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openrouteservice vs OSRM: catalog facts
openrouteservice	OSRM
Best for: Routing and reachability analysis on OpenStreetMap data, hosted or on your own server	Best for: Running your own fast routing backend on OpenStreetMap data
Free Open source to self-host; the public API is free within daily limits.	Free Free and open source.
Web, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
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	Very fast queries on continental-sized road networks Car, bicycle and walking profiles that can be customised All 3 strengths for OSRM Very fast queries on continental-sized road networks Car, bicycle and walking profiles that can be customised Flexible import of OpenStreetMap data
Public API has daily request limits Self-hosting large regions needs significant server resources	A backend service with no end-user interface of its own Preparing large regions needs considerable memory and disk
Web application, Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account 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 OSRM project-osrm.org Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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