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Stadia Routing Engine vs OSRM

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted maps & gis options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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ST Stadia Routing Engine Self-hosted turn-by-turn routing stack VS OS OSRM High-performance routing engine for OpenStreetMap
FeatureStadia Routing EngineOSRM
CategoryMaps & GISMaps & GIS
LicenseApache-2.0BSD-2-Clause
LanguageShellC++
Setup difficultyHardHard
Min. RAM4,096 MB8,192 MB
Deploymentdocker, sourcedocker, bare-metal
GitHub stars★ 318★ 7,955
First released20192012
ReplacesGoogle Directions API, Mapbox DirectionsGoogle Directions API

Why pick each one

Choose Stadia Routing Engine if…

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in Shell
Stadia Routing Engine details

Choose OSRM if…

  • Released under the BSD-2-Clause license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 8k GitHub stars
  • Written in C++
OSRM details

Frequently asked questions

Is Stadia Routing Engine or OSRM better?

Neither is universally better. OSRM has the larger community; both share a hard setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.

Are Stadia Routing Engine and OSRM free and open-source?

Yes. Stadia Routing Engine is licensed under Apache-2.0 and OSRM under BSD-2-Clause. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Stadia Routing Engine and OSRM with Docker?

Stadia Routing Engine: yes. OSRM: yes.

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