PC*MILER Alternatives for Oversize (OS/OW) Routing in 2026

People search for “PC*MILER alternatives” for different reasons. Trimble’s PC*Miler page FAQ describes PC*Miler as the industry standard for truck-specific routing, mileage calculations and mapping, used for freight billing, driver pay and auditing. Some readers want another mileage engine. Some want a truck GPS. Oversize and overweight haulers often want something else entirely: a way to route a load that is wider, taller, longer or heavier than legal.

Those are three different jobs, and the right alternative depends on which one you are replacing. This guide sorts the options by job, using only what each vendor publishes. One rule runs through all of it: once a state issues a routed OS/OW permit, the roads written on that permit are the ones the load is authorized to use. No routing product, including PC*Miler and including us, overrides it.

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First, what are you using PC*MILER for?

Name the job before you shop. According to Trimble’s PC*Miler product page (checked October 28, 2026), PC*Miler comes as:

• A web-based version with a monthly subscription, aimed at small fleets, owner-operators and brokers. The PC*Miler page FAQ says PC*Miler Web subscriptions start at $84.99 per month per user. That is the only PC*Miler price Trimble publishes; the rest is by quote.
• Integration APIs to put PC*Miler routing and mileage into your own or third-party software.
• A network or local installation on your own servers.
• PC*Miler inside a TMS or ERP through Trimble’s partners.

Trimble also lists add-ons such as Streets, Tolls, Traffic, Weather, Rail, HazMat, Worldwide and QuickBatch & Spreadsheets, and notes that additional licensing fees may apply. If your contracts, driver pay or audits are written around PC*Miler miles, switching mileage engines is a business decision, not just a software one: check what your customers and contracts specify first.

For the licensing questions to ask Trimble, see PC*MILER pricing for oversize fleets. If you are judging PC*Miler itself for oversize work, our PC*MILER oversize routing review covers that.

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The oversize gap: truck profiles vs a permit load

Truck routing engines route a vehicle profile: height, width, length, weight and axles. That is the right tool for legal-size freight. A permit load is different, because the state decides the route when it issues the permit.

One documented example shows why this matters. The Trimble Maps developer documentation for creating a vehicle routing profile (the same profiles CoPilot navigation uses) lists a valid width range of 60 to 102 inches and a height range of 60 to 180 inches for North America, and a weight range up to 156,470 pounds. The same page says profiles wider than 96 inches or longer than 48 feet default to favoring the National Network and state-designated extensions. A 12-foot-wide load is 144 inches, outside that documented width range.

That page covers one API, not every PC*Miler edition, and “not documented” is not the same as “cannot be done.” So whichever product you trial, ask the vendor directly:

• What are the maximum width, height, length and weight the vehicle profile accepts?
• Can we enter or import the exact road sequence a state wrote on a permit, and follow it without recalculating?
• What does the driver see when the planned route and the permitted route disagree?
• Where would escorts, travel-time curfews and bridge instructions from the permit appear, if at all?

Our guide to oversize load routing software: what it plans vs your permit goes deeper on this split.

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Alternatives for truck routing and mileage

If you need another engine for routing, mileage and lane costs, two long-standing names publish product details:

• ProMiles. ProMiles’ home page describes truck routing software to plan truck-legal routes with mileage, estimated drive time, truck stop locations and fuel optimization, alongside IFTA fuel tax reporting and a fuel finder.
• MileMaker (Rand McNally). The MileMaker products page lists a web application, web services APIs (REST and SOAP), an on-premises server and standalone version that it says was formerly known as IntelliRoute, and a Microsoft Excel add-in. It describes vehicle-profile routing, toll and fuel cost insights, and state mileage reports for IFTA.

Neither page we checked lists a price, so ask each vendor for a written quote and compare it line by line with your PC*Miler quote: edition, seats, add-ons, integrations and term. The same oversize questions from the section above apply to both.

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Truck GPS: if you searched “PC*MILER GPS”

PC*Miler is back-office software. The in-cab GPS that runs on it is Trimble CoPilot. Trimble’s CoPilot page says CoPilot is powered by PC*Miler, gives turn-by-turn commercial navigation tailored to the vehicle’s dimensions and road restrictions, and uses the same routing engine so planned, driven and billed miles match.

• Trimble CoPilot is the fleet version. Trimble says its pricing depends on fleet size, deployment type and integration requirements, so ask Trimble.
• CoPilot GPS is the self-serve app for individual drivers such as owner-operators. Trimble’s page says CoPilot GPS pricing depends on the vehicle profile and that plans start at $9.99, subscribed from inside the app. Check the app listing for the current plan terms.
• Rand Navigation. Rand McNally’s fleet navigation and routing page describes truck-specific routing customized to the vehicle’s size, weight and cargo, with weigh station and truck stop finders and toll estimates, on the Rand One mobile app or the Rand Tablet. No price is listed on that page; ask Rand McNally.

A truck GPS helps with the drive, but it does not know your permit. On a permit load, read the route on the permit before departure and treat any GPS suggestion that leaves it as wrong until the issuing office says otherwise.

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Alternatives for OS/OW permit routing

For oversize and overweight moves, the route usually comes from the permit process itself, not from a mileage engine:

• The state’s own permit system. Many states route permit loads in their own online system. In Texas, for example, TxDMV’s TxPROS information page describes TxPROS as an online permitting and GIS-based mapping system that lets customers apply for and self-issue many permits, with real-time restriction management and turn-by-turn directions. The Texas page in the JaloPermit Atlas summarizes the state’s published rules and links to the source.
• Multi-state permit platforms. ProMiles’ PermitManager page describes a platform for carriers and permit services to order OS/OW and trip and fuel permits, with RouteManager (a national map with vertical clearances, restrictions and bridge and road weight postings), a QuoteManager for permit fees and pilot cars, an app with audible turn-by-turn routing as entered in RouteManager, and an API for OS/OW routes and mileages. No price is listed; ask ProMiles.
• A permit service. Permit services order permits and routes for you for a fee. Ask each one which states it covers and what it charges per permit.

Our ProMiles alternatives guide sorts these permit-side tools by job in more detail.

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Quick comparison by job

This table matches products to jobs. It is not a ranking, and many oversize fleets use one tool from each row on the same move.

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Reading the issued permit: where JaloPermit fits

JaloPermit is not a PC*Miler replacement. It does not plan routes, calculate mileage or tolls, give turn-by-turn directions, or file permits.

It handles the step after the permit is issued: reading it. Escorts, travel windows, curfews, dimensions, limits and bridge conditions are often spread across several pages. Drop an already-issued, text-based permit PDF into the permit decoder on the JaloPermit homepage and it lays out the route, escorts, curfews, dimensions and limits on one route card, with a route map, weigh stations, truck stops and low-bridge alerts, so the driver or dispatcher can check it against the original. The JaloPermit state rules Atlas covers the published oversize rules for the 48 contiguous states, one page per state. For how this fits after the planning stage, see reading the issued permit after routing software plans the move.

JaloPermit, which publishes this guide, is a reading aid for issued permit PDFs. It is not a permit-filing service and it does not plan routes or provide navigation. The issued permit always wins.

JaloPermit reads text-based PDFs only, not scans or photos. Guests get three free decodes a day with no account and no card. Logged-in users get 10 free decodes a day. After those free decodes, each one is $3.50. There is no subscription.

Questions about how JaloPermit reads a permit? Email support@jalopermit.org.

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