{"id":34644,"date":"2026-07-10T08:57:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T06:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ptvlogistics.com\/logistica-y-transporte\/whats-the-difference-between-ptv-route-optimiser-and-ptv-optiflow\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T15:23:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T14:23:19","slug":"whats-the-difference-between-ptv-route-optimiser-and-ptv-optiflow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ptvlogistics.com\/es\/logistica-y-transporte\/whats-the-difference-between-ptv-route-optimiser-and-ptv-optiflow\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the difference between PTV Route Optimiser and PTV OptiFlow?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]PTV Route Optimiser is our legacy routing product, built on more than 40 years of PTV Logistics routing and optimization expertise. Its planning approach stayed largely the same over the years: planners build and adjust routes themselves, with software helping at every step. PTV OptiFlow is the cloud based product it is evolving into. The software creates the plan automatically, and planners review and fine tune the result.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PTV Route Optimiser<\/span><\/a> continues to serve thousands of planners every day, and PTV OptiFlow builds on the same trusted optimization heritage. It is fully automated and is deemed the natural next step in route optimization.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Below, we’ll walk through what each one does, what a planning day looks like with each, and a real customer who made the switch and felt the difference:<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Aspect<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/th>\nPTV Route Optimiser<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/th>\nPTV <\/span>OptiFlow<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Built for<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nPlanners who want hands on control<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nTeams that want an automatic plan, especially for multi stop, multi depot operations<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Planning style<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nManual or <\/span>semi automatic<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nFully automatic<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Where it runs<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nOn premise, on your own servers<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/td>\nCloud based software as a service<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Costs<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nCalculates transport costs automatically, including personnel, <\/span>freight<\/span> and tolls<\/span><\/td>\nYou<\/span> define<\/span> what<\/span> cost<\/span> means<\/span> (per <\/span>kilometer<\/span>, <\/span>hour<\/span>, stop, <\/span>overtime<\/span>) and the <\/span>engine<\/span> minimizes<\/span> the total<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
System connections<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nInterfaces to common transport management, ERP, <\/span>CRM<\/span> and telematics systems<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAPI first, connects to ERP, TMS, WMS and telematics<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ways to use it<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nPlanning software for the planner<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/td>\nPlanning application, conversational access through PTV Mira<\/a>, or API engine through PTV Developer<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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What both products have in common<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n