What sets NextBillion.ai apart
See how NextBillion.ai’s Route Optimization API stacks up against the competition
Integration Flexibility
Easily Integrate with third-party tech or map stacks
Reoptimizations
Unlimited Re-optimizations within 24 hours
Customizability
Proprietary solutions enable custom routes tailored to use cases
Soft Constraints
Supports vehicle overtime, maximum waiting time, etc
Truck Customizations
Truck-specific customizations available
Historical Traffic Data
Incorporates historical traffic data
Head-to-head feature comparison
| Features | NextBillion.ai Route Optimization API | Google’s Cloud Fleet Routing |
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| Truck-Based Optimization | |
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| Historical Traffic Data | |
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| Soft Constraint Support | |
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| Vehicle Capacities | |
Limited |
| Skills | |
Limited |
| Jobs Parameters | |
Limited |
| Reoptimization Limit | No limit | Limit of 20 per day |
| Cost-Based Optimization | |
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| Time Windows | |
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| Vehicle Profile | |
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★★★★★Jun 24, 2022
NextBillion.ai was able to provide all the Google Map related services cheaper and accurate.
Abhishek S.
VP of Engineering, Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
What do you like best about NextBillion.ai?
With Logistics as our Business Use Case. High usage of Maps Apis with low cost and accuracy was important. NextBillion.ai solved for Geocoding, Distance Matrix and Logistics custom solutions.
What do you dislike about NextBillion.ai?
As a customer, I need to visualise the usage and patterns around NextBillion.ai services and their consumption. The Customer Dashboard needs to improve.
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★★★★★Sep 20, 2022
NextBillion.ai Routing API fast and easy to use
Allan W.
Business and Information Technology Consultant, Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
What do you like best about NextBillion.ai?
Switching from the Google Distance Matrix to NextBillion.ai routing was easy and has made our app faster and more robust. In addition, the number of calls to the API to get the same result set has decreased dramatically.
What do you dislike about NextBillion.ai?
Getting an API key was a manual process rather than automatic signup, which slowed us down initially. This is just a one off thing, so not a big negative.
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★★★★★Mar 20, 2023
Better Alternative to Google Maps
Rohit R.
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
What do you like best about NextBillion.ai?
Faster API Response time,
Cheaper than Google - basically this helps in reducing the cost and it's very efficient
Billing is very transparent.
What do you dislike about NextBillion.ai?
They should provide more API's like Places Autocomplete, geocoding
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NextBillion.ai - Feature Summary
| Features | Description |
| Supported Number of Locations | 2000 |
| Vehicle Profile Parameters | Parameters that define vehicle characteristics |
| - Vehicle Capacities | Support to define multidimensional capacities. Capacities can be defined in various units like - Volume - Weight- Number of items or persons for a single vehicle. |
| - Skills | Used to define skills and capacity of a vehicle or a person. For example, in a mixed fleet scenario, one can append - Skill A to denote vehicles designed for cold storage - Skill B to denote shipment of hazardous chemicals - Skill C to denote X volume of capacities. |
| - Break | Defined time period during which a break can be taken. Only one break can be taken per vehicle in RO V2. |
| - Cost | Calculates the cost associated with each vehicle. Cost could be defined in terms of distance or duration. One can also set ‘maximum cost’ per vehicle while optimizing the route. |
| - Time Windows | Defined time period within which the specified vehicle can operate. |
| - Truck-Based Optimizations | Routes can be optimized based on truck dimensions like truck height and size. Truck capacities can be factored in to get tailor-made routes. |
| Job Parameters | Parameters that define job characteristics |
| - Time Windows | Delivery time windows within which the job should be completed. |
| - Priority | Assign priorities for corresponding jobs and final routes will be optimized accordingly |
| - Skills | Specify the skills needed to complete that job. |
| - Service Duration | Define the time period that should be taken to complete the corresponding job. |
| Other Parameters | |
| - Define Soft Constraints | Define soft constraints for jobs based on which routes will be optimized. Note that soft constraints aren’t a limiting factor while optimizing but the solver will do its best to factor in these constraints. Soft constraints may include: A. Maximum waiting time B. Maximum vehicle lateness C. Maximum Vehicle Overtime |
| - Optimization Objective | One can optimize routes for any of the following: A. Shorter duration (or) B. Shorter Distance C. Air Distance (Comes handy in case of drone deliveries ) D. Custom parameters |
| - Routing Option | Ability to define ‘time-dependent’ or time-independent routing. |
| - Define Relations | Ability to set preferred sequence between tasks or jobs based on a pre-determined condition. When this option is included, the solver would generate optimized routes based on the relations defined. |
| - Reoptimization Feature | Reoptimize existing route based on ad-hoc or real-time constraints without re-running the solver for all locations again. |
| - Departure Time | Ability to define departure time windows based on historical traffic data. |
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