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← Route Planning & Optimization ranking

Best overall · Prompt 1 of 8 · July 2026

A real buyer question from the July 2026 snapshot, asked 3× to each of the three models. 9 answers recorded.

“What's the best route optimization software for deliveries?”

ChatGPT answered 3× this snapshot

…practical breakdown so you can zero in fast: If you’re a small business (1–10 drivers) Circuit Route Planner — super easy, great mobile app, fast optimization. Not very customizable, but reliable. Route4Me — popular, flexible, decent pricing. Good balance of ease + features. Upper Route Planner — clean UI, solid for simple multi-stop routes. If you’re scaling (10–100+ drivers) OptimoRoute — very strong for time…

Named across its answers: 1. Route4Me2. OptimoRoute3. Onfleet4. Routific5. Circuit

Verbatim excerpt from one collected ChatGPT answer; formatting flattened, words untouched.

Route4Me and OptimoRoute appear in all 9 answers, but Route4Me holds the stronger position with a 2.6 average rank versus OptimoRoute's 3.3, making it the clear AI consensus pick for this buyer question. Waze, Apple Maps, Bringg, and HERE Technologies are completely absent despite holding top-15 category rankings, meaning those brands are invisible at the moment a buyer asks the most direct purchase question.

AI-generated read of the July 2026 measurements.

Who wins this question

Contested Consensus

All three models name Route4Me, OptimoRoute, Onfleet, Routific and Circuit on this question.

ChatGPTClaudeGemini mentioned · first · avg. pos
Route4Me 222114344 9/9 · 2× first · #2.6
OptimoRoute 634225521 9/9 · 1× first · #3.3
Onfleet 445566232 9/9 · never first · #4.1
Routific 557677155 9/9 · 1× first · #5.3
Circuit 11458413 8/9 · 3× first · #3.4
Descartes 83 2/9 · never first · #5.5
Upper 39 2/9 · never first · #6
Verizon Connect 77 2/9 · never first · #7
Descartes Route Planner 96 2/9 · never first · #7.5
Samsara 88 2/9 · never first · #8
RoadWarrior 810 2/9 · never first · #9
Upper Route Planner 99 2/9 · never first · #9

Each square is one collected answer; the number is the brand's position in that answer. Lime = the very first recommendation. Unlinked brands were named by the models here but sit outside this category's published top 15 overall. Showing the top 12 of 28 brands named at least once. Never mentioned here: Waze, Apple Maps, Bringg, HERE Technologies.

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Part of the Route Planning & Optimization snapshot: 72 answers across 8 prompts. Full category ranking · Compare brands head-to-head · Methodology.