Asterwise vs Prokerala Astrology API

Facts about Prokerala Astrology API 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

Prokerala publishes a thorough OpenAPI document, serves more than twenty languages and can match 500 profiles in one call. What it does not do is tell you what a call costs: credits per endpoint range from 10 to 20,000, so the same ₹999 buys anywhere from five calls to ten thousand. Asterwise charges per call, publishes what it computes with, and runs an official MCP server.

Moving from Prokerala Astrology API? The Prokerala Astrology API 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.

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 Prokerala Astrology API if

• Your users need Vedic output in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati or Punjabi.
• You need batch matchmaking, PDF reports or a WordPress plugin.
• Your usage is dominated by the cheapest endpoints, where Prokerala's credit pricing works in your favour.

Choose Asterwise if

• You want a bill you can forecast: a call is a call, at $1.00, $0.60 or $0.33 per thousand depending on tier.
• You need Yogini, Ashtottari or Char dasha, or Vimshottari deeper than three levels; Prokerala's OpenAPI document offers Vimshottari to Pratyantar only.
• You need Rajju and Vedha as vetoes on the main Ashtakoot result rather than inside the Porutham responses.
• You want an MCP server on the official registry; Prokerala does not list one.
• You want to verify accuracy before you commit: Asterwise publishes its ephemeris basis and a NASA JPL Horizons check; Prokerala publishes neither.

The full table

Every competitor row carries its source. Prices are shown in the currency each vendor displays and are not converted.

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. Corrected our arithmetic: ₹999 buys from five to ten thousand calls, not fifty to a hundred thousand. Updated the endpoint count (113) and the Porutham wording.

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:

1. Company: https://asterwise.com/terms/
2. Free tier: https://asterwise.com/pricing/
3. Entry paid plan: https://asterwise.com/pricing/
4. Price per 1,000 calls: https://asterwise.com/pricing/
5. Endpoints: https://api.asterwise.com/openapi.json
6. Matchmaking depth: https://api.asterwise.com/openapi.json
7. Dasha systems: https://api.asterwise.com/openapi.json
8. Divisional charts: https://docs.asterwise.com/mcp/tools/get-divisional-chart/
9. KP, Lal Kitab, Varshaphal: https://api.asterwise.com/openapi.json
10. Ayanamsa options: https://docs.asterwise.com/reference/ayanamsa/
11. MCP server: https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=asterwise
12. Official SDKs: https://pypi.org/project/asterwise/
13. OpenAPI document: https://api.asterwise.com/openapi.json
14. Ephemeris: https://asterwise.com/proof/
15. Published accuracy check: https://asterwise.com/accuracy/
16. Authentication: https://api.asterwise.com/health
17. Rate limits: https://docs.asterwise.com/reference/rate-limits/
18. Reports and images: https://api.asterwise.com/openapi.json

Prokerala Astrology API rows, all read on 16 October 2026:

1. Company: https://api.prokerala.com/pricing
2. Free tier: https://api.prokerala.com/pricing
3. Entry paid plan: https://api.prokerala.com/pricing
4. Price per 1,000 calls: https://api.prokerala.com/spec/astrology.v2.yaml
5. Endpoints: https://api.prokerala.com/spec/astrology.v2.yaml
6. Matchmaking depth: https://api.prokerala.com/docs
7. Dasha systems: https://api.prokerala.com/spec/astrology.v2.yaml
8. Divisional charts: https://api.prokerala.com/spec/astrology.v2.yaml
9. KP, Lal Kitab, Varshaphal: https://api.prokerala.com/docs
10. Ayanamsa options: https://api.prokerala.com/spec/astrology.v2.yaml
11. MCP server: https://github.com/prokerala
12. Official SDKs: https://api.prokerala.com/getting-started
13. OpenAPI document: https://api.prokerala.com/getting-started
14. Authentication: https://api.prokerala.com/getting-started
15. Rate limits: https://api.prokerala.com/pricing
16. Languages: https://api.prokerala.com/docs#tag/Languages
17. Reports and images: https://github.com/prokerala/uptime

Prokerala Astrology API documentation: https://api.prokerala.com/docs. Asterwise documentation: docs.asterwise.com.

Questions developers ask

Is Asterwise an alternative to Prokerala Astrology API?

Prokerala publishes a thorough OpenAPI document, serves more than twenty languages and can match 500 profiles in one call. What it does not do is tell you what a call costs: credits per endpoint range from 10 to 20,000, so the same ₹999 buys anywhere from five calls to ten thousand. Asterwise charges per call, publishes what it computes with, and runs an official MCP server.

How do Asterwise and Prokerala Astrology API compare per 1,000 calls?

Asterwise: $1.00 (Builder); $0.60 (Launch, $30 for 50,000); $0.33 (Scale, $100 for 300,000). Prokerala Astrology API: ₹9.99 per 1,000 credits on Ruby; a per-call price is not derivable because endpoints cost from 10 credits (panchang) to 800 (Western charts), 2,000 for calendar and batch calls and 20,000 for raja-yoga, and non-English responses cost double.

Can I try Asterwise and Prokerala Astrology API without paying?

Asterwise: 500 calls a month, no card, does not expire. Prokerala Astrology API: 5,000 credits a month, 5 requests a minute, no card (the FAQ says 2,500 credits).

Does Prokerala Astrology API have an MCP server?

Prokerala Astrology API: No official server. A personal repository (sajithamma/prokerala-mcp-server) exists outside the prokerala GitHub organisation; Prokerala's own organisation publishes an agent-skills repo but no MCP server. 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

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