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Description

Pick a proven scheduling API or describe your problem and get a custom one. Field service, shifts, pickup and delivery, tasks. Deterministic, explainable.

About Timefold

What is Timefold?

Timefold is an operational scheduling and routing optimization platform and constraint solver engine.

What Timefold does

The platform solves complex resource allocation, routing, and workforce planning problems using mathematical optimization, offering pre-built APIs for field service routing, employee shift scheduling, and pickup and delivery, as well as an open-source solver for Java and Kotlin applications.

Who Timefold is for

Software engineers, operations teams, and logistics managers scheduling field technicians, delivery fleets, nurse rosters, and manufacturing shifts.

How Timefold works

Users describe their scheduling problem, integrate the suggested API or solver with Quarkus or Spring Boot, and generate optimized schedules with transparent scores and constraints.

Key features

  • Optimizes field service routing by assigning qualified technicians to jobs and travel routes.
  • Schedules employee shifts while respecting labor rules, employee preferences, and overtime constraints.
  • Coordinates pickup and delivery routing to move loads with fewer vehicles and tighter routes.
  • Provides the open-source Timefold Solver under Apache 2.0 for Java and Kotlin developers.
  • Explains scheduling trade-offs through transparent score analysis and constraint breakdowns.
  • Includes built-in travel time and distance matrix calculations via maps service integration.
  • Supports what-if scenarios and efficiency analysis to simulate operational adjustments before rollout.

Pricing

As listed on timefold.ai, checked 8 November 2026. Prices can change; see the site for current terms.

  • Community: Free open-source constraint solver engine licensed under Apache 2.0.
  • Enterprise: Solver tier with multi-threaded solving, constraint profiling, and SLA support.
  • Spark: Pure API access tier with enterprise solver power, maps service integration, and webhooks.
  • Flow: Multi-user collaboration platform with score analysis, plan visualizations, and KPI dashboards.
  • Horizon: Strategic tier with what-if scenarios, real-time traffic, and efficiency X-Ray.

Facts from timefold.ai, checked 8 November 2026

  • Built by a team of 40+ talented builders across the globe.
  • Provides the full Timefold Solver engine as open-source under Apache 2.0.
  • Integrates natively with Java, Kotlin, Quarkus, and Spring Boot.
  • Scales enterprise solver search up to 500,000 jobs, shifts, or tasks.

Written from Timefold's own website (Homepage, Pricing, Features, About). The maker can claim this listing to edit it.

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Frequently asked questions

What scheduling use cases does Timefold support?

Timefold provides specialized APIs for field service routing, employee shift scheduling, pickup and delivery routing, and general task scheduling.

How does Timefold explain its scheduling results?

Timefold uses transparent score analysis and constraint profiling to show exactly which rules, weights, and trade-offs produced the schedule.

Is Timefold available as open source?

The full Timefold Solver engine is open-source under Apache 2.0 and free forever.

What development frameworks are supported?

Timefold provides native support for Java and Kotlin, with integrations for Quarkus and Spring Boot.

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