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Valhalla vs openrouteservice: catalog facts
Valhalla	openrouteservice
Best for: Developers self-hosting a routing and isochrone backend	Best for: Routing and reachability analysis on OpenStreetMap data, hosted or on your own server
Free Free and open source.	Free Open source to self-host; the public API is free within daily limits.
Linux, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
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	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
Requires building routing tiles and running a server Aimed at developers rather than end users	Public API has daily request limits Self-hosting large regions needs significant server resources
Self-hosted	Web application, Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Valhalla github.com/valhalla/valhalla Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for openrouteservice openrouteservice.org Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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