Free delivery route planner

Plan delivery routes with up to 100 stops

Choose where the run starts and finishes. Sort My Stops keeps those endpoints fixed, reorders the deliveries between them by estimated drive time, and sends the result to your navigation app.

Optimize a delivery route How optimization works

100 addresses total

One route for one driver

Navigation app handoff

What changes when the order is right

Optimization is not about driving faster. It is about not driving the same three blocks four times.

Cut unnecessary backtracking

An efficient order can reduce repeated crosstown loops compared with an unsorted manifest.

Reduce extra mileage

Fewer unnecessary detours can mean fewer miles, less gas and less wear on the vehicle.

See the whole route

See every stop in order before you pull out, instead of working out what is next at each address.

Why a delivery route is harder than it looks

With five stops you can often estimate a sensible order. With twenty-five, the number of possible sequences is already too large to compare by eye. The practical difference depends on geography, traffic and the order you started with, so compare the optimized estimate with the original sequence.

This is the traveling salesman problem. A 30-stop list has about 2.65 × 10³² possible orders, so checking every one is not practical. A planner instead measures drive times between stops, builds a candidate order and improves it with techniques such as swapping stops and reversing sections. The result is a practical, efficient route, not a guaranteed mathematical optimum.

The part that matters for you is the input: drive times, not straight-line distance. Two addresses half a mile apart with a river, a rail yard or a highway between them are not neighbors, and any planner that measures with a ruler will happily send you back and forth across the same bridge.

Who uses the delivery route planner

Couriers and gig drivers

Package routes, same-day work and grocery batches that need a clear order before the first stop.

Local delivery and catering

Restaurant runs, florists, bakeries and local businesses making several drops with one driver.

Service techs and field teams

Use the optimized order as a drive-time baseline, then adjust it for real appointment constraints.

For gig and contract drivers →For field service teams →

Four things worth doing before you optimize

1
Pin down the start and end
Choose the depot, store or home address where you start. Also set a fixed end if you need to return there. A round trip and a one-way run can produce different orders.
2
Check the addresses
A missing apartment number or a wrong ZIP puts a pin in the wrong place, and one bad pin can drag the whole order sideways. The planner flags anything it could not match confidently.
3
Account for real-world constraints
The optimizer does not enforce individual time windows. Build a baseline, then drag time-sensitive stops into place. You can also add one departure time, one shared visit duration and one optional break.
4
Send it to your phone
Maps links and QR route segments cover the full route. The built-in mobile checklist contains the first 25 stops only, so choose the right handoff before leaving.

Working from a spreadsheet?

Paste a column of addresses straight in, or upload an .xlsx or .csv. Anything the geocoder is unsure about is held back for you to fix on a map first. See the import guide.

Frequently asked questions

Why do delivery drivers use Sort My Stops?

It turns one driver's address list into an efficient stop order. The selected start and finish stay fixed, the stops between them can move, and a navigation app handles the actual directions.

How do I create a delivery route?

Paste or import every delivery address, choose the first and last stop, and select Optimize route. Review the result, then open it in your navigation app.

What does a delivery route planner do?

It compares estimated drive times and looks for an efficient order for the intermediate stops. That is different from navigation, which gives turn-by-turn directions after the order is set.

How many delivery stops can I plan for free?

Up to 100 entered addresses total, including the start and finish. The planner handles one route for one driver and has no published daily route quota, although fair-use and rate limits apply.

Can I use it for gig work like Amazon Flex or DoorDash?

Yes, for stop-order planning. Copy the addresses from your block or batch, optimize them here and keep using the platform app for scans, customer updates and proof of delivery.

Does it handle pickups as well as drop-offs?

Yes. A stop is a stop, whether you are dropping something off or collecting it. Add a note to each address so you know which is which when you get there.

Does the planner work with Google Maps?

Yes. Sort My Stops determines the order first, then passes it to Google Maps in route segments that fit Google's location limit. Google Maps provides navigation and current traffic information.

Is the route planner really free?

Yes. There is no account, card or expiring trial. The limit is 100 addresses total per route.

For delivery driversOptimize one gig, contract or local delivery route at a time.Route optimizationSee how estimated drive times become an efficient stop order.More than 10 stops in Google MapsHandle Google's 10-location limit without sorting a long list by hand.Route planner comparisonCompare current free limits, quotas and workflows using provider sources.

Ready to optimize your delivery order?

Add the complete list, choose the fixed endpoints, then navigate the optimized order with Google Maps, Apple Maps, Waze or OsmAnd.

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