Facts about DivineAPI 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
At volume, DivineAPI is far cheaper per call, has more MCP tools across three servers, and returns output in many languages. Its trial lasts 14 days and asks for a card. Asterwise gives you 500 calls a month with no card and no expiry, one server with one key, and an accuracy check you can rerun yourself.
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 | DivineAPI |
|---|---|---|
| The exact price of a call | Yes. $10 ÷ 10 = $1.00; $30 ÷ 50 = $0.60; $100 ÷ 300 = $0.33. | Vedic ₹14.99 (Sampoorna), ₹8.33 (Ananta), ₹5.00 (Prakash); Western ₹3.00 to ₹2.00 |
| What computes the positions | Yes. Swiss Ephemeris with the full data files. | Swiss Ephemeris |
| 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. | Yes, OpenAPI 3.0 at developers.divineapi.com/openapi.yaml |
| Try it without paying | Yes. 500 calls a month, no card, does not expire. | 14-day trial only, and a credit card is required to activate it; no permanent free tier |
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 DivineAPI if
- You are already at hundreds of thousands of calls a month and price per call is the deciding number.
- You need white-label PDFs, e-commerce plugins or output in many languages.
- You want Kaal Chakra dasha or the widest MCP tool count, split across Indian, Western and Horoscope servers.
Choose Asterwise if
- You want to evaluate without a card and without a clock: 500 free calls a month, permanently.
- You want one server, one key and one tool namespace for Vedic, Western, numerology and tarot together.
- You want the accuracy claim backed by numbers: DivineAPI states arc-second precision; Asterwise publishes 80 positions against NASA JPL Horizons and the script.
- You want to choose the ayanamsa per call, Lahiri, Raman, KP or tropical; DivineAPI documents Lahiri.
- You want Rajju and Vedha as vetoes on the main Ashtakoot result as well as inside Dashakoot.
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 | DivineAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Asterwise Labs Private Limited a1 | not published b1 Legal entity not named on pages fetched |
| Free tier | 500 calls a month, no card, does not expire a2 | 14-day trial only, and a credit card is required to activate it; no permanent free tier b2 |
| Entry paid plan | Builder: $10 a month for 10,000 calls a3 | Vedic Sampoorna: ₹1,499 a month for 100,000 calls; Western Nova: ₹2,999 for 1,000,000 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 |
Vedic ₹14.99 (Sampoorna), ₹8.33 (Ananta), ₹5.00 (Prakash); Western ₹3.00 to ₹2.00 b4 ₹1,499 ÷ 100 = ₹14.99; ₹4,999 ÷ 600 = ₹8.33; ₹9,999 ÷ 2,000 = ₹5.00; ₹2,999 ÷ 1,000 = ₹3.00 |
| 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+" overall; Vedic given as "140+" on both the homepage and the developer portal; the kundali page lists "50+" kundali endpoints 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 | Ashtakoot Milan and Dashakoot Milan; Rajju and Vedha are listed as Dashakoot components alongside Mahendra and Streedargah b6 |
| Dasha systems | Vimshottari to 5 levels, Ashtottari, Yogini, Char; dasha-transit correlation a7 | Vimshottari (to Sookshma and Prana), Yogini, Chara, Kaal Chakra b7 |
| Divisional charts | All 16 divisional charts, D1 to D60 a8 | 16 divisional charts, D1 to D60, on the kundali page (the homepage says 15) b8 Vendor pages disagree |
| KP, Lal Kitab, Varshaphal | KP (chart, significators, ruling planets); Lal Kitab (chart, remedies); Varshaphal (chart, Saham, Harsha Bala) a9 | KP (cuspal, sub-planetary), Lal Kitab, Varshaphal, plus Jaimini and a Muhurat finder 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 | Lahiri is named in output; a selectable list 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: three remote servers (Indian, Western, Horoscope), 249 tools in total (128, 57, 64). Listed on the official MCP registry and Glama b11 |
| Official SDKs | Python and TypeScript, both generated from the OpenAPI document (on PyPI and npm) a12 | JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, PHP b12 |
| OpenAPI document | Yes, public at api.asterwise.com/openapi.json a13 | Yes, OpenAPI 3.0 at developers.divineapi.com/openapi.yaml b13 |
| Ephemeris | Swiss Ephemeris with the full data files a14 | Swiss Ephemeris b14 |
| Published accuracy check | Yes: 80 positions checked against NASA JPL Horizons, median 0.050 arcseconds, raw data and script published a15 | not published b15 Claims "accurate to the arc-second"; no published test or benchmark |
| 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 |
Bearer token in the Authorization header plus an api_key field in the request body (the MCP servers take both as headers) 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 b17 Over-quota use is "soft-throttled" |
| Languages | English only | "25+" on the homepage; on the pricing page, with translator, 25 for Horoscope, 12 for Western and 8 for Vedic plans; 8 Indian languages on the kundali page b18 |
| Reports and images | Kundali chart SVG endpoint; no PDF reports; interpretation fields on natal, dasha, dosha and gochar responses a19 | White-label PDFs, WordPress, Shopify and Wix plugins, widgets, public status page 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. Updated the endpoint counts, the languages per product, and authentication: the API key is sent in the request body, not in a header as we wrote before.
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
DivineAPI rows, all read on 16 October 2026:
- Company: https://divineapi.com/
- Free tier: https://divineapi.com/pricing
- Entry paid plan: https://divineapi.com/pricing
- Price per 1,000 calls: https://divineapi.com/pricing
- Endpoints: https://developers.divineapi.com/
- Matchmaking depth: https://divineapi.com/indian-astrology/kundali-api
- Dasha systems: https://developers.divineapi.com/indian-api/kundli-api
- Divisional charts: https://divineapi.com/indian-astrology/kundali-api
- KP, Lal Kitab, Varshaphal: https://developers.divineapi.com/
- Ayanamsa options: https://divineapi.com/indian-astrology/kundali-api
- MCP server: https://developers.divineapi.com/mcp
- Official SDKs: https://developers.divineapi.com/
- OpenAPI document: https://developers.divineapi.com/indian-api/kundli-api
- Ephemeris: https://divineapi.com/
- Published accuracy check: https://divineapi.com/indian-astrology/kundali-api
- Authentication: https://developers.divineapi.com/
- Rate limits: https://divineapi.com/pricing
- Languages: https://divineapi.com/pricing
- Reports and images: https://divineapi.com/pricing
DivineAPI documentation: https://developers.divineapi.com/. Asterwise documentation: docs.asterwise.com.
Questions developers ask
- Is Asterwise an alternative to DivineAPI?
- At volume, DivineAPI is far cheaper per call, has more MCP tools across three servers, and returns output in many languages. Its trial lasts 14 days and asks for a card. Asterwise gives you 500 calls a month with no card and no expiry, one server with one key, and an accuracy check you can rerun yourself.
- How do Asterwise and DivineAPI compare per 1,000 calls?
- Asterwise: $1.00 (Builder); $0.60 (Launch, $30 for 50,000); $0.33 (Scale, $100 for 300,000). DivineAPI: Vedic ₹14.99 (Sampoorna), ₹8.33 (Ananta), ₹5.00 (Prakash); Western ₹3.00 to ₹2.00.
- Can I try Asterwise and DivineAPI without paying?
- Asterwise: 500 calls a month, no card, does not expire. DivineAPI: 14-day trial only, and a credit card is required to activate it; no permanent free tier.
- Does DivineAPI have an MCP server?
- DivineAPI: Yes: three remote servers (Indian, Western, Horoscope), 249 tools in total (128, 57, 64). Listed on the official MCP registry and Glama. 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.