Routific vs. Onfleet | Why Circuit is the Better Choice

Routific and Onfleet are popular delivery management software but which one’s right for your size operation? Is either one up to the task?

We’ve done the research so you don’t have to.

Routific vs. Onfleet | Choosing Your Next Delivery Management Software

The right delivery management software can slash costs by 20% and boost delivery success rates to over 90%. Yet many retailers and couriers struggle with subpar, overpriced solutions—or are still working with a DIY spreadsheet solution. 

Routific and Onfleet are both decent at optimizing routes and improving customer experience. But while one limits vital features to higher tiers, the other provides lackluster customer support. 

So, which one should you choose? In this guide, we’ll examine them feature by feature to help you decide. 

We'll also show how Circuit for Teams outperforms both, with superior route optimization, flexible proof-of-delivery options, and pricing that scales with you.

Routific vs. Onfleet | How Routific Compares to Onfleet At-a-glance

If you want to know if Routific or Onfleet is the delivery management software for you, check out the table below. 

We’re comparing: 

• Pricing (including free trials)
• Customer support
• Who the software works best for (and who it doesn’t)
• What dispatchers, drivers, and customers think

What The Numbers Say

Routific vs. Onfleet | Feature Comparison Table

How do Routific and Onfleet compare on the features that matter most? 

What about when you throw our delivery management software, Circuit for Teams, in the mix?

We’ve done the research so you don’t have to:

A Better Alternative to Routific and Onfleet | Why You Should Choose Circuit for Teams Instead

Circuit for Teams is the delivery management software that companies of all sizes use to get a premium experience at a fair price.

It’s built for dispatchers who want to save time and reduce delivery errors, for drivers who want a reliable route, and customers who want a fuss-free delivery.

The results speak for themselves—CFT customers see a 20% reduction in delivery costs. 

And if that’s not enough to convince you, check out these case study results: 

• CarryAll saves 3 hours a day completing 6000 deliveries a month
• Swytch reaches 90% success rates on delivery attempts
• One Dutch courier company scaled daily deliveries by 300% in 12 Months (going from managing two couriers to ten)

We’ve built all the core features of a delivery management software to a high standard—they’re fast, accurate, and flexible to your needs.

Compared to other software (Routific and Onfleet 👀), here’s what some unique features they don’t have: 

• Multi-depot management—Dispatchers overseeing large fleets of drivers or managing more than one depot can do so in one place. That saves them from subscribing to more than one software and makes it easier to dispatch routes. 
• Driver-focused features—The ‘Package Finder’ feature helps drivers find packages in their vehicles, saving minutes at every stop and keeping them on track all day. Plus, they can edit their routes if they know a better way. 
• Fair pricing that gets you what you need—With CFT, even small businesses can operate like the bigger brands because they get premium features without paying premium prices. 

Tim, a dispatcher in the food and beverage industry loves Circuit: 

Source: GetApp

CFT has all the features a company needs—from route optimization to proof of delivery, live route tracking to analytics, and customer notifications to multi-depot management.

They’re easy to use and flexible to your needs. Take it from our customers:

Source: G2

Let’s look at three features dispatchers care about most to show just how well CFT meets their needs:

1. Reliable Route Optimization

Manual dispatching takes hours. With CFT, dispatching takes seconds. 

Of course, most other software—Onfleet and Routific included—can say the same. What they can’t say is that the routes they optimize are always reliable and accurate.

CFT can. And it’s as easy as 123.

1. Upload your data or directly integrate your e-commerce platform (using our 2-way APIs)
2. Calculate the optimum route in a single click
3. Customize and edit routes based on preferences (you can save these for future use) like priority of delivery, PoD type, delivery zones, and more.

Your drivers then receive their route in the app and can get started right away. They’ll see how many stops they have to complete, the zone they’re covering, and the estimated time they’ll finish. 

When we say a route’s optimized, we mean it. The algorithm considers traffic patterns, avoids difficult roads (such as where there’s a bridge prone to congestion), and works out the shortest route. 

Unlike Routific, if there are multiple deliveries being made to a single location (say an apartment building), CFT assigns those deliveries to the same driver.

The feature is as flexible as it is reliable:

• If a driver doesn’t turn up, you can quickly reassign the route to another. 
• If an order comes in you need to get out ASAP, you can manually add it in even after a route has started. 
• If there’s an incident on the road, a driver can reorder stops to avoid traffic 

💡 Note: We recently released a product update that made it 10x faster to reoptimize modified routes. This means no lags and no delays even if you add new stops.

Carlos, an operations manager based in Chile, wrote in his Capterra review: “In all the time I have been using it it has never failed me and the times that the application has crashed it has lasted minutes out of service which speaks very well of the response time of its workers to put it back on.”

While Nina shared: “When you are out on the road its operation is seamless. Works great with Google Maps. Reliable and easy to use for the most part. Has saved me so much time this past year.”

2. Proof of Delivery and Pick-Up for Start-to-Finish Peace of Mind

Some packages can be left in a safe place while others need to be handed directly to the recipient. But no matter what, all packages need to be successfully delivered. 

When your drivers can prove they’ve done their job it avoids disputes and gives your customers confidence in your service. It also saves you money in replacing ‘lost’ packages.

With CFT, you and your customers can customize the proof of delivery requirements for every package. That includes:

• Pictures
• E-signatures
• Notes that tell a customer exactly where their package is
• Internal notes that can improve future deliveries

You can even require more than one at a time. Talk about fool-proof proof of delivery.

What’s more, CFT has proof of pick-up. Drivers can use this to show they loaded the package from the depot in the first place. That’s something Routific and Onfleet simply can’t do.

Our customers list proof of delivery as one of their favorite features of the app. This one’s from James Brian, an operations manager in the US in a company for 500-1000 people:

Source: Capterra

1. Analytics to Further Optimize Performance

With CFTs granular analytics you can: 

• Track individual driver stats
• Set a unique cost per delivery to track operational expenses 
• Compare the difference between estimated and actual route duration
• Identify if a specific customer regularly disputes delivery
• Access historical route data and search for specific information using a simple search query

So while CFTs other features already work to save you time, dispatchers can dig into the details to spot lingering inefficiencies. 

Compared to Routific and Onfleet, CFTs analytics dashboard is easier to use and goes more granular. Think of it as being in-depth without being overwhelming.

→ Sign up for a free trial and take Circuit for Teams for a test drive today. ←

Routific vs. Onfleet Bottom Line

Like Goldilocks, which one you choose comes down to the platform that feels jusssst right. All we’ll say is, don’t compromise on features and services that are important. 

Here’s some food for thought (porridge, anyone?): 

If you want basic delivery management software and aren’t worried about it scaling affordably, choose Routific.

If you have money to spare and don’t mind average customer support and clunky software, choose Onfleet. 

If you want a reliable, scalable, ever-improving delivery management software that doesn’t break the bank, choose Circuit for Teams.

You can get started with a free 7-day trial right now.