AstrologyAPI alternative

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.

Five things to check before you switch

Where a cell says not published, we could not find the fact on AstrologyAPI's pages on 16 October 2026. That is a statement about what you can verify before you build, not about the service.

Where AstrologyAPI is the better fit

• 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.

Its coverage rows, read on 16 October 2026: SDKs, 8: Node.js, Python, Java, Swift, Android, PHP, .NET, Ruby; languages, 8 via an Accept-Language header: English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada; reports and images, PDF reports (eight Vedic and five Western types), chart image endpoint, plus Astrocartography, Human Design, Palmistry, Face Reading and Vastu APIs. If any of those is a requirement, the switch will cost you something and this page will not pretend otherwise.

Where Asterwise is the better fit

• 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.

What the migration involves

Asterwise is not a drop-in replacement; the endpoints and field names differ. In practice a migration is four steps:

1. Authentication. AstrologyAPI uses HTTP Basic (user ID and API key), or a wallet access token in an x-astrologyapi-key header. Asterwise uses a Bearer token or an X-API-Key header, and API responses carry an HMAC signature header you can verify.
2. Ayanamsa. On Asterwise the ayanamsa is a request field on chart calls (lahiri by default, raman, kp, and tropical everywhere except Lal Kitab; the KP endpoints always use the KP ayanamsa), and the natal chart response reports the ayanamsa used and its value, so the chart is never ambiguous about its offset.
3. Field mapping. Pull the OpenAPI document or install the Python or TypeScript SDK generated from it; the Vedic and Western pages show real responses for the reference chart so you can map fields before writing code.
4. Matchmaking semantics. Asterwise returns Rajju and Vedha as explicit vetoes beside the 36-point Ashtakoot score rather than folding them into it; if your product surfaces a single number, decide how to show a veto. Details on the kundli matching page.

Run both APIs on the same birth data during the switch. The free tier is enough for that, and the reference chart gives you a known-good chart to compare against.

Questions people 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.

What does a call cost on each?

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 (its pricing page, read on 16 October 2026: Indian astrology from ₹1,500 a month (blog: $29); Western from ₹2,999; Horoscope from ₹3,500).

Can I try both 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).

Is Asterwise a drop-in replacement?

No. The request and response shapes differ, so a switch is a small migration, not a URL change. AstrologyAPI authenticates with HTTP Basic (user ID and API key), or a wallet access token in an x-astrologyapi-key header; Asterwise uses a Bearer token or X-API-Key header. Asterwise takes the ayanamsa as a request field on chart calls (Lahiri, Raman, KP, or tropical everywhere except Lal Kitab; the KP endpoints always use KP) and returns Rajju and Vedha as vetoes on the matchmaking response. The OpenAPI document and the generated SDKs give you the exact field names to map to.

What does AstrologyAPI have that Asterwise does not?

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.

How were these facts checked?

From AstrologyAPI's own public pages, read on 16 October 2026; every row of the full comparison links the page it came from. See the full sourced table.

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. The full row-by-row table with every source is on Asterwise vs AstrologyAPI; the same table exists for six other vendors.

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.

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