High Bills, Limited Control? It’s Time to Switch.
NextBillion.ai vs. Google Route
Optimization API
- No $100K+ API bills
- No manual planning
- No hunting for help
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Product and tech leaders in high-performing transportation and logistics have switched from Google to NextBillion.ai
Ditch the high bills, not the features
Add unique routing constraints to your API requests.
And scale fearlessly, while protecting your margins.
Get trucking routes
With NextBillion.ai, you get routes and ETAs in line with trucking regulations.
With Google, you end up in non-truck routes and risk getting fined.
Solve for complex routes with 50+ constraints and map edits
With NextBillion.ai, you can add all your routing restrictions and business rules to the API request.
With Google, you have to manually edit routes and estimates, to avoid on-road surprises later.
Keep costs in check with non-API pricing
With NextBillion.ai, you can simply pay for the number of vehicles you work with or the volume of orders you receive.
With Google, you pay hefty bills if your API calls jump with seasonal demand or technical glitches.
Get hands-on support from testing to production
With NextBillion.ai, you get solution engineers to help you nail your API requests and improve the computed output.
With Google, you have to hunt around for hours to seek answers in help articles and community forums.
KEY FEATURE COMPARISON
NextBillion.ai Route Optimization API vs
Google Route Optimization API
| Features | NextBillion.ai | Google Route Optimization API |
| Support for truck-specific routes |  StrongRoutes tailored to truck’s size, weight & types of goods |
 No |
| Custom objective functions | Advanced |
Limited support |
| Complex task sequencing | Advanced |
Limited support |
| Routing and map customizations | Advanced |
No |
| Support for supply chain use cases | Strong |
Poor |
| Complementary APIs & map tools | Available for end-to-end workflows |
Limited options |
| Custom feature development | Advanced |
Limited support |
| Custom pricing | Yes Flexible pricing options, including unlimited simulations/dry runs |
Limited |
| Customer support | Superior product support |
Standard |
| Support for on-prem deployment | Yes |
No |
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Frequently asked questions
NextBillion.ai provides enterprise-grade Route Optimization API and ready-to-use route planner app while accommodating various important aspects such as creating truck-specific routing, considering complex time windows as well as focus on multi-dimensional capacities. The route optimization engine supports 50+ real-world constraints for businesses. On the other hand, Google maps is more general-purpose and limited in flexibility.
Enterprises in logistics, delivery, field service, and transportation that need scalability, vehicle-aware routing, advanced route optimization, and proactive support benefit most from NextBillion.ai.
NextBillion.ai route planning APIs are designed for margin-sensitive logistics which need advanced constraints to solve complex and large-scale routing problems without breaking the bank. See how NextBillion.ai stacks up to the competition.
NextBillion.ai route planning APIs are designed for margin-sensitive logistics which need advanced constraints to solve complex and large-scale routing problems without breaking the bank. See how NextBillion.ai stacks up to the competition.
Yes, NextBillion.ai comprises Route Optimization API which can handle up to 10,000 orders in one request and Distance Matrix API that supports matrix sizes up to 5000 x 5000. These limits are far exceeding Google maps Limits.
Features like on-premise deployment, SOC2/GDPR compliance, a road editor for private maps, and custom SLAs make NextBillion.ai truly enterprise-ready, unlike Google’s one-size-fits-all cloud solution. We also provide dedicated solution support to ensure you can leverage the platform in the best way for your business.
NextBillion.ai offers enterprise-grade, customizable route optimization with advanced features like truck routing, time windows, multi-dimensional capacities, and 50+ more real-world constraints. Google maps API, on the other hand, is more general-purpose and limited in flexibility.
Many enterprises are frustrated with Google maps slow and unresponsive support. NextBillion.ai, on the other hand, provides proactive, dedicated technical support, ensuring faster response times, hands-on troubleshooting, and enterprise-grade assistance.
Yes, NextBillion.ai allows enterprises to define and enforce custom rules such as driver skills, customer priorities, depot preferences, or delivery sequence requirements, something Google maps API does not support. We have the ability to add new constraints as per unique business requirement.
Over 50+ constraints, including vehicle capacity, skills, depot locations, driver shift times, time windows, hazmat rules, and custom business rules.
No, Google maps focuses only on consumer-grade driving routes only. However, NextBillion.ai offers truck routing, hazmat compliance, emission zones, and road restrictions.
Yes, with NextBillion.ai you can optimize for time, distance, cost, or a custom weighted objective, Google maps API only optimizes for shortest as well as fastest routes.
Yes, the already generated routes can be re-optimized instantly if there are late orders, cancellations, or breakdowns. This feature is not supported by Google Maps. Nextbillion.ai Route Optimization API offers the ability to rerun their route optimizations within a 24-hour period without incurring additional charges.
NextBillion.ai supports cloud, private cloud, and fully on-premise deployments, while Google only provides cloud-based APIs.
Yes, benchmarks show 2–3x lower latency and 10–20x higher throughput on large datasets compared to Google.
Google maps charges per API call, which gets expensive at scale. NextBillion.ai offers flexible pricing models (per task, per asset, per API call) to ensure cost predictability. Reach out to us to get a customized pricing quote.
Yes, through TollTally® integration, we provide toll-aware route optimization, Google maps doesn’t.
Yes, by minimizing empty miles, optimizing depot assignments, and supporting cost-based objectives, NextBillion.ai helps reduce fuel, toll, and driver hours.
Yes, especially for companies managing multi-depot, multi-vehicle, and multi-constraint operations at scale.
Industries such as Logistics, retail delivery, e-commerce, field services, oil & gas, waste collection, and transportation planning can leverage NextBillion.ai APIs.
Yes, especially in Asia, LATAM, and the Middle East, where our maps and private road ingestion outperform Google’s global POI-first approach.We even swap in new map data depending on what works best for your region or routing problem.
Yes, NextBillion.ai offers on-premise deployments for enterprises. All routing and mapping services are deployed entirely behind your firewall, in your own data center. This deployment model gives you the highest level of data control, customization, and compliance, though it requires more hands-on management. Learn more about our on-premise deployment solutions.
We provide SOC 2 certification, GDPR compliance, data encryption, and private deployment options, giving enterprises full data control.
Yes, it integrates seamlessly with SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, and other leading logistics/telematics platforms through APIs.