name: OpenRouteService Plans and Pricing
description: OpenRouteService offers a tiered access model ranging from a free public
  API plan for developers and small projects, a standard paid plan for production
  applications, a collaborative plan for humanitarian and academic use, and an unlimited
  self-hosted option for organizations needing full control and no quotas.
url: https://openrouteservice.org/plans/
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
plans:
  - name: Free Plan
    description: Free access to the OpenRouteService public API for developers, hobbyists,
      and small projects. Includes more than 8,000 API requests per day and 20,000
      tile requests per day. API key required via account registration at account.heigit.org.
    price: 0
    currency: USD
    billing: none
    rateLimits:
      - name: Daily Requests
        description: Total API requests per day across all endpoints
        limit: 8000
        period: day
      - name: Daily Tile Requests
        description: MapSurfer tile requests per day
        limit: 20000
        period: day
    features:
      - All spatial API endpoints (Directions, Isochrones, Matrix, Geocoding, Elevation,
        POIs, Optimization, Snapping)
      - API key via free account registration
      - Access to API Playground for interactive testing
      - Community forum support at ask.openrouteservice.org
    url: https://openrouteservice.org/plans/

  - name: Standard Plan
    description: Production-grade access to OpenRouteService with higher daily quotas
      and per-minute rate limits suitable for commercial applications and services.
      Requires a paid subscription via HeiGIT account.
    price: null
    currency: USD
    billing: monthly
    rateLimits:
      - name: Directions Daily
        description: Directions V2 requests per day
        limit: 10000
        period: day
      - name: Directions Per Minute
        description: Directions V2 requests per minute
        limit: 60
        period: minute
      - name: Export Daily
        description: Export V2 requests per day
        limit: 500
        period: day
      - name: Export Per Minute
        description: Export V2 requests per minute
        limit: 10
        period: minute
      - name: Isochrones Daily
        description: Isochrones V2 requests per day
        limit: 2500
        period: day
      - name: Isochrones Per Minute
        description: Isochrones V2 requests per minute
        limit: 40
        period: minute
      - name: Matrix Daily
        description: Matrix V2 requests per day
        limit: 2500
        period: day
      - name: Matrix Per Minute
        description: Matrix V2 requests per minute
        limit: 60
        period: minute
      - name: Snap Daily
        description: Snap V2 requests per day
        limit: 10000
        period: day
      - name: Snap Per Minute
        description: Snap V2 requests per minute
        limit: 150
        period: minute
      - name: Elevation Daily
        description: Elevation requests per day
        limit: 10000
        period: day
      - name: Elevation Per Minute
        description: Elevation requests per minute
        limit: 60
        period: minute
      - name: Geocoding Daily
        description: Geocoding requests per day
        limit: 15000
        period: day
      - name: Geocoding Per Minute
        description: Geocoding requests per minute
        limit: 150
        period: minute
      - name: Optimization Daily
        description: Optimization requests per day
        limit: 2500
        period: day
      - name: Optimization Per Minute
        description: Optimization requests per minute
        limit: 60
        period: minute
      - name: POIs Daily
        description: POI requests per day
        limit: 2500
        period: day
      - name: POIs Per Minute
        description: POI requests per minute
        limit: 90
        period: minute
    features:
      - All Standard Plan endpoints with higher quotas
      - Export V2 endpoint access (10 km2 bbox maximum)
      - Commercial use permitted
    url: https://openrouteservice.org/plans/

  - name: Collaborative Plan
    description: Elevated access plan for humanitarian organizations, academic institutions,
      governmental bodies, and not-for-profit entities. Eligible organizations can
      request an upgrade through the HeiGIT account dashboard. Includes higher quotas
      and a larger Export V2 bounding box limit of 50 km2.
    price: 0
    currency: USD
    billing: none
    rateLimits: []
    features:
      - Elevated API quotas beyond Standard Plan
      - Export V2 with 50 km2 bounding box (vs 10 km2 on Standard)
      - Requires eligibility: humanitarian, academic, governmental, or not-for-profit
      - Upgrade request via HeiGIT account dashboard
    url: https://openrouteservice.org/plans/

  - name: Self-Hosted Plan
    description: Unlimited access by running your own OpenRouteService instance on
      your own infrastructure via Docker, JAR, or WAR deployment. All services are
      available without quota restrictions, including technical endpoints like Health
      and Status that are not available on the public API. The software is open source
      under the LGPL-3.0 license.
    price: 0
    currency: USD
    billing: none
    rateLimits:
      - name: All Services
        description: Unlimited requests for all services on self-hosted instances
        limit: unlimited
        period: unlimited
    features:
      - Unlimited requests across all endpoints
      - All technical endpoints available (Health, Status, Export)
      - Full control over data and infrastructure
      - Docker, JAR, and WAR deployment options
      - Open source LGPL-3.0 license
      - Self-managed OSM data updates
    url: https://giscience.github.io/openrouteservice/installation/