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openrouteservice vs Valhalla: catalog facts
openrouteservice	Valhalla
Best for: Routing and reachability analysis on OpenStreetMap data, hosted or on your own server	Best for: Developers self-hosting a routing and isochrone backend
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	Multi-modal routing on OpenStreetMap data Isochrone generation All 4 strengths for Valhalla Multi-modal routing on OpenStreetMap data Isochrone generation Dynamic costing adjustable per request Active development
Public API has daily request limits Self-hosting large regions needs significant server resources	Requires building routing tiles and running a server 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 Valhalla github.com/valhalla/valhalla Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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