RouteCalc › Product sheet
RouteCalc is a web-based route cost calculator for European road freight. For a truck and a list of stops it returns distance, driving time, tolls, vignettes, fuel and CO₂, broken down per country, across 49 countries. It is built for pricing transport, one lane at a time or thousands from an Excel file.
Calculate a route free5 guest calculations, then 20 credits after signup. No credit card. Facts on this page updated 2026-10-05. Download as PDF
| Product type | Truck route cost calculator (web app and API). Not a transport management system, not a navigation app. |
|---|---|
| Who it is for | Freight forwarders, carriers, dispatchers and pricing teams quoting European road transport. |
| Vehicles | Trucks of 40 t, 12 t and 7.5 t; Euro 6, Euro 5 and Euro 3 and older; dry, reefer +2 °C and reefer −18 °C cargo. |
| Coverage | 49 European countries: the EU-27 plus the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, the Western Balkans, Ukraine, Moldova, Turkey, the Caucasus and neighbouring corridors. |
| Outputs | Distance, driving time, toll, vignette, fuel litres and fuel cost, CO₂ in kg, each per country and in total; ferry and tunnel extras where the route uses them. Separate fuel surcharge calculator for contract clauses. |
| Routing modes | Fast (quickest HGV route), Economical (cheapest corridor), or Both in one calculation. |
| Stops | Origin, destination and up to 8 via points (10 stops in total). |
| Bulk | Excel in, Excel out: hundreds or thousands of routes per file, processed in parallel, after signup. |
| Integrations | Public REST API and MCP server for AI assistants; OpenAPI 3.1 contract; diesel price API for the EU-27. |
| Languages | App interface in 21 languages. |
| Platform | Runs in the browser. Nothing to install. Unlimited devices per account. |
| Price | Free: 5 guest calculations, then 20 credits after signup. Plans from €14.99 per month for 80 routes, excl. VAT. |
| Contact | contact@routecalc.eu |
| Input | Values |
|---|---|
| Stops | City, postal code, GPS coordinates or country; origin, destination and up to 8 via points. |
| Truck class | 40 t, 12 t, 7.5 t. Weight classes, not an axle count. |
| Euro class | Euro 6, Euro 5, Euro 3 and older. Older classes raise fuel use (Euro 5 +7 %, Euro 3 +17 %). |
| Cargo | Dry, reefer +2 °C, reefer −18 °C. Refrigeration adds fuel on the ISO 14083 basis. |
| Routing | Fast, Economical, Both. |
| Scope | EU only, or all 49 countries. |
| Feature | What it does | Available to |
|---|---|---|
| Route calculator | One route, full per-country cost breakdown, map and export. | Guests and signed-in users |
| Route optimization, multi-stop | Up to 10 stops, Fast, Economical or Both, cost per leg and in total. | Guests and signed-in users |
| Magic | Describe the trip in any language; the form is filled for you. You still press Calculate. It does not invent kilometres or tolls. | Signed-in users |
| Excel batch | Upload a file with one route per row; download the same file with distance, time, tolls, fuel and CO₂ per route. | Signed-in users |
| Batch multi-leg | Rows with several stops each; every leg of every row is calculated. | Signed-in users |
| Route synergy | Finds pairs of routes where one ends near where another starts, to cut empty kilometres. | Signed-in users |
| Intermodal | Road, rail and road: 1,606 terminals and 773 scheduled rail services, with a CO₂ comparison against road only. The terminal map is free. | All users (map), signed-in (costing) |
| Diesel prices | Weekly EU-27 diesel, petrol and LPG prices from the European Commission Oil Bulletin, with history. | All users |
| Fuel surcharge calculator | Works out the price adjustment under a contract's fuel clause: base diesel price, current price, fuel share of the price and a trigger band. Uses the weekly EU reference prices. Calculations can be saved. | Signed-in users, no credits used |
| Public holidays | Driving bans and holidays per country, for planning. | All users |
| REST API and MCP | The same engine for your own software or an AI assistant. 5 anonymous calculations per 24 hours, then a subscription key. | Developers |
| History and export | Every calculation is kept and exportable to Excel. | Signed-in users |
Every toll and vignette system on the route is included in the per-country lines. Detailed 2026 tariff pages exist for:
Tariffs come from the operators' published tables and are updated when an operator publishes a change. The route is the actual HGV route for the truck you choose, so the toll is computed on the kilometres that are really charged, country by country. That makes the result a quote-grade figure: the number a pricing team puts on an offer.
The toll operator's own invoice can still differ, for reasons outside the calculation: the route the driver actually drives, the exact axle count or CO₂ class of the specific truck, exchange rates on the day, and tariff changes between quote and trip. RouteCalc is not a toll-operator calculator and does not issue toll invoices. All prices on this site are shown excl. VAT.
A TMS runs orders, fleets and drivers. RouteCalc prices a lane in seconds and can feed a TMS through the API. Most customers use both.
Consumer map services route cars and do not know truck tolls, vignettes or weight restrictions. RouteCalc routes a truck and prices every country it crosses.
An operator's calculator covers its own country. RouteCalc gives every country on the trip in one result, plus fuel and CO₂.
A side-by-side with the tools most often named next to RouteCalc is on the comparison page.
| Plan | Routes per month | Monthly, excl. VAT | Yearly, excl. VAT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 5 guest calculations, then 20 credits after signup | €0 | — |
| Start | 80 | €14.99 | €158.29 (−12 %) |
| Business | 500 | €69.99 | €739.09 (−12 %) |
| Professional | 1,100 | €114.99 | €1,214.29 (−12 %) |
One credit is one route; a multi-stop route uses one credit per leg. Credits stay valid 12 months. All features are included on every plan. Extra credit packs can be bought at any time. Card or bank transfer. Full details on the pricing page.
The public API returns the same numbers as the calculator: resolved stops, totals, a per-country breakdown and, when Romania is on the route, the TollRo split. It is documented in the API reference and in openapi.yaml. An MCP server lets AI assistants call it directly. Anonymous use is limited to 5 calculations per rolling 24 hours; a subscription key uses the plan's credits.
Yes. It covers 49 European countries and returns the toll, vignette, fuel, time and CO₂ for each country a route crosses, in one calculation.
Yes. From 1 October 2026 the Romanian per-kilometre charge is included on the Romanian kilometres of any route, at the tariff for the truck's weight and Euro class. A separate per-kilometre TollRo calculator is also available.
Yes. After signup you upload an Excel file with one route per row, or several stops per row, and download the results with the full cost breakdown.
Yes. A public REST API and an MCP server use the same engine. The first 5 calculations per 24 hours are free without a key.
5 guest calculations are free, then 20 credits after signup. Paid plans start at €14.99 per month for 80 routes, excl. VAT, with 12 % off on yearly billing.
They are computed from the operators' published tariffs on the real truck route and are meant for quoting. The operator's invoice can differ for the actual route driven, the specific truck's axle count or CO₂ class, and exchange rates.
No. RouteCalc runs in the browser on any device. There is no limit on devices per account.
Enter an origin, a destination and the truck. The per-country breakdown is on screen in seconds.