{"id":379,"date":"2014-10-30T12:06:56","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T12:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/?p=379"},"modified":"2023-02-15T14:06:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T14:06:46","slug":"great-microsoft-streets-trips-autoroute-alternative-replacement-portatour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/en\/great-microsoft-streets-trips-autoroute-alternative-replacement-portatour\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Microsoft Streets & Trips (AutoRoute) Alternative: portatour\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft Streets & Trips\u00a0<\/strong>(also called AutoRoute<\/strong>) will be\u00a0discontinued<\/a>\u00a0by 31st\u00a0December 2014. Looking for a\u00a0better<\/strong>\u00a0alternative<\/strong>? Then consider the\u00a0online route-planner portatour\u00ae<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>portatour\u00ae supports multi-stop\u00a0route-planning<\/a> for up to 125 stops per week, it can show up to 3.000\u00a0addresses on a map and has many more functions for professional route planning and route optimization. It is\u00a0especially useful for professional sales reps\u00a0working in outside sales, support and service. Read on to learn about essential features and tips for switching.<\/p>\n

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Show addresses on a map using portatour\u00ae<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the last 20 years Streets & Trips\u00a0<\/strong>(AutoRoute) was often used as a tool by\u00a0professionals \u2013 for example to plan optimized routes to visit customers<\/a>. To start with portatour\u00ae, import your addresses from an Excel file with a few clicks.\u00a0Additional fields like phone numbers, contact person, business hours, or annual revenue can be imported in addition. Once imported, customers can be plotted on a map to get an overview. Colors can be used to visualize a specific aspect of the customers, for example revenue. Symbols can be freely assigned to individual customers to highlight them. You can also filter the customers and only show a selection. All together, these are essential features to\u00a0plan a sales strategy.<\/p>\n

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Lightning-fast route planning<\/strong><\/p>\n

Until now, you had to wait for Streets & Trips\u00a0(AutoRoute) a\u00a0long time when it\u00a0calculated optimized routes with multiple stops. Faced with many addresses, Streets & Trips could strain your patience for a few hours before returning with a result.<\/p>\n

Finally, the wait is over: portatour\u00ae features a lightning-fast route-planning<\/a> at the click of a button. It can generate optimized route-plans for up to 4 weeks with up to 125 stops. This takes usually between 2 and 10 seconds\u00a0\u2013 a considerable speed improvement compared to Streets & Trips.<\/p>\n

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Besides sales territory mapping and route-planning, portatour\u00ae offers easy-to-use customer management, call reporting, appointment planning \u2013 and over 100 additional features<\/a>\u00a0to improve sales force effectiveness. This makes portatour\u00ae the best replacement of Streets & Trips\u00a0 \u2013 especially for a salesperson. While Streets & Trips\u00a0 has been a desktop application, you can access portatour\u00ae from PC, notebook, iPad, iPhone, Android and other smartphones and tablets.<\/p>\n

Switching from Microsoft Streets & Trips (AutoRoute) to portatour\u00ae is straightforward.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s time to say good-bye to Streets & Trips and switch to portatour\u00ae.<\/p>\n