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OpenRouteService

Routing Free key (no card)

AuthenticationFree key (no card)
Rate limitFree Standard plan: 2,000 route requests, 500 isochrones, and 1,000 geocoding lookups per day (plus per-minute caps).

Documentation: giscience.github.io ยท Checked Sep 13, 2026

About

Built by a German university research group on OpenStreetMap data, OpenRouteService goes beyond car directions. It can route for bikes, pedestrians, heavy trucks, and wheelchair users, and it also computes travel-time maps (isochrones) and distance matrices. The free Standard plan is surprisingly generous.

Details

Free to start. You may need a free key, but no credit card.

Auth: Free key (no card)

Rate limit: Free Standard plan: 2,000 route requests, 500 isochrones, and 1,000 geocoding lookups per day (plus per-minute caps).

Verified: 2026-09-13

Best for: personal developer business

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Setup

  1. Sign up on the API playground and create a free Standard key.
  2. Send your key in the Authorization header on every request.
  3. POST your start and end coordinates to the directions endpoint with a profile like driving-car or cycling-regular.
  4. Swap the profile name to try wheelchair, walking, or truck routing on the same request.
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