When asked for the best route planning software, 6 AI assistants named 7 brands between them this month. OptimoRoute was named most often, followed by Badger Maps and Circuit. One brand was named by every assistant that answered: OptimoRoute.
Who named whom
| Brand | ChatGPT | Perplexity | Claude | Grok | DeepSeek | Cohere | Named by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OptimoRoute | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| Badger Maps | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 of 6 |
| Circuit | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 of 6 |
| Route4Me | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 of 6 |
| Circuit for Teams | · | · | · | · | ✓ | ✓ | 2 of 6 |
| Onfleet | · | ✓ | · | · | ✓ | · | 2 of 6 |
| Routific | · | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | · | 2 of 6 |
Share of voice
What each assistant said
ChatGPT
Named 3 brands, in this order: Route4Me, OptimoRoute, Circuit.
Choosing the best route planning software for a small business depends on your specific needs, such as the number of vehicles, budget, and desired features.
Perplexity
Named 4 brands, in this order: Routific, Badger Maps, Onfleet, OptimoRoute.
There is no single best route planning software for every small business; the best choice depends on whether you need *simple, affordable planning* or *delivery/dispatch features*.
Claude
Named 4 brands, in this order: Route4Me, OptimoRoute, Circuit, Badger Maps.
Here are some top options depending on your needs:
Grok
Named 5 brands, in this order: OptimoRoute, Route4Me, Routific, Circuit, Badger Maps.
DeepSeek
Named 6 brands, in this order: Route4Me, Onfleet, OptimoRoute, Badger Maps, Circuit, Circuit for Teams.
There's no single "best" route planning software — the right choice depends on your fleet size, budget, and whether you need basic delivery sequencing or full dispatch/telematics.
Cohere
Named 5 brands, in this order: Route4Me, OptimoRoute, Circuit, Circuit for Teams, Badger Maps.
Choosing the best route planning software for a small business depends on your specific needs, such as the number of vehicles, delivery frequency, budget, and desired features.
The questions asked
- What is the best route planning software for a small business?
Asked between 2026-09-26 and 2026-09-26. Not answering this month: Gemini, Mistral.
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Each month we ask every assistant the same plain buyer questions, worded the way a person shopping for this kind of product would ask them, with no brand suggested in the question except where the question itself names the market leader to find alternatives to. Each assistant answers in a fresh session with no earlier conversation, so an answer reflects what the assistant says to anyone who asks, not what it was steered towards.
From each answer we keep the product and company names it recommends. A name counts only when it appears in the answer as a proper name, is not a heading such as "Best for" or "Pricing", and is confirmed by a second assistant naming it too, by a website the answer cites, or by being the market leader named in the question. Share of voice is each brand's share of all brand mentions in the category this month. Assistants that could not answer this month are listed as not answering, never counted as naming nobody.
Cite this page
https://mentionfox.com/ai-recommends/route-planning