Last updated: February 22, 2026
Summary: Guardian Logistics publishes benchmark results comparing our freight route predictions against other routing providers. These benchmarks use real API responses from publicly available services. All results are factual and reproducible. Your results may vary.
We compare predicted delivery times from Guardian and other routing providers against simulated ground truth delivery times. Ground truth is calculated using:
Guardian is purpose-built for freight and includes truck-specific intelligence (HOS rest stops, fuel stops, dock dwell time, load type adjustments). Competitor car routing APIs do not account for these factors. This is a deliberate comparison: it demonstrates the value of freight-specific prediction over general-purpose car navigation, which is what most dispatchers currently use to estimate delivery times.
A provider "wins" a benchmark run when its prediction has the lowest absolute error (closest to simulated actual time) compared to all other providers that returned a result for that route.
While our ground truth model is calibrated from real truck travel data and includes truck-specific factors that car routing APIs ignore, it is still a simulation. Real delivery times are influenced by countless additional factors including driver experience, vehicle condition, specific facility procedures, local road conditions, and more.
Most consumer routing APIs are optimized for passenger vehicles. They do not account for truck-specific factors such as HOS rest requirements, fuel stops for Class 8 vehicles, commercial vehicle speed restrictions, or dock/gate dwell times. Guardian is purpose-built for freight, which is the primary source of its advantage in these benchmarks.
Benchmark results represent performance across a specific set of test routes and randomly sampled conditions. Results on your specific lanes, at specific times, and under specific conditions may differ. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Routing providers continuously update their algorithms and data. Benchmark results reflect performance at the time of testing and may not reflect current capabilities of any provider.
HERE, TomTom, Google Maps, and all other product names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Guardian Logistics is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any of these companies. Use of their names is solely for the purpose of factual comparative benchmarking.
Our benchmark methodology is documented and our test harness is designed to produce reproducible results. We welcome independent verification of our benchmark claims. If you believe any benchmark result is inaccurate or misleading, please contact us.
Guardian Logistics respects all routing providers included in our benchmarks. These are industry-leading products serving different primary use cases. Our benchmarks are intended to demonstrate Guardian's specific advantages for freight route prediction, not to disparage any provider's capabilities in their primary market (consumer navigation, fleet tracking, general mapping, etc.).
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