generated: '2026-08-17'
method: searched
source: https://kardinal.ai/route-optimization-api/
plan_count: 2
currency: EUR
model: usage-based, pay per stop
billing: prepaid packs, no subscription
applies_to: Kardinal self-serve "Route Optimization API" (v1)
status: announced-not-live
status_note: >-
  IMPORTANT — these prices are published on a LIVE page, but they price the self-serve
  v1 API that is not yet callable. The sign-up target (console.kardinal.ai) and both
  API hosts (api.kardinal.ai, sandbox-api.kardinal.ai) return NXDOMAIN, and the
  page's own "View pricing" link to /pricing-route-optimization-api returns 404. The
  shipped Kardinal ARO v2 API is sold enterprise-only through an Account Executive
  with no published price. See lifecycle/kardinal-lifecycle.yml.
plans:
- name: Free tier
  price: 0
  currency: EUR
  billing_period: monthly
  included_quota: 1,000 stops per month
  overage: null
  card_required: false
  limits:
    constraints: 'Every constraint, on every plan, including the free tier'
  includes:
  - Full Python and JS/TS SDKs
  - The complete sandbox
  - Complete docs
  - Forkable examples
  quote: >-
    "1,000 free stops a month, full sandbox, Python and JS/TS SDKs, complete docs.
    The whole product, capped by volume, prove it works before you spend a cent."
- name: Prepaid packs
  price_from: 0.012
  price_unit: per stop
  currency: EUR
  billing_period: prepaid, no expiry
  included_quota: null
  overage: null
  volume_discount: true
  limits:
    expiry: 'Stops do not expire, no lock-in'
  quote: >-
    "from 0.012 EUR / stop — prepaid packs, price drops with volume."
billing_notes:
- Re-optimizations are free; billing counts only the stops actually optimized.
- No subscription, no tiers, no sales call for the self-serve product.
enterprise:
  published_price: false
  route: Account Executive / "Talk to sales"
  note: >-
    The shipped ARO v2 API is provisioned by invitation per customer environment and
    carries no published price. The marketing site routes enterprise buyers to
    https://kardinal.ai/contact/.
evidence:
- {url: 'https://kardinal.ai/route-optimization-api/', http_status: 200, fetched: '2026-08-17'}
- {url: 'https://kardinal.ai/pricing-route-optimization-api', http_status: 404, fetched: '2026-08-17'}
- {url: 'https://console.kardinal.ai', http_status: null, fetched: '2026-08-17', note: DNS NXDOMAIN}