GraphHopper review
A developer-focused routing engine with fleet constraints, traffic data, and geospatial APIs.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
GraphHopper is an API-based routing and optimization platform for developers building logistics, mobility, delivery, and field-service applications. Its capabilities cover single-vehicle and fleet routing, vehicle capacities, service times, driver skills, customer time windows, traffic-aware planning, geocoding, reverse geocoding, distance and time matrices, isochrones, GPS map matching, and custom vehicle types. Teams can access it through web, API, or self-hosted deployments, with routing data integrations including OpenStreetMap, TomTom, Thunderforest, and MapTiler.
Pricing is freemium. The Free plan costs €0 per month, includes 500 credits per day and the Route Optimization API, and is restricted to non-commercial use. Basic costs €69 per month with 5,000 credits per day and commercial use; Standard costs €199 per month with 15,000 credits per day and commercial use. Premium costs €479 per month with 50,000 credits per day, commercial use, and telephone support. A Custom plan provides a custom credit allowance, up to 10,000 locations per request, and up to 200 vehicles per request. Annual billing options are shown for Free, Basic, and Standard.
The standout fit is embedded route intelligence rather than an end-user operations suite. Developers can combine optimization with traffic calculations, geospatial services, map matching, and custom routing profiles inside a broader application. The Free plan’s 30-stop limit and non-commercial restriction make it more suitable for evaluation or qualifying projects than production business use. Commercial teams needing an API-centered routing foundation should consider GraphHopper; organizations seeking built-in mobile workflows, live tracking, reoptimization, or technician dispatch should look elsewhere.
GraphHopper pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Vehicle routing supports capacities, service times, skills, and time windows
- Traffic-aware planning, geocoding, matrices, and map matching are included
- Supports web, API, self-hosted deployments and custom routing profiles
- Where it doesn't
- Free usage is non-commercial and limited to 500 credits per day
- The Free plan is limited to 30 stops
- Primarily an API, rather than a technician-dispatch application
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