Build a route optimization app — multi-stop routing for delivery, service, and field teams.
Google Maps gives you turn-by-turn navigation to one destination. Route optimization solves a different problem: visit 50 stops today in the sequence that minimizes total drive time. That's a Traveling Salesman Problem — and it requires a different stack.
Delivery company, field service operator, or logistics team that needs to optimize daily routes for multiple vehicles and stops — reducing drive time and fuel while hitting delivery windows
Manual route planning for 10+ stops is a 30-minute task. For 50+ stops across multiple drivers, it's infeasible. Route optimization solves the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP): given N stops and M vehicles, assign stops to vehicles and sequence them to minimize total distance or time.
Route optimization APIs (not built from scratch):
Google OR-Tools: Open source optimization library from Google. Solves VRP locally. No per-call API cost. Requires server-side implementation.
Route4Me API: SaaS route optimization. Handles VRP with time windows, vehicle capacity constraints, and driver time limits.
OptimoRoute: API for route optimization with recurring scheduling support.
HERE Routing API: Distance/time matrix calculation for stop combinations.
Constraints the optimizer needs to respect:
- Time windows: "Deliver to customer A between 9am and 12pm"
- Vehicle capacity: "This truck holds 20 stops worth of volume"
- Driver shift hours: "Driver works 8am-5pm maximum"
- Priority stops: "This customer gets delivered first"
Route optimization tool deployed — daily stop input, optimized route generation, driver dispatch, and real-time route tracking
Stop input
address import via CSV or API from order management
Route optimization
OR-Tools or Route4Me API for VRP solving
Route dispatch
optimized routes sent to driver mobile app
Driver navigation
Mapbox or Google Maps turn-by-turn per route
Real-time tracking
driver location and stop completion updates
Route reporting
planned vs. actual time, miles, stops per driver
One honest number to start.
Fixed-scope, fixed-price. The number below is the starting point — final scope is built from your brief.
Route optimization tool deployed — daily stop input, optimized route generation, driver dispatch, and real-time route tracking
Three steps, every time.
The same repeatable engagement on every project. No surprises, no mystery, no billable ambiguity.
Brief & discovery.
We send you questions, then get on a call. Output: a written scope with every step, feature, and integration listed.
Build & ship.
Fixed schedule, weekly reviews. No scope creep unless you change the scope — and if you do, we reprice it transparently.
Warranty & retainer.
30-day warranty on every launch. Most clients stay on a monthly retainer for ongoing features and maintenance.
Why Fixed-Price Matters Here
Route optimization apps have defined stop input, optimization, and dispatch patterns. Fixed-price from the spec.
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Read moreQuestions, answered.
Google OR-Tools handles 100-500 stops efficiently. For 1,000+ stops, additional optimization strategies (clustering + VRP) or commercial solvers are needed. Most field operations are well within the 100-500 range.
Yes. Stops imported via API or webhook from your OMS, e-commerce platform, or delivery software. Completed deliveries post status back. Integration defined in the spec.
Tell Ryel about your project.
Describe what you’re building and what outcome you need. You’ll have a written, fixed-price scope within the week.