QuoteIQ Route Optimization: What You Get on Elite

QuoteIQ's route optimization takes a day's stops and reorders them into a shorter drive, showing the miles saved. It comes with route density zones for planning service days by area and ties into the Atlas map. All of it starts on the Elite plan.

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What route optimization does

QuoteIQ calls it "Route The Day", part of its Atlas tools. You open a rep's or crew's day and the feature orders the stops into the most efficient path, then shows how many miles the new order saves. It works from the scheduled jobs already on the calendar, so there's no separate routing app to keep in sync.

Two related tools sit next to it:

• Route Density Zones let you plan service days by geographic cluster, so customers in one area are visited on the same day. That's how recurring-route businesses keep drive time down over a whole season, not just one day.
• Atlas is a lead-generation and property map. Searching by business type is free; unlocking leads and owner lookups is pay-per-purchase by card. It shows property lines, door-knocking, routes and the crew on one map. Atlas Routing and Atlas Employees are Elite and up.

Which plan includes it

QuoteIQ's route optimization page says it's "available on the Elite and Max plans" and "included at no extra cost—no add-ons." Elite also includes 5,000 IQ Credits a month and ten users, with extra users at $25/user/mo.

Credit costs

Here QuoteIQ's own sources don't quite line up. The feature page says no extra cost. The help-center plan matrix says in-calendar route optimization uses IQ Credits "per leg", without publishing the rate. Our reading is that there's no add-on fee, but routing may draw on your monthly allowance. Check the credit cost the app shows before you optimize a big day; our IQ Credits guide covers how the allowance works.

Atlas lead unlocks and owner lookups are a separate charge, paid by card per purchase.

How a contractor uses it day to day

Route-based businesses get the most from it. A mowing or cleaning company can use density zones to put each neighbourhood on a fixed weekday, then run Route The Day each morning to order that day's stops after any reschedules or cancellations. For a tech-based trade with a handful of jobs a day, the gain is smaller, but it still helps when a day has several stops spread across town.

QuoteIQ says "users typically report saving 15-20% on fuel". That's a vendor claim, and your result will depend on how scattered your jobs are and how you were planning routes before. Live GPS on Elite shows where crew members are while clocked in, but it's phone-based only.

Limits and gotchas

QuoteIQ is direct about GPS: "If you need to see the truck rather than the phone, we cannot help you." If a vehicle tracker matters for insurance or fleet reasons, budget for one separately.

How it compares with competitors

QuoteIQ's own GorillaDesk comparison concedes "Route optimization on Basic ($49/mo). QuoteIQ requires Elite ($299/mo) for route optimization." GorillaDesk's pricing page lists basic routing for up to 25 stops on Basic, priced per schedule or route. Our research doesn't include route optimization details from Jobber's or Housecall Pro's pricing pages, so check Jobber and Housecall Pro for which of their plans include it. See also our QuoteIQ vs GorillaDesk comparison.

QuoteIQ's own write-ups are on its route optimization page and its Atlas page.

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Route optimization questions

Where to go next

See every tool we cover on the QuoteIQ features hub, check what each tier costs on our QuoteIQ pricing breakdown, or read the full QuoteIQ review for the overall verdict.