This article compares that platform — VedicRishi / AstrologyAPI.com — against Astrology API, head to head, as of May 2026.
TL;DR comparison
| Dimension | Astrology API | VedicRishi / AstrologyAPI.com |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $0/mo (50 requests) | Free credits on signup (~10,000 calls) |
| Pricing model | Flat per-request tiers | Pay-as-you-go credit wallet |
| Paid entry | $11/mo (1,000 requests) | Credit top-ups, no monthly commit |
| Endpoints | 100+ | 300+ (counted across all suites) |
| House systems | 23 | ~8 in standard endpoints |
| Languages | 9+ output languages | 22+ (heavy Indian-language coverage) |
| Response time | ~300ms median | 400–700ms median |
| Ephemeris | Swiss Ephemeris (DE431-derived) | Swiss Ephemeris-based |
| OpenAPI spec | Yes | No public OpenAPI file |
| Free tier | Always-free 50/mo (no card) | Free credits on signup; no permanent free tier |
| Best for | Predictable scale, Western depth, multi-tradition | Indian-language apps, Vedic-heavy, low-commitment usage |
What each provider is
Both are commercial APIs with real production users. The platforms differ most in pricing model, latency, and language coverage.
Pricing in detail
Key characteristics of the credit model:
- Credits do not expire
- Volume discounts kick in at higher spend bands (up to 60% off at the top)
- 20% annual discount on suite subscriptions
- PDF reports priced separately, from ₹1.50 to ₹100 per report
Astrology API uses flat monthly tiers:
- Free: $0/mo, 50 requests (always free, no card)
- Starter: $11/mo, 1,000 requests
- Professional: $37/mo, 55,000 requests
- Business: $99/mo, 220,000 requests (all endpoints)
- Enterprise: $399+/mo, unlimited with dedicated capacity
Cost at two scale points
The trade-off is honest: flat pricing is predictable, credit pricing is flexible. Pick the one that matches how your team likes to think about cost.
Endpoint coverage
- Indian / Vedic: kundli, panchang, muhurta, divisional charts, dashas, doshas, yogas, ashtakavarga
- Compatibility: Guna Milan (Ashta Kuta), synastry, composite
- KP astrology: KP chart, significators, rulings
- Western astrology: natal, transits, progressions, synastry, composite
- Horoscope feeds: daily/weekly/monthly in 22+ languages by zodiac sign
- AI chat: birth-chart-grounded conversational astrology
- Specialized: astrocartography, Human Design, palmistry, numerology (Pythagorean and Chaldean), Tarot
- PDF reports: 100+ pre-formatted report types
Astrology API ships ~100 endpoints (counted as unique calculation types, not language variants):
- Natal: 23 house systems, 97+ Arabic parts, fixed stars, asteroids, midpoints, antiscia
- Predictive: secondary progressions, solar arc, primary directions, profections, zodiacal releasing, solar/lunar/Venus returns
- Synastry, composite, Davison, harmonics, draconic
- Astrocartography: ACG lines, paran lines, local space, relocation
- Vedic: kundli, navamsa and other divisional charts, vimshottari dasha, KP-style points, panchang, nakshatra
- Chinese: BaZi, Zi Wei Dou Shu, Chinese zodiac, flying stars
- Tarot, numerology, human design, palm reading
Where each platform wins:
- VedicRishi / AstrologyAPI.com is broader on horoscope language coverage (22+ languages versus 9+) and ships a richer set of pre-formatted PDF report types.
- Astrology API is deeper on Western advanced techniques (Arabic parts, harmonics, primary directions, zodiacal releasing) and has a more uniform endpoint shape across the surface area.
If your product needs daily horoscope feeds in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, and other Indian languages out of the box, VedicRishi has a real edge. If your product needs structured natal data across 23 house systems with Arabic parts and asteroids, Astrology API does that natively in one call.
Performance and accuracy
Response times:
- Astrology API: ~300ms median for natal endpoints from US/EU
- VedicRishi / AstrologyAPI.com: 400–700ms median, faster from Indian regions
The platform serves global traffic but appears to be optimized for South Asian users, which makes sense given its origin. If your user base is in India and Southeast Asia, the latency difference shrinks or reverses. If your user base is in North America or Europe, expect Astrology API to be measurably faster.
Both platforms market 99.9%+ uptime. Real-world uptime depends on observation period and region; treat any vendor's marketing number as a baseline rather than a guarantee.
Developer experience
Astrology API provides:
- OpenAPI 3.0 specification
- Bearer API key authentication
- Consistent JSON envelope across all endpoints
- Inline "try it" panels in docs
- Generated client libraries for major languages
- Structured error bodies with HTTP status codes
VedicRishi / AstrologyAPI.com provides:
- REST API with HTTP basic auth (user_id + API key)
- Per-endpoint documentation pages with curl examples
- No public OpenAPI/Swagger file as of this writing
- WordPress, Shopify, and Wix plugins for non-developer integration
- Embeddable widgets for quick deployment
The widget and plugin story is genuinely useful if you are building a WordPress astrology site and want a one-day integration. For a custom mobile app or SaaS backend, Astrology API's OpenAPI spec and structured responses make code-generation and testing cleaner.
Documentation depth is comparable. Astrology API's docs lean toward explicit response schemas and consistent patterns. VedicRishi / AstrologyAPI.com docs lean toward worked examples and pre-built widgets.
When to choose Astrology API
Pick Astrology API if any of these apply:
- Your user base is primarily in North America or Europe and you need low latency from those regions
- You need a permanent free tier (50 requests/month forever, no card)
- You want flat per-request pricing for predictable budgeting
- You need deep Western technique coverage (Arabic parts, harmonics, primary directions, zodiacal releasing)
- You want an OpenAPI spec for client generation and IDE autocomplete
- You are building a multi-tradition app (Western + Vedic + Chinese in one bill)
When to choose VedicRishi / AstrologyAPI.com
Pick VedicRishi / AstrologyAPI.com if any of these apply:
- Your user base is in India, the broader South Asian region, or the Indian diaspora
- You need horoscope feeds in 22+ languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi
- You want pre-formatted PDF reports as a delivered output, not a JSON-to-PDF you build yourself
- Your traffic is bursty and the pay-as-you-go credit wallet matches your cost model
- You are integrating into WordPress, Shopify, or Wix and want a turnkey plugin
- You need Guna Milan and other India-specific matchmaking endpoints with full deshamadi calculations
There is a real audience for whom this is the better choice. The credit wallet + pay-as-you-go model is unusual in this space, and it works well for irregular traffic.
Migration notes
Both APIs are Swiss Ephemeris-based, so calculation output matches closely once you align defaults (ayanamsa, house system, timezone). High-level mapping for migration to Astrology API:
| VedicRishi / AstrologyAPI.com | Astrology API equivalent |
|---|---|
/v1/horoscope_chart_image | /v1/natal/chart + your own SVG render, or /v1/natal/chart/svg |
/v1/horo_chart_image (Vedic) | /v1/vedic/birth-chart |
/v1/match_making_score | /v1/vedic/compatibility (Ashta Kuta) |
/v1/synastry_horoscope | /v1/synastry/chart |
/v1/daily_horoscope | /v1/horoscope/daily |
/v1/panchang | /v1/vedic/panchang |
/v1/numero_table | /v1/numerology/core |
/v1/tarot_reading | /v1/tarot/three-card (or other Tarot spreads) |
Two operational notes:
- VedicRishi / AstrologyAPI.com uses HTTP basic auth (user_id + API key). Astrology API uses a bearer token. The migration is one header change.
- Date formats: VedicRishi accepts day/month/year as separate parameters. Astrology API uses ISO 8601
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ. A small adapter handles this in 10 lines.
FAQ
Is VedicRishi the same as AstrologyAPI.com?
Is VedicRishi / AstrologyAPI.com cheaper than Astrology API?
For low-volume, mixed-endpoint traffic, the credit wallet can be cheaper because you only pay for what you use. For predictable monthly usage at scale (10,000+ requests/month), Astrology API's flat tiers are usually competitive or cheaper, and they are easier to budget.
Which API has better Vedic coverage?
VedicRishi / AstrologyAPI.com has broader pre-built Vedic content, especially PDF reports and language variants. Astrology API has structurally similar Vedic calculations (kundli, dashas, nakshatra, divisional charts, panchang) but fewer canned outputs. If you want a JSON of the data, both work. If you want a pre-formatted Hindi PDF report delivered to a user, VedicRishi has more options out of the box.
Does VedicRishi support OpenAPI / Swagger?
Not publicly as of this writing. The documentation is per-endpoint with curl examples but does not include an OpenAPI 3.0 spec file. Astrology API publishes a full OpenAPI 3.0 specification you can import into any tooling.
What about response time from India?
VedicRishi / AstrologyAPI.com generally responds faster to Indian-region requests than Astrology API. If your user base is in India, this is a real consideration. If your user base is global or US/EU-centric, Astrology API's CDN-fronted setup typically wins on latency.
