ODL Studio vs Scribble Maps

ODL Studio is a free, standalone desktop application for customer-location analysis, sales territory design and fleet routing and scheduling. It stores data in Excel spreadsheets that can also be edited in Excel. The software geocodes addresses or postcodes, displays customers on a map and exports maps to PDF or Word. Users can paint territories on a map or generate them with an optimisation algorithm, then create reports with maps and territory statistics. For fleet planning, it schedules routes on real road networks, reports mileage and drive-time statistics, and shows routes on an interactive map. ODL Connect can call Studio functions from the command line for scheduled or on-demand background tasks, but it is a separate closed-source module. ODL Studio is free and open source under LGPL, with downloads listed for Windows, Linux and Mac. The Linux and Mac package requires Java Runtime 8 or higher, and the maker recommends at least 6 GB RAM and a dual-processor CPU. The downloads page lists version 1.4.1, released 3 November 2017.

Scribble Maps is a web-based map-authoring platform for finding, creating, editing, annotating, embedding, and using maps, with Android and iOS support. It imports place-related spreadsheets, lists, and geodata in CSV, GeoJSON, and KML formats. Map tools include markers, lines, circles, donut and drive-time polygons, data filters, heat maps, measurement, and route optimization. Maps can be shared or embedded, and several users can work on one simultaneously. Its Connect Map Picker can integrate into web apps and return map data in formats including GeoJSON, KML, CSV, GPX, DXF, and Shapefile. Encryption uses AES-256 with PBKDF2 and takes place on the user's computer, but encrypted maps lack autosave, server-generated images, and listed-format exports; lost passwords cannot be recovered. The free plan allows one user, five lifetime map saves, and 450×450px images. Paid plans start at $14/mo (annual), and a 7-day trial is listed.