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openrouteservice vs BRouter: catalog facts
openrouteservice	BRouter
Best for: Routing and reachability analysis on OpenStreetMap data, hosted or on your own server	Best for: Cyclists who want route calculations tuned to their own preferences
Free Open source to self-host; the public API is free within daily limits.	Free Free and open source.
Web, Self-hosted	Android, Web
Directions, isochrones, matrices and geocoding in one API Self-hostable with Docker Compose or as a JAR All 4 strengths for openrouteservice Directions, isochrones, matrices and geocoding in one API Self-hostable with Docker Compose or as a JAR Free public API and browser map client QGIS plugin and Python, JavaScript and R clients	Freely configurable routing profiles Routing that takes elevation into account All 4 strengths for BRouter Freely configurable routing profiles Routing that takes elevation into account Works offline and plugs into other Android map apps Worldwide routing data with weekly updates
Public API has daily request limits Self-hosting large regions needs significant server resources	Mostly used as a routing back end for other map apps Writing custom profiles takes some effort
Web application, Self-hosted, Hosted service	Downloadable app, Web application
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for openrouteservice openrouteservice.org Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for BRouter brouter.de/brouter f-droid.org/packages/btools.routingapp Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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