ChargingNear.me vs A Better Routeplanner (ABRP)

At a glance

Here is how the two compare on the ten things drivers ask about most. Our figures come from the ChargingNear.me catalog as of Nov 14, 2026. ABRP facts come only from what its company publishes.

Not verified means we did not verify this fact on Nov 14, 2026, so we make no claim either way.

Where ChargingNear.me wins

• Free to search, free to check a trip

  Searching ChargingNear.me is free, and so is Will I Make It, our range planner, with no sign-in. ABRP has a paid Premium tier.

• Search by place, not only by route

  Look up chargers near home, work or a hotel anywhere in all 50 states and DC. You do not need to plan a trip first. ChargingNear.me lists 58,379 charging locations on 132 networks.

• A real page for every location

  Each location has its own page with its plugs, its ports and a Verified date. You can open it, read it and share its link before you drive.

• No download, no account

  ChargingNear.me works in any browser. You can search the whole catalog without an account or an app.

• Independent of carmakers and networks

  ChargingNear.me builds no cars and runs no chargers, so it ranks no network above another. ABRP comes from Iternio, which Rivian acquired in a deal announced June 21, 2023.

• Government data, synced daily

  Our catalog syncs every day from the U.S. Department of Energy's NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center, plus Open Charge Map.

• Filters and an open API

  Filter by NACS, CCS or J1772, by DC fast at 150 kW and up, or by sites open 24/7. Our public API, with a free plan, serves the same data.

When ABRP still makes sense

We want you to use the right tool for the job. ABRP is a good choice here.

• You want a dedicated trip planner

  ABRP is built for trip planning. If you want a tool whose main job is planning a long route, it is made for that. Then check each stop on ChargingNear.me.

• You already pay for ABRP Premium

  If you use its paid Premium tier, keep planning there. Before you go, open each stop on ChargingNear.me to check its plugs, its ports and its Verified date.

Road trips: a range check and a charger map

ABRP is a trip planner. ChargingNear.me takes a different path. It pairs a charger map with a range check called Will I Make It.

Will I Make It models your real route, the weather, elevation, wind and your speed. Then it answers Yes, Close or No, with the battery you will likely arrive with. It is free, and you do not sign in.

If the answer is Close or No, open the map. Filter to DC fast chargers of 150 kW and up, pick the plug your car uses and find a stop on the way. Each stop has its own page with plugs, ports and a Verified date.

We did not verify which ABRP features are free and which are paid. We only know ABRP has a paid Premium tier. Everything on ChargingNear.me described here is free.

Cost

ChargingNear.me is free to search. Station pages are free to read. Will I Make It is free to use. Our public API has a free plan for developers.

ABRP has a paid Premium tier. If you pay for it, weigh that cost against how often you plan long trips.

The price you pay to charge is set by the network that runs the charger. ChargingNear.me runs no chargers and sells no charging, so searching with us adds nothing to that price.

Coverage and station pages

ChargingNear.me lists 58,379 charging locations with 273,575 ports, 82,786 of them DC fast, on 132 networks, 8,999 cities, in all 50 states and DC. Every one of those locations has its own page.

A station page answers the questions you have at the curb. Which plugs does it have? How many ports? When was it last verified? The Verified date is the latest of the Department of Energy's last confirmation, Open Charge Map's last check or a driver check-in.

We did not verify ABRP's charger count or whether it has station pages, so we make no claim either way.

Independence

ABRP comes from Iternio. Rivian acquired Iternio in a deal it announced on June 21, 2023, according to the Rivian newsroom.

ChargingNear.me builds no cars and runs no chargers. It ranks no network above another and favors no carmaker. Every network in our catalog shows up the same way, from Tesla to EVgo.

We do not claim ABRP favors anyone. We only note who owns it, so you know who runs each tool. Ours is an independent site with no network and no car of its own.

Privacy: no account to search

You can search ChargingNear.me without an account. You can run Will I Make It without signing in, too. We do not need your name or your email address to show you a charger or check a trip.

There is also nothing to install. Open the site in any browser, on a phone or a computer, and start.

We did not verify whether ABRP needs an account for any feature, so we make no claim either way. On ChargingNear.me the answer is simple: searching never needs one.

Every location page is a plain web page, too. Send its link to a friend, and they can open it with no app and no sign-in.

Sources

Competitor facts on this page come only from these sources, named here in text.

• Rivian newsroom (acquisition of Iternio, announced June 21, 2023) — verified Nov 14, 2026
• ABRP announcement (the Rivian acquisition) — verified Nov 14, 2026
• ChargingNear.me catalog: U.S. Department of Energy NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center, synced daily, plus Open Charge Map — data as of Nov 14, 2026