RouteSavvy = The Ideal Routific Alternative
For those seeking a Routific alternative, RouteSavvy route planning software emerges as the clear choice. Introduced in 2011, RouteSavvy has undergone significant updates over the years. The result is one of the most powerful, affordable, and easy-to-use route planning software solutions…ideal for businesses & non-profits. RouteSavvy is designed for organizations involved in deliveries, pickups, service calls, and sales calls. RouteSavvy routing software has been proven over time to:
- Significantly reduce fleet operation costs
- Save time for office staff responsible for planning routes
- And MAKE more money by allowing more deliveries, pickups, service calls, and sales calls to be completed each week, thanks for more efficient routing.
DID YOU KNOW:
RouteSavvy is more affordable than Routific. Why?
RouteSavvy’s monthly per-vehicle subscription costs significantly less than Routific’s monthly per-vehicle cost.
RouteSavvy Is A Great Routific Alternative Because It’s More Affordable
Businesses & non-profits watching their budget will appreciate RouteSavvy because it’s more affordable & cost-effective than Routific. Why?
RouteSavvy is more affordable & cost-effective than Routific for 2 reasons:
1
RouteSavvy charges an affordable PER-VEHICLE price that is significantly less than Routific’s pricing.
2
RouteSavvy offers discounts as you add vehicles to your fleet, i.e., the more vehicles that use RouteSavvy, the price-per-vehicle decreases.
OnTerra Systems’ mission has always been to provide traditionally expensive route planning technologies at affordable prices so even the most modestly sized businesses & non-profits can afford to deploy this game-changing technology.
RouteSavvy = The Ideal Routific Alternative For Faster, Easier Setup Of Route Planning
Getting started with RouteSavvy is a fast, efficient process:
- Step 1: Upload a spreadsheet of your customer orders:
- Step 2: Choose your start and end point (usually your office, garage, or warehouse)
- Step 3: Enter how many drivers you have, and what hours they work
- Step 4: Select the “Optimize” button.
In a few seconds, RouteSavvy will create your routes for you and have them ready to dispatch.
Getting started with Routific is a CHALLENGE:
- Step 1: Select a day on the calendar for the route to be run.
- Step 2: Create an individual profile for each driver in your fleet, including name, phone number, origin address, and shift hours. There’s a lot of duplicating of data entry because most businesses and non-profits have their drivers all starting and ending at the same location. This means the same information has to be loaded again and again as each driver profile is added to the system.
- Step 3: Enter the address for the point of origin for each route, one-by-one. If this is a one-way route, users also will need to enter address information for the final destinations.
- Step 4: Upload the list of stops / addresses, typically in the form of a .CSV spreadsheet
- Step 5: Optimize the routes
- Step 6: Dispatch to drivers
RouteSavvy Makes Recurring Routes Easier Than Routific’s Approach
Recurring routes that you run day after day, week after week, are much easier to deploy with RouteSavvy route planning software.
RouteSavvy does not tie any routes to a specific date, which allows greater flexibility in route planning. For businesses or non-profits that have recurring routes, those recurring routes in RouteSavvy can be re-used indefinitely. Plus, RouteSavvy makes it easy to make small changes to a recurring route, such as adding or removing individual customers from the route, without having to completely redo the route.
With Routific route planning, every project, or collection of routes, is tied to a specific date. This means that if users have recurring routes, they have to change the date on the project every day before the recurring route can be dispatched. The reality of this approach is that Routific route planning software forces users with ongoing, recurring routes to only be able to plan routes one day at a time.
For those businesses & non-profits that run different routes every day, RouteSavvy offers a quick, 4-step process to optimize the day’s routes.
RouteSavvy = The Ideal Routific Alternative For Faster, Easier Setup Of Route Planning
| FEATURES COMPARISON | ROUTESAVVY | ROUTIFIC |
|---|---|---|
| Fast & easy ability to start optimizing routes | YES RouteSavvy allows for fast upload addresses & start optimizing routes in 4 simple steps. | NO Routific requires tedious uploading of information for every driver before you can start optimizing routes. |
| Affordable pricing that decreases with the addition of more fleet vehicles | YES -$39/month per vehicle (1) -$25/month per vehicle (2-5) -$20.80/month per vehicle (6-10 -More than 10 vehicles in fleet = additional volume discount | NO -$49/month per vehicle (limited functionality) -$69/month per vehicle (limited functionality) -$93/month per vehicle (full functionality) -Routific also does not offer discounts when you add more vehicles to your fleet. |
| Access to full functionality when you purchase a subscription | YES When you subscribe to RouteSavvy, you get access to the full array of route optimization functions. | NO When you subscribe to Routific, you have to choose a LEVEL of subscription. The lower, more affordable levels offer limited functionality, i.e., you don’t get the full power of the software unless you pay for a more expensive subscription. |
| Ability to easily handle recurring routes | YES RouteSavvy easily handles recurring routes as long as you need them. | NO It’s harder to deploy recurring routes with Routific because routes are tied to a specific date. Recurring routes must be redone every time with a new date assigned to the route. |
| Ability to cluster deliveries to a single location (like an apartment complex or building) | YES RouteSavvy can easily cluster routing for deliveries, pick-ups, or service calls going to a big, single location. | NO Routific software struggles with this function. |
| Ability to add a stop to an existing route without having to re-optimize the whole route | YES You can add an extra stop to a RouteSavvy route without having to re-optimize the whole routes. | NO Routific makes users re-optimize the whole route when they need to unexpectedly add a new stop to the route. |
| Ability to download / export information on customers & routes | YES RouteSavvy allows users to export their customer & routing data. Your data is yours. | NO Routific makes users re-optimize the whole route when they need to unexpectedly add a new stop to the route. |
| Fast processing for route optimization | YES RouteSavvy can optimize up to 300 stops in a single route, usually in less than 60 seconds.* *This can depend on your computer speed & internet speed | NO Routific makes users re-optimize the whole route when they need to unexpectedly add a new stop to the route. |
| Routes are not tied to a specific date | YES RouteSavvy does not force users to tie a specific date to each route. This facilitates easy handling of recurring routes. | NO Routific makes users re-optimize the whole route when they need to unexpectedly add a new stop to the route. |
| Clearly identified customer notifications for delivery management | YES RouteSavvy allows users to customize the SENDER name, REPLY TO, and SUBJECT LINE of customer notification emails. | NO Routific’s customer notification emails are anonymous causing some users to ignore the messages as spam. |
| Ability to force a certain stop to start first (Example: Start downtown deliveries first to avoid rush-hour traffic in the afternoon) | YES RouteSavvy can perform this function in 2 ways. | NO Routific can’t force a stop to be first. |
| User Guide, CHAT, Email & one-on-one customer support & training options | YES RouteSavvy offers customer support in 4 ways: User Guide, Chat, Email & 1-on-1 screenshares from friendly, US-based customer support reps | NO A customer support link is buried in the footer of their website. Support options include a CHAT function, and self-serve customer support articles. |
6 Reasons Why RouteSavvy Is The Best Routific Alternative
More Affordable
RouteSavvy charges less per vehicle than Routific + the per-vehicle price decreases as you add more vehicles to your fleet.
RouteSavvy Subscription = Full Functionality
Purchase a RouteSavvy subscription & you get full functionality of the software.
Faster Route Planning
It’s faster & easier to get route planning started with RouteSavvy.
Recurring Routes Are Easier With RouteSavvy
Deploy recurring routes more easily with RouteSavvy
Easy Export of RouteSavvy Routing Information
RouteSavvy = Easy route data export. (Routific does not allow export of routing data.)
4 Customer Support Options
4 ways to get customer support: User Guide, CHAT, Email & 1-on-1 screenshares.
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How to Migrate from Routific to RouteSavvy
Step 1: To migrate from Routific to RouteSavvy, the first step is to export your customer data from your Order Management system. One of our specialists will work with you to help you export your customer data in either a .CSV (Comma Separated Value) file or a .XLSX (Excel) file.
Did You Know: Once your customer information is in the Routific system, Routific doesn’t let you export your customer information. (This locks you into using Routific.) A migration to RouteSavvy gets around this by pulling customer data from your internal order management system.
Step 2: From RouteSavvy, select your .CSV export file and click “Create Route”.
Step 3: Enter your route information all on one screen. Choose Route Start and End, the number of vehicles available for the day, your Driver Availability, and whether you would like to minimize the number of routes, or spread the stops evenly across the number of available drivers.
The Route Start and End, and the Driver Availability will remain in the system until you change it.
Step 4: Press “Next” and RouteSavvy will create your routes for you.
Step 5: When you are satisfied with your routes, dispatch them to your drivers.
RouteSavvy Is The Clear Winner Over Routific
When you consider all the differences between RouteSavvy & Routific, RouteSavvy emerges as the best Routific alternative. Ready to get started?
