Upper fits fleets that plan routes day by day and want driver apps, customer notifications and proof of delivery: Starter $40, Professional $48 and Optimize $71 per user a month billed yearly. Recurring routes repeat a whole route on Optimize and up, and each route belongs to one date.
Crewtide fits service teams whose customers each have their own cycle (weekly, every 2 weeks, monthly) on the same route, plus windows and crew sizes, and who plan the whole week at once.
At a glance
| What matters for recurring routes | Upper | Crewtide |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Multi-stop delivery and service fleets: distribution, waste, fuel, medical, linen and more | Recurring commercial service teams of about 5 to 100 technicians who plan the same customers every week |
| Published price | Starter $40, Professional $48, Optimize $71 per user a month billed yearly ($50, $60, $89 monthly). Enterprise: contact sales | Core $49 per technician a month billed annually, or $59 month to month. Pro $79 or $95, coming soon |
| What you pay for | Per user per month; whether office users count isn’t stated | Technicians on a route that month. Office users are free and unlimited. Minimum 3 technicians |
| Free trial | Yes7 days, no credit card | Yes14 days, no credit card |
| Recurring visits generated from one customer list | PartlyDuplicate a route to a new date; auto-recurring route schedules on Optimize and Enterprise (per route, not per customer) | YesCustomer rules hold each visit cycle and usual days, and every week is generated from them |
| Plans a whole week across every technician | No“Each route is tied to a single date” | YesBuilding the week places every due visit on a route, with route optimization on every plan |
| Service windows per customer | YesUp to two windows per stop on Professional and up | YesService windows and no-go times for each customer |
| Crew size per visit | UnclearNot found in their help center | YesTime on site set per crew size |
| Shows what a move pushes back or bumps before you commit | PartlyETAs recalculate after a move; no pre-change preview found | YesFind a spot ranks every option and shows what it pushes back or bumps |
| Change log with a reason for every edit | UnclearNot found in their help center | YesEvery edit is logged with a reason, and undo works step by step |
| List of customers to tell when a visit moves | NoAutomatic notifications instead | YesTo notify list with the old time, the new time and the reason |
| Sends customer texts and emails | YesEmail and SMS from Professional up; SMS uses a prepaid balance | Coming soonTexts and emails from the To notify list come with Pro |
| Technician mobile app | YesiOS and Android driver app with offline mode and proof of delivery | Coming soonRoute sheets to print or export today; the phone app comes with Pro |
| Invoicing, quotes and payments | NoNot included; QuickBooks via Zapier webhooks | NoNot the goal: keep your current system for invoicing and customer records |
| Getting your data in | YesCSV, XLS and XLSX import; API on upper plans | YesImport customers from a spreadsheet; QuickBooks and Jobber sync are coming with Pro |
Pricing compared
| Plan | Billed yearly | Month to month |
|---|---|---|
| Upper Starter | $400 | $500 |
| Upper Professional | $480 | $600 |
| Upper Optimize | $710 | $890 |
| Crewtide Core | $490 | $590 |
Upper Professional is the closest match on price, and adds time windows and notifications. Recurring routes on autopilot, the Zapier connector and the API are on Optimize. Upper’s own pages don’t agree on which plan includes some features (recurring routes, time windows, API), so confirm with them before you buy.
Where Upper is stronger
- Driver app and notifications today. Offline mode, CarPlay and Android Auto, proof of delivery, tracking pages and quiet hours.
- Delivery and multi-stop features. Capacity, service areas and up to two time windows per stop.
- Service-friendly labels. Drivers can be called technicians and deliveries called service.
Where Crewtide fits better
- Customer cycles on one route. Weekly, every-other-week and monthly customers on the same route land on the right weeks automatically. Upper repeats whole routes.
- A week, not a date. Upper says “covering multiple days means creating one route per date.” Crewtide builds Monday to Friday (and night routes) in one pass.
- Skills and crews. Upper’s help center says it “does not automatically match drivers to stops by certification or skill.” Crewtide keeps usual technicians and crew sizes on each customer.
- The ripple and the record. Find a spot, live checks, reasons on every change and a To notify list.
Switching from Upper
- Export addresses or a route report.Upper exports addresses from a route and a detailed route plan report as CSV or XLS.
- Add cycles, usual days and windows.See the guide to biweekly and monthly schedules.
- Import and build a week in Crewtide’s 14-day trial.
Questions
How much does Upper Route Planner cost?
Starter is $40, Professional $48 and Optimize $71 per user a month billed yearly, or $50, $60 and $89 month to month. Enterprise is priced by sales. There’s a 7-day free trial.
Does Upper support recurring routes?
You can duplicate any route to a new date, and Optimize and Enterprise can regenerate a route on a schedule. Recurrence is per route rather than per customer.
Can Upper plan a whole week at once?
Each Upper route belongs to a single date, so a week means one route per date.
Is Crewtide cheaper than Upper?
For ten technicians, Crewtide Core ($490 billed annually) is about the same as Upper Professional ($480 billed yearly) and less than Upper Optimize ($710).
Sources
Checked October 25, 2026. Plans and prices change; the vendor’s own page is the final word.