Best Route Planners for Delivery Drivers in 2026

Delivery drivers and gig workers (Amazon Flex, DoorDash, Instacart, Walmart Spark, etc.) live by their multi-stop routes. Every minute and mile saved translates to more earnings or saved free time — and with gas near $4.10 a gallon and DoorDash reimbursing none of it, the mile is the expensive half of that sentence. While native navigation apps like Google Maps or Waze are handy for single-point navigation, they fall short on multi-stop optimization. In 2026 the market offers many multi-stop route planners – from free web tools to sophisticated paid services. Usually there is some tradeoff: they are either limited in their free tier or far more expensive. Below we review the most popular and reliable options on the market.

Prices re-checked August 2026. Every figure below comes from the vendor's own pricing or support pages, not from a review aggregator — several of which are still quoting plans that no longer exist. Two things changed since our last pass: Circuit is now Spoke and has added a cheaper $10/month tier, and Zeo has moved to per-seat billing and no longer publishes a simple monthly price.

Routerra – AI Copilot for Drivers

Routerra is a modern route planner built for couriers and gig drivers. It runs entirely in a browser on any kind of device (no app install needed) and lets drivers import stops by typing, scanning, or uploading spreadsheets or even screenshots. Its AI-driven algorithm reorders stops in seconds, producing traffic-aware optimal routes that save real time on the road. In fact, Amazon Flex drivers report saving 30–90 minutes per block by using Routerra's route optimization – meaning more blocks finished and miles saved. Routerra's interface is mobile-friendly and intuitive, and includes advanced features like time-window constraints, vehicle profiles, proof-of-delivery capture, and sharing routes to GPS apps. Routerra's pricing is among the most driver-friendly. Its Free tier is quite generous: routes of up to 20 stops, with 5 optimizations per day (30 per month) — double Spoke's free 10 stops and more than double RoadWarrior's free 8. Beyond that, the Pro plan is $14.99/month, or $9.99/month billed annually, and lifts you to 200 stops per route — the same monthly price as RoadWarrior Pro but with 200 stops to its 120. There's also a $5 day pass for occasional heavy days, something no major mobile rival offers.

One honest caveat on price: since Circuit became Spoke it has added a Lite plan at $10/month with unlimited stops, which is cheaper than Routerra Pro billed monthly. Routerra's annual rate of $9.99/month still edges it, and Routerra's free tier is twice the size, but if raw stop capacity per dollar is your only criterion, Spoke Lite is worth a look. Where Routerra pulls ahead is everything around the stops: AI import from text, spreadsheets or a photo of your stop list, time windows and service time, and the day pass for one-off heavy days.

Google Maps & Waze (Free, Built-In)

Almost every driver has Google Maps or Waze on their phone. These are free and excellent for turn-by-turn directions, but they're not true multi-stop planners. Google Maps lets you manually add up to 10 stops, but beyond that it won't optimize automatically – you have to drag/drop to reorder. Waze is even simpler: it supports at most one intermediate stop, so it's essentially just point-to-point navigation. On iPhone, Apple Maps stops accepting new stops at 13 — we tested it — and it never reorders them for you either. In practice, drivers use Google or Waze to navigate between major points or get live traffic info, but not to plan a dozen deliveries. Once you have more than a few stops, these tools fall short and you'll need a dedicated planner.

Free Web Planners: MapQuest & RouteXL

For occasional multi-stop routes, some drivers turn to free web tools. MapQuest route planner (online only) allows up to 26 stops per route for free – more than most free apps. However, MapQuest's interface is cluttered with ads and its address geocoding is not always reliable (users report misplaced stops). It also has no way to send routes easily to your phone.

RouteXL is another web option. Its free plan handles up to 20 addresses per route. That's clean and ad-free, but beyond 20 stops you must pay (about €35/month for 100 stops). RouteXL can solve routes efficiently, but its free tier uses basic address lookup, which may sometimes misplace locations (the paid version uses better geocoding). In short, MapQuest and RouteXL let you plan small routes at zero cost, but their limits and simplicity mean serious delivery drivers will exceed them quickly.

Note: SpeedyRoute was a popular free planner (up to 10 stops) but it shut down in Feb 2025. Drivers who relied on SpeedyRoute must now use alternatives or paid services.

Spoke (formerly Circuit)

Spoke is the app most couriers still know as Circuit — getcircuit.com now redirects to spoke.com. It offers a slick mobile interface and tight Google Maps/Waze integration. The free version allows up to 10 stops per route. Paid plans are now Lite at $10/month and Standard at $20/month, both with unlimited stops — the $10 tier is new since the rename and makes Spoke the cheapest unlimited-stop option on this list.

Drivers praise its ease of use – it automatically finds the fastest route and has a "Package Finder" to track parcel order in the van. On the downside, the free stop limit is half Routerra's, so anyone doing more than 10 deliveries a day will need to pay. Some users report occasional hiccups: for example, it can sometimes route to the wrong address, and it does not support scheduling around closed-business hours.

RoadWarrior

RoadWarrior has a very basic free tier (the "Basic" plan) that limits routes to 8 stops and keeps routes on one device only — no syncing. For more capacity, RoadWarrior Pro costs $14.99/month or $120/year and allows up to 120 stops per route. (RoadWarrior also markets a separate fleet product at $49/month per driver; that is a dispatcher tool, not a solo-driver plan.) RoadWarrior's strengths are its mobile app, simple interface, and ability to sync routes between devices. At the same $14.99/month, though, Routerra's Pro carries 200 stops per route to RoadWarrior's 120, and Routerra's free plan handles full 20-stop routes where RoadWarrior's free 8-stop limit runs out fast.

Zeo Route Planner

Zeo is a mobile-first route planner with modern features. It advertises fast route computation and serves millions of deliveries, and includes extras like live ETA sharing, proof-of-delivery capture, and voice input for adding stops.

Zeo's pricing changed since our last pass, and not in the buyer's favour. The free plan is now capped at 3 routes per day, and paid pricing has moved to per-driver-seat billing, quarterly or yearly — there is no monthly option on the vendor's own pricing page, which lists no simple headline price at all (its Fleet Management tier is $599/year per driver seat). Third-party sites still quote figures from $15 to $35 a month, but they disagree with each other and with Zeo's page, so treat any single number you see with caution.

That opacity is the real cost. Routerra publishes one price you can read in five seconds — $14.99/month, $9.99/month annually, or $5 for a single day — and you can test it without a sales conversation. Some Zeo users also report occasional app crashes or quirks (e.g. premature "Done" button taps).

MyRouteOnline

MyRouteOnline is a robust web platform meant for businesses. It can handle huge routes – its interface supports up to 1,000 addresses per run, with features like time windows, service durations, and Zapier integration. However, this power comes at a price: plans start at about $19/month (Basic plan) and go much higher up to $800/month. There is no free tier beyond a trial. For a solo courier or gig worker, MyRouteOnline's learning curve and cost make it overkill. It shines in scenarios like delivery companies or sales reps doing very large territory routes, but not for occasional multi-stop errands.

Choosing the Right Route Planner

In practice, solo drivers often start with what they have (Google Maps/Waze) and free plans to see if they need more. Three honest recommendations:

• If you rarely exceed 20 stops, stay free. Routerra's free tier (20 stops, 5 optimizations a day, 30 a month) is the largest free allowance of any app here — twice Spoke's 10 and RouteXL's paid-upgrade threshold, and well past RoadWarrior's 8.
• If you want the cheapest unlimited stops, it is Spoke Lite at $10/month. We would rather be straight about that than pretend otherwise. Routerra Pro billed annually works out at $9.99/month for 200 stops per route, so it is a close call decided by features rather than price.
• If you import stop lists, Routerra is the clear pick. Pasting text, uploading a CSV/XLSX, or photographing a manifest and having it read for you is the part that actually saves a delivery driver time, and it is where the cheaper tiers elsewhere stop.

A planner only helps once you have taken the offer, of course. Which offers are worth taking is a separate skill, and on Walmart's platform it is the one that separates the median $21.74/hour driver from the $30/hour one — see our Spark driver tips ranked by dollars per mile.

Business tools like MyRouteOnline start at $19/month and climb to $799, and Zeo has moved to per-seat annual billing — both are priced for dispatchers, not drivers. In summary, Routerra combines the flexibility and features that delivery drivers need (bulk import, traffic-aware optimization, skip hours) at one of the lowest price points for this feature set, with the most generous free tier in the group.

Below is a quick comparison of popular route planners, their platforms, free limits, and starting prices:

Each driver's needs are different, but for most solo delivery drivers in 2026, Routerra will hit the sweet spot of power, ease-of-use, and low cost. Its free tier already outperforms most free competitors, and its paid plans are by far the cheapest way to get unlimited multi-stop routing. The other planners above have valid use cases (e.g. fleet dispatch, enterprise), but they come with trade-offs in price or complexity.