Updated June 2026 • Honest & Sourced
A fair, side-by-side comparison of the five leading astrology APIs
Vedika · RoxyAPI · Prokerala · DivineAPI · AstrologyAPI — what each does well, then the real differences.
Most "best astrology API" pages exist to make one product look like the only sensible choice. This one is written differently. Each provider below earns its place in the market by doing something well, and we say so plainly before getting to where Vedika is genuinely different.
We do not invent competitor figures. Where we are not certain of an exact number — an endpoint count, a price tier, an accuracy claim — we describe it qualitatively and point you to the provider's own pricing or docs page. Always verify current pricing directly, because every provider changes plans over time.
| Provider | Best at | Systems | Built-in AI chat | Entry price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vedika | Natural-language answers, multi-system, open engine | Vedic + Western + KP | Yes | $12/mo |
| RoxyAPI | Clean REST computation, Western coverage | Western (+ Vedic data) | No | From ~$39/mo* |
| Prokerala | Well-documented Vedic computation, free tier | Vedic | No | From ~$19/mo* |
| DivineAPI | Broad multi-system computation catalogue | Vedic + Western + more | No | Varies* |
| AstrologyAPI | Long-running Vedic computation provider | Vedic (+ Western) | No | From ~$29/mo* |
*Entry prices reflect commonly-published tiers and may change. Confirm on each provider's current pricing page. Vedika's $12/month and ~$0.01–$0.05 per-query pricing is our own published rate.
RoxyAPI offers a clean, modern REST surface over Swiss-Ephemeris computation. If you want straightforward natal, transit and synastry data with predictable JSON and solid Western-astrology coverage, it is a capable, no-frills computation API. It is a real alternative for developers who simply need accurate positions and aspects and do not need a conversational layer.
Prokerala is one of the most established Vedic astrology APIs. Its documentation is good, it has a generous free tier for evaluation, and its Vedic feature set — kundali, dasha, panchang, matching — is mature and well-tested. For teams building traditional Vedic features who want a dependable, proven provider, Prokerala is a sound default.
DivineAPI ships a broad computation catalogue that spans multiple systems and divination types. If raw breadth of computation endpoints is your priority and you plan to build your own interpretation layer on top, it gives you a lot of data surface to work with.
AstrologyAPI is a long-running provider with a wide Vedic computation set and predictions in several languages. It is a familiar, battle-tested choice in the Indian astrology-tech ecosystem and integrates cleanly with standard REST tooling.
All four of the above are legitimate, capable computation APIs. If your application only needs to calculate charts and you will write your own interpretation logic, any of them can serve you well. The question this page really answers is: when is Vedika the better fit?
The other four APIs return computation data. Vedika returns answers. A single endpoint — POST /api/v1/astrology/query at https://api.vedika.io — accepts a free-text question ("When is a good time to start a business?") plus birth details and replies in plain language, grounded in the chart facts Vedika has already computed. There is also a voice path and a fast path for latency-sensitive apps. Few providers on this list ships a conversational layer; with them, the interpretation work is yours to build.
Vedika serves Vedic (sidereal), Western (tropical) and KP from the same API, plus Jaimini, Tajaka, Lal Kitab, Vastu, Tarot, Chinese astrology and numerology. Most competitors specialise in one tradition — typically Vedic or Western — so a multi-system app would otherwise mean stitching together several providers.
Vedika's charts are computed by XALEN Ephemeris, Vedika's own engine, open-sourced under Apache-2.0 (crates.io/xalen, PyPI xalen, npm @xalen/wasm, ~2,200 tests). It is validated against the public JPL DE440 reference ephemeris and the swetest tool, with no chart deviating beyond 0.1° across a reproducible JPL DE440 benchmark. This is astronomical precision you can verify yourself — distinct from any claim about astrological interpretation. Most APIs resell a closed third-party ephemeris that cannot be independently audited.
Vedika ships a leading public astrology Model Context Protocol server (npx @vedika-io/mcp-server, 36 tools), so AI agents can call astrology natively. If you are building an agent or assistant, this is a category of access none of the other providers offer.
Vedika exposes 700+ API operations across 25 domains, supports 30 languages (15 Indic), and starts at $12/month — the lowest entry tier among the providers compared here — with a free sandbox and per-query pricing of roughly $0.01–$0.05.
Read the detailed head-to-heads: Vedika vs RoxyAPI, Vedika vs Prokerala, Vedika vs DivineAPI, and the full comparison hub.
Free sandbox. Production from $12/month with the AI query endpoint included.