NextBillion.ai vs. HERE Technologies
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FEATURE COMPARISON
NextBillion.ai vs. HERE Technologies
| Features | NextBillion.ai | HERE Technologies |
| Historical and real-time traffic |  Yes |
Yes |
| Global map data coverage | Yes |
Yes |
| Complementary APIs & map tools | Yes |
Yes |
| Support for truck-specific routes | Advanced Unrestricted use of truck-specific features. |
Limited support Routes beyond 190 km use generic truck specifications. |
| Custom objective functions | Advanced |
Limited support |
| Complex task sequencing | Advanced |
Limited support |
| Routing and map customizations | Advanced |
Limited support |
| Optimization constraints | Advanced 50+ hard and soft constraints. |
Limited and restrictive options |
| Support for user-defined travel costs | Yes Optimize travel costs between stops with custom cost matrix. |
 No |
| Custom feature development | Advanced |
Limited support |
| Custom pricing | Yes Flexible pricing options |
No Fixed and restrictive pricing |
| Customer support | Superior product support |
Standard |
| Support for on-prem deployment | Yes |
No |
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Top 3 Reasons Why Businesses Choose NextBillion.ai
Proactive product support
NextBillion.ai offer hands-on assistance from solutions engineers and product experts throughout evaluation, integration and production. This contrasts with HERE’s less responsive support and limited ability to work closely with customers.
Flexible pricing for predictable costs
With NextBillion.ai, you get custom pricing based on the number of tasks, assets or API calls. Unlike Here’s transaction-based fixed cost structure, our flexible model improves cost predictability and ensures accurate cost modeling.
Built for enterprises
We go beyond standard offerings to provide enterprise-level personalization, integrations and tools. While HERE may lack adaptability, NextBillion.ai offers extensive customizations tailored to your unique workflows and preferences.
Pricing that Works for Every Business
Asset-based
Pricing based on the number of assets.
Usage-based
Pricing based on actual usage of products and services.
Customized
Tailored pricing to meet specific business needs.
Built for Developers:
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Easy Integration
Designed to make developers’ lives easier, our APIs and SDKs follow standard industry protocols, facilitating rapid integration into your applications.
Comprehensive Developer Resources
Dive into our platform's functionality with detailed documentation, code samples, step-by-step tutorials and use case notebooks.
Proactive Support
Receive assistance from our solution engineers and product support team throughout your evaluation, integration, and production phases — a rarity in the location tech landscape.
curl --location 'https://api.nextbillion.io/optimization/v2?key='
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
--data '{
"options": { "routing": { "mode": "car" } },
"vehicles": [
{
"id": 1,
"start_index": 21,
"end_index": 21,
"capacity": [100],
"time_window": [1702607400, 1702625400],
"skills": [2, 5],
"breaks": [],
"max_tasks": 25,
"costs": { "fixed": 100 }
},
{
"id": 2,
"start_index": 21,
"end_index": 21,
"capacity": [100],
"time_window": [1702607400, 1702625400],
"skills": [2, 5],
"breaks": [],
"max_tasks": 25,
"costs": { "fixed": 1000 }
},
{
"id": 3,
"start_index": 21,
"end_index": 21,
"capacity": [100],
"time_window": [1702607400, 1702625400],
"skills": [1, 4],
"breaks": [],
"max_tasks": 25,
"costs": { "fixed": 2000 }
},
{
"id": 4,
"start_index": 21,
"end_index": 21,
"capacity": [100],
"time_window": [1702607400, 1702625400],
"skills": [2, 5],
"breaks": [],
"max_tasks": 25,
"costs": { "fixed": 3000 }
},
{
"id": 5,
"start_index": 21,
"end_index": 21,
"capacity": [100],
"time_window": [1702607400, 1702625400],
"skills": [3, 5],
"breaks": [],
"max_tasks": 25,
"costs": { "fixed": 4000 }
}
],
"locations": {
"id": 12,
"description": "NB.AI SHIPMENTS DEMO",
"location": [
"40.6085191875,-73.9536178305",
"40.7372425625,-73.9457455230",
"40.5942814471,-73.9783025420",
"40.7109609308,-73.9531622356",
"40.6166491791,-73.9697126006",
"40.7148610344,-73.9089981270",
"40.6385350172,-73.9017287031",
"40.7171951587,-73.8614628402",
"40.6652580289,-73.8995238296",
"40.7169478232,-73.8874888392",
"40.6199821213,-74.0188033905",
"40.7524615322,-73.8888712419",
"40.5885341540,-73.9624776847",
"40.7176884077,-73.8951881458",
"40.6246397579,-73.9429799499",
"40.7402823747,-73.8561772027",
"40.6744393346,-73.9398219099",
"40.7160849939,-73.9333128954",
"40.6652089729,-73.9695243818",
"40.7439268324,-73.9024963644",
"40.7176025,-74.059828",
"40.7176025,-74.059828"
]
},
"jobs": [],
"shipments": [
{
"pickup": {
"id": 1,
"location_index": 0,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702618763, 1702625963]]
},
"delivery": {
"id": 1,
"location_index": 1,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702618763, 1702625963]]
},
"skills": [1],
"priority": 1,
"amount": [16]
},
{
"pickup": {
"id": 2,
"location_index": 2,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702622209, 1702629409]]
},
"delivery": {
"id": 2,
"location_index": 3,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702622209, 1702629409]]
},
"skills": [3],
"priority": 1,
"amount": [67]
},
{
"pickup": {
"id": 3,
"location_index": 4,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702625500, 1702632700]]
},
"delivery": {
"id": 3,
"location_index": 5,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702625500, 1702632700]]
},
"skills": [5],
"priority": 1,
"amount": [98]
},
{
"pickup": {
"id": 4,
"location_index": 6,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702626638, 1702633838]]
},
"delivery": {
"id": 4,
"location_index": 7,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702626638, 1702633838]]
},
"skills": [1],
"priority": 1,
"amount": [27]
},
{
"pickup": {
"id": 5,
"location_index": 8,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702629136, 1702636336]]
},
"delivery": {
"id": 5,
"location_index": 9,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702629136, 1702636336]]
},
"skills": [2],
"priority": 1,
"amount": [53]
},
{
"pickup": {
"id": 6,
"location_index": 10,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702615839, 1702623039]]
},
"delivery": {
"id": 6,
"location_index": 11,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702615839, 1702623039]]
},
"skills": [2],
"priority": 1,
"amount": [39]
},
{
"pickup": {
"id": 7,
"location_index": 12,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702631772, 1702638972]]
},
"delivery": {
"id": 7,
"location_index": 13,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702631772, 1702638972]]
},
"skills": [4],
"priority": 1,
"amount": [23]
},
{
"pickup": {
"id": 8,
"location_index": 14,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702629552, 1702636752]]
},
"delivery": {
"id": 8,
"location_index": 15,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702629552, 1702636752]]
},
"skills": [3],
"priority": 1,
"amount": [50]
},
{
"pickup": {
"id": 9,
"location_index": 16,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702612858, 1702620058]]
},
"delivery": {
"id": 9,
"location_index": 17,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702612858, 1702620058]]
},
"skills": [3],
"priority": 1,
"amount": [49]
},
{
"pickup": {
"id": 10,
"location_index": 18,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702626254, 1702633454]]
},
"delivery": {
"id": 10,
"location_index": 19,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [[1702626254, 1702633454]]
},
"skills": [4],
"priority": 1,
"amount": [90]
}
]
}'
curl --location 'https://api.nextbillion.io/optimization/v2?key={your_api_key}'
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
--data '{
"options": {
"routing": {
"mode": "truck",
"truck_size":"200, 210, 600",
"truck_weight": 5000,
"traffic_timestamp": 1702607400
}
},
"locations": {
"id": 12,
"description": "NB.AI TRUCK MODE",
"location": [
"40.6085191875,-73.9536178305",
"40.7372425625,-73.9457455230",
"40.5942814471,-73.9783025420",
"40.7109609308,-73.9531622356",
"40.6166491791,-73.9697126006",
"40.7148610344,-73.9089981270",
"40.6385350172,-73.9017287031",
]
},
"jobs": [],
"shipments": [
{
"pickup": {
"id": 1,
"location_index": 0,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [
[
1702618763,
1702625963
]
]
},
"delivery": {
"id": 1,
"location_index": 1,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [
[
1702618763,
1702625963
]
]
},
"skills": [
1
],
"priority": 1,
"amount": [
16
]
},
{
"pickup": {
"id": 2,
"location_index": 2,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [
[
1702622209,
1702629409
]
]
},
"delivery": {
"id": 2,
"location_index": 3,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [
[
1702622209,
1702629409
]
]
},
"skills": [
3
],
"priority": 1,
"amount": [
67
]
},
{
"pickup": {
"id": 3,
"location_index": 4,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [
[
1702625500,
1702632700
]
]
},
"delivery": {
"id": 3,
"location_index": 5,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [
[
1702625500,
1702632700
]
]
},
"skills": [
5
],
"priority": 1,
"amount": [
98
]
},
{
"pickup": {
"id": 4,
"location_index": 6,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [
[
1702626638,
1702633838
]
]
},
"delivery": {
"id": 4,
"location_index": 7,
"service": 120,
"time_windows": [
[
1702626638,
1702633838
]
]
},
"skills": [
1
],
"priority": 1,
"amount": [
27
]
}
],
"vehicles": [
{
"id": 1,
"start_index": 21,
"end_index": 21,
"capacity": [
100
],
"time_window": [
1702607400,
1702625400
],
"skills": [
2,
5
],
"breaks": [],
"max_tasks": 25,
"costs": {
"fixed": 0
}
},
{
"id": 2,
"start_index": 21,
"end_index": 21,
"capacity": [
100
],
"time_window": [
1702607400,
1702625400
],
"skills": [
2,
5
],
"breaks": [],
"max_tasks": 25,
"costs": {
"fixed": 1000
}
},
]
}'
The NextBillion.ai Advantage Over
HERE Technologies
Powerful optimization
engine
Upgrade to NextBillion.ai for superior business-critical features. Get the flexibility of a cost matrix to specify custom travel costs between stops – a feature not available with HERE. Minimize job completion time and ensure tasks and travel costs are evenly distributed.
Advanced
re-optimization
HERE’s re-optimization process is mechanical that drastically alters the original solution. NextBillion.ai excels by inserting new jobs or removing canceled tasks without unnecessary changes to the original routes, order sequence and task assignments.
Top-tier solutions for
trucking & field service
NextBillion.ai’s truck-specific routes account for dimensions, weight, hazmat and more without any distribution radius limitations, unlike HERE. And in field service solutions, tasks are more flexible — no strict need for every stop to be labeled as pickup or delivery.