tracking link that shows progress toward their stop. Drivers capture photo or signature proof at the door, so the delivery record and the customer's expectation are built from the same data rather than from a phone call to the dispatcher.
EfiRoute's free plan is permanent, not a trial: 3 projects per month, up to 2 drivers and 50 stops per project and $5 of optimization credit every month, with no credit card — running the same Google Cloud Route Optimization API as the paid plans. Most vendors only offer a time-limited trial; Zeo and RoadWarrior have limited free driver apps, but those plan a single driver rather than dispatching a delivery team.
Most teams are planning their first real delivery day within an hour of signing up: upload a spreadsheet of orders, add the drivers with their shifts, run the optimization. There is no implementation call, no onboarding fee and no per-device charge for the driver app — drivers install it on their own phones and sign in with credentials you issue.