Route optimization that cuts windshield time

Route optimization sequences each tech's stops by real drive time, so the day runs in the shortest practical order instead of the order the jobs happened to be booked. For shops that run the same dense routes week after week — lawn, pool, pest, cleaning — that ordering is the difference between fitting one more stop on the route and burning the afternoon in the truck.

What route optimization is

When you assign a day's stops to a tech, Claver orders those stops by drive time so the route runs tight. It is not magic and it is not a black box: it takes the jobs you have already put on a tech's plate and figures out the shortest practical sequence to visit them, then drops that order onto the dispatch board and the live map.

It runs on OSRM (Open Source Routing Machine), a free, open routing engine. That matters for your bill — there is no per-route or per-stop metering charge stacked on top of your plan, the way some routing add-ons work. Optimize as often as you like; it is part of the flat Crew price.

And it is re-optimizable. The day rarely survives contact with reality — a customer reschedules, a stop gets added, a gate is locked. Re-optimize and the sequence updates around the change, so the rest of the run still goes in the shortest order.

How it works

The flow is simple and stays under your control:

• Assign the stops. On the drag-and-drop dispatch board, you decide which tech gets which jobs for the day.
• Optimize the run. Claver sequences that tech's stops by drive time, ordering the day to cut windshield time between jobs.
• See it on the board and the map. The optimized order shows on the dispatch timeline and the live map, so the tech and the dispatcher are looking at the same route.
• Re-optimize when the day changes. Add a stop, drop one, or move a job, then re-run the sequence and it updates around the change.

Because route optimization sits inside the same dispatch view as GPS tracking and the live map, you are not exporting addresses to a separate app and pasting an order back in. You sequence the day where you already plan it.

Who route optimization helps, by trade

It earns its keep anywhere a tech makes several stops a day, but it pays off most for recurring-service routes where the same addresses repeat on a cycle. A few stops saved per route, every cycle, compounds fast.

• Lawn & landscaping. A mowing crew running fifteen-plus properties a day lives and dies on drive time between yards. Tightening the order frees the slack to add another property without adding a truck. See Claver for lawn care.
• Pool service. A weekly route of pools clustered across a service area runs faster in the right sequence — and the same route repeats every week, so the win recurs. See Claver for pool service.
• Pest control. Recurring quarterly and monthly routes with dozens of accounts benefit directly from drive-time ordering; route optimization is where small shops leave the most time on the table. See Claver for pest control.
• Cleaning & janitorial. A cleaner running four-plus homes a day saves real time when the stops are sequenced instead of bounced across town. See Claver for cleaning.

It also helps any single-visit trade with multi-stop days — HVAC tune-up season, gutter rounds, snow routes — but the recurring-route shops are the ones who feel it every single cycle.

Recurring routes make the win compound

Claver can auto-generate the recurring jobs each cycle: define a route once, and the system creates the day's stops on schedule. Then you optimize the order, so the same Tuesday route runs in its tightest sequence week after week. The plan is built once; the time saved repeats forever.

What's included, and on which plan

Route optimization is part of the Crew plan — $39/mo, up to 5 users, flat. No per-seat fees, no per-route charges. On Crew it comes alongside the rest of the dispatch toolkit most recurring-route shops run together:

• Drag-and-drop dispatch board — a Gantt-style timeline; reassign with a swipe.
• GPS tracking with a consent flow — live truck location on the map.
• Live map — the optimized route and your crew, in one view.
• GPS history playback — replay the day's route as proof of service.
• Recurring routes — auto-generate the jobs each cycle, then optimize the order.

The Starter plan ($19/mo) does not include dispatch or route optimization — it covers CRM, online booking, recurring and subscription billing, the customer portal, and payments. If routing is what you need, Crew is the plan. Compare the tiers on the features page.

What route optimization doesn't do yet

Fair is fair — here is where the line sits today, so you can decide with eyes open:

• It sequences, it doesn't assign. Route optimization orders the stops you have already given a tech. It does not auto-assign jobs across your crew or balance workload between techs for you — the dispatcher decides who goes where, then optimizes each run.
• It optimizes for drive time. The sequencing is built around drive time between stops. It is not a multi-constraint solver weighing time windows, skill matching, and vehicle capacity all at once — you handle those choices on the board, and the engine finds the tight order.
• It is one tech's run at a time. You optimize a tech's day; it is not a fleet-wide territory planner that re-carves zones across every truck automatically.

For the great majority of trade shops — especially the recurring lawn, pool, pest, and cleaning routes it is built for — drive-time sequencing under a dispatcher's control is exactly the tool the day needs. If your operation has outgrown that, it is an honest thing to know before you sign up rather than after.

Build the route once. Run it tight every cycle.

Set up your recurring routes, let Claver auto-generate the jobs, and optimize the day's order so every cycle runs in the shortest sequence. Route optimization, dispatch, GPS, and the live map all come together on Crew at $39/mo — flat, month-to-month, no per-seat or per-route fees. See how the pieces fit on the features page, or pick the industry built for your trade on the industries overview.