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openrouteservice vs Pelias: catalog facts
openrouteservice	Pelias
Best for: Routing and reachability analysis on OpenStreetMap data, hosted or on your own server	Best for: Running your own geocoder that combines several open data sources
Free Open source to self-host; the public API is free within daily limits.	Free Free and open source to self-host; a separate cloud webservice is also offered.
Web, Self-hosted	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	Imports OpenStreetMap, OpenAddresses, Who's On First, GeoNames and CSV data Forward and reverse geocoding All 3 strengths for Pelias Imports OpenStreetMap, OpenAddresses, Who's On First, GeoNames and CSV data Forward and reverse geocoding Docker setup for local installation
Public API has daily request limits Self-hosting large regions needs significant server resources	Several services and Elasticsearch to run and maintain Aimed at developers rather than end users
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	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for openrouteservice openrouteservice.org Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Pelias pelias.io Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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