Transport Route Planners API

NextBillion.ai's Transport Route Planners API suite gives logistics, delivery, and fleet platforms the routing intelligence they need to plan smarter, dispatch faster, and cut operational costs. From real-time distance matrices to multi-stop optimization with 50+ constraints, our APIs are built for scale — with predictable pricing that won't punish growth.

Transport route planning API dashboard showing multi-stop delivery routes on an interactive map

Our Transport Route Planners API Services

End-to-end routing APIs for every stage of your logistics operation — from planning and optimization to dispatch and live navigation.

Route Optimization API

Generate dispatch-ready multi-stop routes in seconds using 50+ hard and soft constraints including time windows, vehicle capacity, shift hours, and hazmat rules — purpose-built for large-scale logistics.

Directions API

Compute precise, truck-compliant, single-vehicle routes with multi-waypoint support, toll and highway avoidance, and vehicle-specific dimension constraints for high-performing transport operations.

Distance Matrix API

Calculate real-time and historical travel times, distances, and ETAs across matrices up to 5,000×5,000 — eliminating costly per-call pricing and batching overhead for large-fleet operations.

Navigation API

Deliver vehicle-specific, turn-by-turn navigation with real-time traffic intelligence, custom road attribute integration, and HGV-compliant routing for commercial fleets and driver apps.

Route Dispatch API

Automate the handoff from optimized route plan to driver app, with real-time dynamic reassignment and seamless integration with telematics platforms like Samsara and Geotab.

Route Planner App

A no-code web interface that lets dispatchers import stops, optimize routes with enterprise-grade algorithms, make visual adjustments, and push dispatch-ready routes — all without writing code.

Enterprise-Grade Routing

Routing Intelligence Built for Logistics That Can't Afford to Fail

NextBillion.ai's Transport Route Planners API suite is engineered for transportation and logistics platforms that outgrow generic mapping tools. Whether you're running a national delivery fleet, a field service operation, or a mobility SaaS platform, our APIs handle real-world complexity — truck-specific restrictions, 50+ optimization constraints, and predictable per-vehicle pricing that keeps costs stable as order volumes scale. Backed by a 99.9% uptime SLA and sub-second response times, every API is production-ready from day one.

Fleet manager reviewing optimized transport routes on a logistics platform interface
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Customer Success Stories

See how leading logistics, delivery, and mobility companies cut costs and scale operations with NextBillion.ai.

"I admire NextBillion.ai's fast response and friendly manners whenever we need professional support in geospatial data processing. They have delivered a valuable service and support to our company that we appreciate."

Yantisa Akhadi
Yantisa Akhadi

"By substantially reducing the number of developer hours spent on scheduling, NextBillion.ai's MVRP and large Distance Matrix API have helped us improve our operational efficiency and increase our cost savings significantly!"

Carson Stevens
Carson Stevens

"Support very good and friendly. Nextbillion provide the maps distance calculation with the low price but high value service to us. Nextbilions has help us reduce the cost and provide the same service as google!"

Chi Hwe Teo

"Rich in features, light in the pocket. NextBillion.ai is solving the complex processes of the best route for the right vehicle."

Micko Jel Dela Rosa
Micko Jel Dela Rosa

"We were unhappy with the pricing from big players in this space and needed a scalable alternative that offered customizability. NextBillion.ai's Maptiles API was exactly what we were looking for. For companies in the ferry and nautical map domain, we'd highly recommend NextBillion.ai."

"I admire NextBillion.ai's fast response and friendly manners whenever we need professional support in geospatial data processing. They have delivered a valuable service and support to our company that we appreciate."

Yantisa Akhadi
Yantisa Akhadi

"By substantially reducing the number of developer hours spent on scheduling, NextBillion.ai's MVRP and large Distance Matrix API have helped us improve our operational efficiency and increase our cost savings significantly!"

Carson Stevens
Carson Stevens

"Support very good and friendly. Nextbillion provide the maps distance calculation with the low price but high value service to us. Nextbilions has help us reduce the cost and provide the same service as google!"

Chi Hwe Teo

"Rich in features, light in the pocket. NextBillion.ai is solving the complex processes of the best route for the right vehicle."

Micko Jel Dela Rosa
Micko Jel Dela Rosa

"We were unhappy with the pricing from big players in this space and needed a scalable alternative that offered customizability. NextBillion.ai's Maptiles API was exactly what we were looking for. For companies in the ferry and nautical map domain, we'd highly recommend NextBillion.ai."

"I admire NextBillion.ai's fast response and friendly manners whenever we need professional support in geospatial data processing. They have delivered a valuable service and support to our company that we appreciate."

Yantisa Akhadi
Yantisa Akhadi

"By substantially reducing the number of developer hours spent on scheduling, NextBillion.ai's MVRP and large Distance Matrix API have helped us improve our operational efficiency and increase our cost savings significantly!"

Carson Stevens
Carson Stevens

"Support very good and friendly. Nextbillion provide the maps distance calculation with the low price but high value service to us. Nextbilions has help us reduce the cost and provide the same service as google!"

Chi Hwe Teo

"Rich in features, light in the pocket. NextBillion.ai is solving the complex processes of the best route for the right vehicle."

Micko Jel Dela Rosa
Micko Jel Dela Rosa

"We were unhappy with the pricing from big players in this space and needed a scalable alternative that offered customizability. NextBillion.ai's Maptiles API was exactly what we were looking for. For companies in the ferry and nautical map domain, we'd highly recommend NextBillion.ai."

The NextBillion.ai Difference

Why Choose NextBillion.ai?

We build routing APIs that match your operational reality — not a sanitized, consumer-grade version of it.

Predictable Pricing

Per-vehicle and per-order pricing means demand spikes and re-optimization cycles never translate into surprise API bills.

50+ Constraints

From truck dimensions and hazmat rules to time windows and driver shifts, our optimizer handles the complexity your fleet actually faces.

24/7 Expert Support

Round-the-clock access to NextBillion.ai solutions engineers ensures fast integration and ongoing production support at every scale.

Flexible Deployment

Deploy on AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, or on-premise within your own Kubernetes environment — built for enterprises with data residency requirements.

Meet the NextBillion.ai Team

The founders and experts behind the world's most flexible routing platform.

Ajay Bulusu, Co-Founder of NextBillion.ai

Ajay Bulusu

Co-Founder

Ajay Bulusu is a co-founder of NextBillion.ai, bringing deep expertise in geospatial technology and large-scale location platform engineering. His journey began in 2017 as part of Grab's pioneering Geo team, where he helped build the location infrastructure underpinning one of Southeast Asia's largest mobility and logistics platforms. That experience revealed how critical — and how underserved — accurate, flexible location technology was for real-world operations. Driven by a mission to democratize sophisticated location intelligence, Ajay co-launched NextBillion.ai in 2020. Under his technical leadership, the platform has scaled to serve 150+ businesses globally, optimize over 10.9 million deliveries and field tasks, and deliver more than $11 million in documented cost savings to customers.

Gaurav Bubna, Co-Founder of NextBillion.ai

Gaurav Bubna

Co-Founder

Gaurav Bubna drives product innovation at NextBillion.ai, bringing a proven track record of building successful products from scratch across ride-hailing, food delivery, and logistics. Before co-founding NextBillion.ai, Gaurav held product leadership roles at Grab, Ola, and Morgan Stanley — organizations where location technology and operational efficiency are existential. His time on Grab's Geo team alongside Ajay and Shaolin crystallized the vision: logistics and field service businesses needed enterprise-grade location intelligence without prohibitive per-call pricing. Since launching NextBillion.ai in 2020, Gaurav has led the product evolution that has helped the platform navigate over 557 million miles and raise $34.25M in venture capital from investors including Lightspeed and Microsoft's M12.

Shaolin Zheng, Co-Founder of NextBillion.ai

Shaolin Zheng

Co-Founder

Shaolin Zheng is a co-founder of NextBillion.ai, contributing deep technical expertise in geospatial systems and scalable mapping infrastructure. Like his co-founders, Shaolin's formative experience building location technology for Grab's Geo team gave him firsthand insight into the operational gaps that generic mapping solutions leave unaddressed — particularly for field service and logistics businesses operating at scale. His engineering perspective shapes NextBillion.ai's core philosophy: location technology must be customizable, cost-predictable, and production-reliable. The platform he helped build now powers GPS tracking, route optimization, and field service intelligence for over 150 businesses worldwide, with on-premise deployment options and SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certifications ensuring enterprise-grade security.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best route planner for cars?

For commercial and enterprise use cases, NextBillion.ai's Route Planner App and Route Optimization API are among the most capable options available. They support multi-stop optimization with time windows, driver constraints, and real-time traffic data. For consumer personal navigation, apps like Google Maps or Waze are widely used, but they lack the constraint depth and pricing predictability that logistics operations require.

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