Facts about AstrologyAPI were read from its own pages on 16 October 2026; every row in the full table below carries its source, and the page ends with how to report an error.
The short answer
If you want eight SDK languages, PDF reports and output in eight Indian languages from one vendor, AstrologyAPI has them and Asterwise does not. If you want to know, before you sign up, what engine computes a chart and how accurate it is, Asterwise publishes both; AstrologyAPI publishes neither.
Moving from AstrologyAPI? The AstrologyAPI alternative guide sets out what the migration involves, in four steps.
What you can verify before you write a line of code
An astrology API is a promise about astronomy, coverage and price. The fastest way to compare two of them is to ask what each lets you check in advance.
| Can you check this before signing up? | Asterwise | AstrologyAPI |
|---|---|---|
| The exact price of a call | Yes. $10 ÷ 10 = $1.00; $30 ÷ 50 = $0.60; $100 ÷ 300 = $0.33. | Indian astrology plans: Basic ₹1,500 a month for 50k requests (₹30 per 1,000), Professional ₹4,900 for 200k (₹24.50), Premium ₹9,500 for 500k (₹19); overage ₹20 per 1,000 calls ($1 per 1,000); prices exclude GST. Pay-as-you-go wallet: ₹0.10 a request for most JSON endpoints (₹100 per 1,000), with bulk top-up discounts up to 60%; horoscope feeds, AI and PDF endpoints cost more |
| What computes the positions | Yes. Swiss Ephemeris with the full data files. | not published |
| How accurate the positions are | Yes: 80 positions checked against NASA JPL Horizons, median 0.050 arcseconds, raw data and script published. | not published |
| The full API contract | Yes, public at api.asterwise.com/openapi.json. | not published |
| Try it without paying | Yes. 500 calls a month, no card, does not expire. | 150 free credits on sign-up (the MCP page says 100 calls) |
Where a cell says not published, it means we could not find the fact on the vendor's pages on 16 October 2026. It is not a claim that the fact is bad, only that you cannot check it before you build.
Choose AstrologyAPI if
- You need an SDK in Java, Swift, Android, PHP, .NET or Ruby, not just Python or TypeScript.
- You need PDF reports, chart images, or products outside astrology such as Human Design and palmistry.
- Your users need responses in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam or Kannada.
Choose Asterwise if
- You want every endpoint on every plan: AstrologyAPI's plans unlock different endpoint sets, with KP, Lal Kitab and Varshaphal on its top Indian plan only.
- You want to check the astronomy yourself: Asterwise publishes its ephemeris, an 80-position check against NASA JPL Horizons and the script to repeat it.
- You want an OpenAPI document and SDKs generated from it, so your types never drift from the API.
- You want the ayanamsa as a parameter on every chart call; AstrologyAPI's guide says its planets and kp_planets endpoints do not take one.
- You want an MCP server on the official registry with public source, one OAuth flow, and 500 free calls a month that never expire.
Start with 500 free calls a month, no card, no expiry. Connect the MCP server to Claude or Cursor in one line, or install the Python or TypeScript SDK. See pricing or connect the MCP server.
The full table
Every competitor row carries its source. Prices are shown in the currency each vendor displays and are not converted.
| Asterwise | AstrologyAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Asterwise Labs Private Limited a1 | Vedic Rishi Astro Solutions Pvt Ltd (named on the About page) b1 |
| Free tier | 500 calls a month, no card, does not expire a2 | 150 free credits on sign-up (the MCP page says 100 calls) b2 Two vendor pages disagree |
| Entry paid plan | Builder: $10 a month for 10,000 calls a3 | Indian astrology from ₹1,500 a month (blog: $29); Western from ₹2,999; Horoscope from ₹3,500 b3 |
| Price per 1,000 calls | $1.00 (Builder); $0.60 (Launch, $30 for 50,000); $0.33 (Scale, $100 for 300,000) a4 $10 ÷ 10 = $1.00; $30 ÷ 50 = $0.60; $100 ÷ 300 = $0.33 |
Indian astrology plans: Basic ₹1,500 a month for 50k requests (₹30 per 1,000), Professional ₹4,900 for 200k (₹24.50), Premium ₹9,500 for 500k (₹19); overage ₹20 per 1,000 calls ($1 per 1,000); prices exclude GST. Pay-as-you-go wallet: ₹0.10 a request for most JSON endpoints (₹100 per 1,000), with bulk top-up discounts up to 60%; horoscope feeds, AI and PDF endpoints cost more b4 ₹1,500 ÷ 50 = ₹30.00; ₹4,900 ÷ 200 = ₹24.50; ₹9,500 ÷ 500 = ₹19.00; prices exclude GST |
| Endpoints | 129 endpoints on 129 paths, counted from the live OpenAPI document (5 deprecated GET forms and 9 GET twins of POST calls not counted) a5 | "300+" per the vendor blog and pricing FAQ; the Indian astrology docs list 131 endpoints in 20 groups b5 |
| Matchmaking depth | Ashtakoot (36) with Rajju and Vedha as separate classical vetoes, dosha cancellation, Mahendra and Stree Deergha; Dashakoot (10 kootas); Papasamyam; Kerala Porutham; Tamil Thirumana Porutham; Western compatibility; numerology compatibility a6 | 11 match-making endpoints on the Indian astrology docs (13 in the newer developer reference, adding Papasamyam and a partner report), including Ashtakoot points, Dashakoot points, Manglik report and match percentage. Rajju and Vedha are reported separately: match_making_report and match_making_detailed_report return rajju_dosha and vedha_dosha status alongside Ashtakoota and Manglik; match_obstructions returns a Vedha report b6 |
| Dasha systems | Vimshottari to 5 levels, Ashtottari, Yogini, Char; dasha-transit correlation a7 | Vimshottari to 5 levels, Char Dasha, Yogini Dasha b7 |
| Divisional charts | All 16 divisional charts, D1 to D60 a8 | Divisional charts D1 to D60 (MCP page) b8 |
| KP, Lal Kitab, Varshaphal | KP (chart, significators, ruling planets); Lal Kitab (chart, remedies); Varshaphal (chart, Saham, Harsha Bala) a9 | KP (5 endpoints), Lal Kitab (5), Varshaphal (10) b9 |
| Ayanamsa options | 4 selectable per call on every chart endpoint: Lahiri, Raman, KP, tropical (Lal Kitab takes the three sidereal ones; Tamil panchanga, festivals and horoscopes use Lahiri, and KP ruling planets use KP) a10 | An ayanamsha endpoint returns six values (Lahiri, KP, Yukteshwar, Raman, JN Bhasin, Fagan-Bradley); a parameter to select the ayanamsa on chart endpoints was not found b10 |
| MCP server | Yes: remote server at mcp.asterwise.com, 118 tools, OAuth 2.1 or API key. Listed on the official MCP registry and Smithery; source public on GitHub a11 | Yes: remote server at mcp.astrologyapi.com, "109 specialized tools", API-key header. Listed on the vendor site; not found on the official MCP registry b11 |
| Official SDKs | Python and TypeScript, both generated from the OpenAPI document (on PyPI and npm) a12 | 8: Node.js, Python, Java, Swift, Android, PHP, .NET, Ruby b12 |
| OpenAPI document | Yes, public at api.asterwise.com/openapi.json a13 | not published b13 Postman collection mentioned; no OpenAPI document found |
| Ephemeris | Swiss Ephemeris with the full data files a14 | not published |
| Published accuracy check | Yes: 80 positions checked against NASA JPL Horizons, median 0.050 arcseconds, raw data and script published a15 | not published b15 The About page says calculations are checked against established references; no method or results are published |
| Authentication | Bearer token or X-API-Key header; every response, including errors and the unauthenticated health check, carries an X-Asterwise-Signature HMAC header a16 Verify with: curl -sI https://api.asterwise.com/health |
HTTP Basic (user ID and API key), or a wallet access token in an x-astrologyapi-key header b16 |
| Rate limits | Published: 60 requests a minute per IP, and per plan a minute: Sandbox 10, Builder 60, Launch 200, Scale 500 a17 | not published |
| Languages | English only | 8 via an Accept-Language header: English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada b18 |
| Reports and images | Kundali chart SVG endpoint; no PDF reports; interpretation fields on natal, dasha, dosha and gochar responses a19 | PDF reports (eight Vedic and five Western types), chart image endpoint, plus Astrocartography, Human Design, Palmistry, Face Reading and Vastu APIs b19 |
How to read the prices
Where a vendor publishes both a monthly price and a monthly call quota, the price per 1,000 calls is the first divided by the second, and the arithmetic is shown under the row. Where a vendor sells credits that cost different amounts per endpoint, or publishes no quota, no per-call price is given, because none can be derived.
How this page stays honest
Every statement about another vendor on this page is a statement about what that vendor's public pages said on the date shown, not a statement about the quality of its calculations or its service. Where a page did not say, the row reads not published, and that means only that we could not find it. Vendors change prices and features; verify anything that matters to you on the vendor's own page before you decide.
Report an error. Email support@asterwise.com with the row, the correct fact and a public page that shows it. We check it within five business days, change the row, and record the change in the corrections log on this page with the date.
Corrections log.
- 16 October 2026: Re-checked every row against AstrologyAPI's own pages. Updated the company name, the plan prices and per-1,000 rates (now published), the endpoint count, matchmaking (Rajju and Vedha are reported separately), authentication, reports and the accuracy note. Removed our earlier statements that AstrologyAPI publishes no call quota and does not report Rajju and Vedha separately.
Trademarks and independence. AstrologyAPI, Prokerala, DivineAPI, FreeAstrologyAPI, VedicAstroAPI, RoxyAPI and AstroWay are the names of their respective owners and are used only to identify those products. Asterwise is not affiliated with, endorsed by or partnered with any of them.
Sources
Asterwise rows:
- Company: https://asterwise.com/terms/
- Free tier: https://asterwise.com/pricing/
- Entry paid plan: https://asterwise.com/pricing/
- Price per 1,000 calls: https://asterwise.com/pricing/
- Endpoints: https://api.asterwise.com/openapi.json
- Matchmaking depth: https://api.asterwise.com/openapi.json
- Dasha systems: https://api.asterwise.com/openapi.json
- Divisional charts: https://docs.asterwise.com/mcp/tools/get-divisional-chart/
- KP, Lal Kitab, Varshaphal: https://api.asterwise.com/openapi.json
- Ayanamsa options: https://docs.asterwise.com/reference/ayanamsa/
- MCP server: https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=asterwise
- Official SDKs: https://pypi.org/project/asterwise/
- OpenAPI document: https://api.asterwise.com/openapi.json
- Ephemeris: https://asterwise.com/proof/
- Published accuracy check: https://asterwise.com/accuracy/
- Authentication: https://api.asterwise.com/health
- Rate limits: https://docs.asterwise.com/reference/rate-limits/
- Reports and images: https://api.asterwise.com/openapi.json
AstrologyAPI rows, all read on 16 October 2026:
- Company: https://astrologyapi.com/about-us
- Free tier: https://astrologyapi.com/pricing
- Entry paid plan: https://astrologyapi.com/pricing
- Price per 1,000 calls: https://astrologyapi.com/pricing/indian-astrology-pricing
- Endpoints: https://astrologyapi.com/docs/indian-astrology
- Matchmaking depth: https://astrologyapi.com/docs/api-ref/11/match_making_report
- Dasha systems: https://astrologyapi.com/docs/indian-astrology
- Divisional charts: https://www.astrologyapi.com/astro-ai/mcp-server
- KP, Lal Kitab, Varshaphal: https://astrologyapi.com/docs/indian-astrology
- Ayanamsa options: https://www.astrologyapi.com/docs/api-ref/95/ayanamsha
- MCP server: https://www.astrologyapi.com/developers/v1/mcp-server
- Official SDKs: https://astrologyapi.com/docs/astrology-api-sdk
- OpenAPI document: https://astrologyapi.com/docs/astrology-api-sdk
- Published accuracy check: https://astrologyapi.com/about-us
- Authentication: https://astrologyapi.com/developers/v1/api-reference
- Languages: https://astrologyapi.com/docs/api-ref/4/astro_details
- Reports and images: https://astrologyapi.com/developers/v1/pdf
AstrologyAPI documentation: https://astrologyapi.com/docs/api-ref. Asterwise documentation: docs.asterwise.com.
Questions developers ask
- Is Asterwise an alternative to AstrologyAPI?
- If you want eight SDK languages, PDF reports and output in eight Indian languages from one vendor, AstrologyAPI has them and Asterwise does not. If you want to know, before you sign up, what engine computes a chart and how accurate it is, Asterwise publishes both; AstrologyAPI publishes neither.
- How do Asterwise and AstrologyAPI compare per 1,000 calls?
- Asterwise: $1.00 (Builder); $0.60 (Launch, $30 for 50,000); $0.33 (Scale, $100 for 300,000). AstrologyAPI: Indian astrology plans: Basic ₹1,500 a month for 50k requests (₹30 per 1,000), Professional ₹4,900 for 200k (₹24.50), Premium ₹9,500 for 500k (₹19); overage ₹20 per 1,000 calls ($1 per 1,000); prices exclude GST. Pay-as-you-go wallet: ₹0.10 a request for most JSON endpoints (₹100 per 1,000), with bulk top-up discounts up to 60%; horoscope feeds, AI and PDF endpoints cost more.
- Can I try Asterwise and AstrologyAPI without paying?
- Asterwise: 500 calls a month, no card, does not expire. AstrologyAPI: 150 free credits on sign-up (the MCP page says 100 calls).
- Does AstrologyAPI have an MCP server?
- AstrologyAPI: Yes: remote server at mcp.astrologyapi.com, "109 specialized tools", API-key header. Listed on the vendor site; not found on the official MCP registry. Asterwise: Yes: remote server at mcp.asterwise.com, 118 tools, OAuth 2.1 or API key. Listed on the official MCP registry and Smithery; source public on GitHub.
Every answer above repeats a sourced row from the full table; nothing is added that the vendor has not published.
Other comparisons
The same table, filled in for each vendor we have checked. The overview shows all 7 side by side, and the accuracy page holds the JPL Horizons check the Asterwise column refers to.