Kardinal

Spec sheet

Product

Kardinal provides a route optimization API for developers and their agents.Read 9 Oct 2026 · kardinal.ai

Support

The pricing page directs customers with very large volumes or sequencing and appointment-scheduling needs to contact the team.Read 9 Oct 2026 · kardinal.ai

Headquarters

25 place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, FranceRead 28 Sep 2026 · kardinal.ai

Founded

Kardinal says it was founded in Paris in 2015.Read 9 Oct 2026 · kardinal.ai

Account location

Kardinal lists its office at 25 place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris.Read 9 Oct 2026 · kardinal.ai

Agent support

The product offers an MCP server, agentic documentation, and typed schemas for agents.Read 9 Oct 2026 · kardinal.ai

Constraints

The engine models constraints including time windows, vehicle capacity, route balancing, pickup and delivery, driver breaks, and predictive traffic.Read 9 Oct 2026 · kardinal.ai

Engine

Kardinal says its proprietary optimization engine is written in Rust and controlled from the algorithm to the API.Read 9 Oct 2026 · kardinal.ai

Industries

Kardinal describes use across parcel, waste collection, cold-chain delivery, field services, bulky goods, long-distance transport, and retail last-mile operations.Read 9 Oct 2026 · developers.kardinal.ai

Pricing basis

Pricing is per unique stop optimized rather than per vehicle or API request, and re-optimizations within a 24-hour window are free.Read 9 Oct 2026 · kardinal.ai

Reproducibility

Kardinal says the engine is deterministic: the same input produces the same solution every time.Read 9 Oct 2026 · kardinal.ai

Route updates

The API can update a route plan as conditions change, including late deliveries, cancelled orders, and urgent stops, without restarting from scratch.Read 9 Oct 2026 · developers.kardinal.ai

SDKs

The free tier includes Python and JavaScript/TypeScript SDKs.Read 9 Oct 2026 · kardinal.ai

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Where Specifiction places it

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