Regain Control Over Cost With NextBillion.ai’s Distance Matrix API
Custom Distance Matrix API for your unique business needs —get accurate ETAs and Distances. Reduce the cost of scaling up your business and reach positive unit economics.
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Key Benefits
40% reduction
in costs
Best-in-class
ETA accuracy
10x higher
performance
On-premise deployment supported
ML-powered customization for use cases
Overview
Distance Matrix API computes travel times and distances between a set of origins and destinations — for one-to-many/many-to-many start and endpoints.
The API call returns a matrix of ETA and distances for each origin and destination pair.
| D1 | D2 | |
| 01 | TO1D1 DO1D1 |
TO1D2 DO1D2 |
| 02 | TO2D1 DO2D1 |
TO2D2 DO2D2 |
*T = ETA in mins, D = Distance in kms
Distance Matrix API solves operations and routing challenges faced by logistics, shipping, delivery, fleet management, mobility and urban infrastructure companies by predicting accurate distances and arrival times.
Why NextBillion.ai Distance Matrix API
The existing plug-and-play APIs are not built for the modern enterprise’s needs.
They do not take take into account specific business needs the way NextBillion.ai does.
Customizable APIs mapped to your business
Computes accurate ETAs and Distances based on the vehicle type- trucks, minivans, cars, motorbikes or e-scooters – depending on business needs. Customizations also incorporates preferred routes, driving speed, traffic rules and regional nuances unlike the existing ready to use APIs
High volume at low cost
Route optimization demands the ability to call a very large number (eg: 500 origins, 500 destinations) of API calls at very low latencies. Besides the volume constraint, existing solutions come with a heavy price tag. With our Distance Matrix API, you can scale without worrying about price
NextBillion.ai vs Competitors
| NextBillion.ai | Competitors | |
| Matrix size supported | 5000 * 5000 | 25 * 25 |
| Time-dependent routing | Rule-based, time-dependent calculation integrated with map editing capabilities | Not supported |
| Latency and throughput | 2X-3X lower latency 10X-20X higher throughput |
Average |
| Mode of deployment | On-premise and cloud-agnostic deployment | No on-premise deployment |
| Pricing | Flexible, customized pricing for every business model | Fixed, inflexible pricing |
Industries that benefit from Distance Matrix API
With NextBillion.ai's AI and ML-powered Distance Matrix APIs:
Achieve operational efficiency | Improve unit economics | Increase gross margins
Logistics
and Shipping
On-demand
Deliveries
Fleet
Management
Route Planning
and Optimization
Ride
Hailing
Long Haul
Trucking
Easy to use and integrate
Distance Matrix API request
POST /distancematrix/json
Parameters
| Name | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| origins |  |
Array | Locations of origins Format: lat0,lng0|lat1,lng1|… Regex: ^[d.-]+,[d.-]+(|[d.-]+,[d.-]+)*$ |
| destinations | |
Array | Locations of destinations Format: lat0,lng0|lat1,lng1|… Regex: ^[d.-]+,[d.-]+(|[d.-]+,[d.-]+)*$ |
| mode | String | Mode of service. Values:car|auto|bike|escooter|4w|2w…. Default: “” |
|
| departureTime | Number | Departure time. Format: unix timestamp. Unit: seconds. Values : will depend on use case |
API request example
{
"departure_time": 0,
"destinations": "1.34881159,103.8836298%7C1.33422437,103.88912296%7C1.3146602,103.8975343",
"key": "string",
"mode": "4w",
"origins": "1.33388114,103.83195972%7C1.31483182,103.82904148%7C1.30333351,103.84878254"
}
API response example
{
"status":"Ok",
"rows":[
{"elements":[ {"duration":{"value":675},"distance":{"value":7868}},
{"duration":{"value":674},"distance":{"value":8201}},
{"duration":{"value":784},"distance":{"value":10963}}]},
{"elements":[{"duration":{"value":767},"distance":{"value":10301}},
{"duration":{"value":766},"distance":{"value":10633}},
{"duration":{"value":838},"distance":{"value":11766}}]},
{"elements":[{"duration":{"value":769},"distance":{"value":8465}},
{"duration":{"value":788},"distance":{"value":10459}},
{"duration":{"value":695},"distance":{"value":7981}}]}
]
}
Flexible Pricing Models
Choose a pricing option that’s right for your trucking needs
Unbeatable Prices
Save up to 2.5X with NextBillion.ai’s Distance Matrix API
| Number of elements per Month |  |
Google Maps |
| 1 to 100K | $1.80 | $5.00 |
| 100K to 500K | $1.50 | $4.00 |
| 500K to 1M | $1.20 | - |
| 1M to 5M | $0.90 | - |
Volume-based pricing: Cost per thousand requests | By monthly usage volume | Prices shown in USD
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