Drivant

Overview

Drivant is a route-planning tool for delivery and logistics teams that need to assign stops, order routes and meet delivery windows. It is best suited to operations whose route volume and team size fit its plan limits. Its strongest case is the combination of route and schedule optimization; teams needing a full TMS should look elsewhere.

Key features

Route Builder groups stops into balanced routes with K-means++ clustering, then orders stops with a TSP solver. That makes it useful for planning several routes from a shared pool of deliveries, not just drawing a path through a list of addresses. Recurring routes, time-window planning, live technician tracking and automatic reoptimization also support ongoing delivery and field-service work.

The schedule optimizer works backward from delivery windows to calculate departure times, a practical advantage when arrival timing matters. It is limited to Pro and Teams, so Free and Standard users cannot use this scheduling capability.

OSRM, HERE and Mapbox routing are supported, with automatic failover between providers. Free and Standard include OSRM; HERE and Mapbox are reserved for Pro and Teams. Teams that need those providers must therefore budget for a higher tier.

Imports include Excel, CSV, tab-delimited text, GPX, KML, GeoJSON and .dvnt project files. Export formats vary by plan: Free offers CSV and .dvnt, Standard adds Excel, and Pro adds encrypted project export. The .dvnt export can use AES-256-GCM encryption with a user-chosen password. This gives teams options for moving data in and out, though broader exports depend on paying for the relevant tier.

Drivant pairs natively with Fleetfully and says it can work with an existing TMS. Its Signal Dispatch product is a driver companion and route-intelligence layer, not a full TMS, so organizations looking for an end-to-end transport management system should not treat it as a replacement.

Drivant says it protects communications with HTTPS, hashes passwords using bcrypt and encrypts cloud project data at rest. Teams adds shared projects, change-set review, role-based management, activity logs and 30-day version history—useful controls for collaborative planning, but confined to its highest listed plan.

Pricing

The Free plan costs nothing, forever. It allows 1 project, 3 routes, 100 stops and 1 driver, with CSV and .dvnt export, OSRM routing and the desktop app. It is a reasonable way for a solo operator to try basic route planning, but the route, project and driver caps make it a poor fit for a growing operation.

Standard costs $29 a month, or $290/year billed annually ($24/mo); annual billing saves 17%. It includes unlimited routes, 10 projects, up to 200 stops per route, 5 drivers and 1 dispatcher, plus Route Builder, Signal Dispatch and Excel export. The fixed stop ceiling and single dispatcher suit smaller teams, but constrain larger or more complex dispatch operations.

Pro costs $79 a month, or $790/year billed annually ($66/mo); annual billing saves 17%. It removes the stop, route and project caps, supports 25 drivers and 3 dispatchers, and adds HERE and Mapbox routing, schedule optimization, browser access and encrypted project export. It is the clearest fit for operations that need scheduling or additional routing providers, though teams with many editors or drivers may need Teams.

Teams costs $149 a month, or $1,490/year billed annually ($124/mo); annual billing saves 17%. It includes 5 editors, 10 viewers, 5 dispatchers, 50 drivers, shared projects and 30-day version history. Seat overage charges apply, so organizations near those seat limits should account for possible added costs.

A 14-day trial is available. Maximum stops are 200 on the plans with a stated per-route cap; Pro and Teams specify unlimited stops.

Platforms

Drivant is available on Android, iOS, macOS, web and Windows. The Free plan includes the desktop app, while browser access is included with Pro.

Who it's for

Drivant is aimed at delivery teams across medical delivery, tire distribution, auto parts, home delivery, mail routes, food and beverage, field service and last-mile delivery. Small teams can start with Free or Standard; operations that need schedule optimization, more routing providers or larger route capacity are better served by Pro. Collaborative teams with multiple dispatchers and shared projects have a stronger case for Teams.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Route assignment and stop sequencing are handled together, while schedule optimization can work backward from delivery windows.
• Pro: Broad import support and plan-dependent exports make it possible to work with common mapping and spreadsheet formats.
• Pro: Teams includes shared projects, change review, role-based management, activity logs and version history.
• Con: Free is tightly capped at 1 project, 3 routes, 100 stops and 1 driver, limiting its usefulness beyond a small trial operation.
• Con: Schedule optimization and HERE/Mapbox routing require Pro or Teams.
• Con: Teams seat overages can add cost, and Signal Dispatch is not a full TMS.

Alternatives

Otiggo is worth comparing if a low-cost entry tier matters: its free plan allows 1 route per day and 15 stops, while Basique costs €4.99 a month and supports up to 100 stops.

Routific may suit teams that want a free monthly allowance of up to 100 orders with all features except SMS notifications.

Geo2 is an option for a single user with a smaller route workload, with its free plan capped at 15 orders per route and 10 AI requests per day.

Route4Me offers a free plan capped at 10 stops, or a Monthly plan for unlimited stops at $9.99 a month.

Routella may suit a small operation that can work within 1 driver, 50 orders per month and 5 rounds per month on its free plan.

Shipday is an alternative for teams wanting a free plan capped at 300 orders per month and 10 driver accounts, with a 14-day trial of the full platform without a credit card.

FieldOpt is an alternative to consider if a self-hosted, AGPL-3.0-licensed community edition for up to 25 technicians is a priority.

Crisphive offers a free plan for 5 technicians, 300 optimized jobs per month and 1 dispatcher.

For a broader comparison, see Route Optimization Software.

Verdict

Choose Drivant if your delivery or field-service operation needs route building, stop ordering and delivery-window scheduling in one tool, and its driver and dispatcher limits match your team. The main reason to choose it is that combination of routing and scheduling; look elsewhere if you need a full TMS or cannot work within plan-dependent capacity and export limits.