Choosing a Vedic astrology API

There are a handful of serious options and they differ more than the marketing suggests. This is the comparison we would want if we were the ones integrating — what each covers, where each is genuinely stronger, and which one to pick for a given job.

The short version

Pick Rajvidya if you need breadth in one contract — 44 endpoints across 29 areas including Vastu and numerology, with interpretation text in 14 languages, not just the calculation.
Pick a narrower API if you need only birth charts and matching and want the smallest possible surface to learn.
Build it yourself only if astrology calculation is your core product. Swiss Ephemeris is free; the two years of rule encoding on top of it are what you are actually buying.

Feature coverage

Capability	Rajvidya	Prokerala	AstrologyAPI	DivineAPI
Birth chart / kundli	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kundli matching (Ashtakoota)	Yes, plus Dashakoota	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dasha and panchang	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
KP and Jaimini systems	Yes	Partial	Yes	Partial
Vastu analysis	Yes	No	No	No
Numerology	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Narrative interpretation text	Yes, 14 languages	Limited	Yes, English-first	Yes
Stateless mode (nothing stored)	Yes	Varies	Varies	Varies
Embeddable matching widget	Yes, one script tag	No	No	No
Free tier without a card	Yes	Yes	Trial credits	Yes

Competitor rows describe what each provider publicly documents and were checked when this page was written. Verify against their current docs before making a decision — they change, and we are not a neutral party.

Where each one is the right answer

Matrimonial platform

Matching is the whole job and volume is high, so price per match and integration effort decide it. Our embeddable widget means a non-technical site can ship matching without an engineer, which is usually the actual blocker rather than the API itself.

See the matching widget

Consumer astrology app

You will want interpretation text, not just planetary positions, and you will want it in the language your users read. That is the difference that shows up in retention, and it is where a calculation-only API leaves you writing content yourself.

Media or publishing site

You need daily horoscope and panchang on a schedule, in several languages, and you need it to render inside a CMS you may not control. A content feed suits this better than a general API.

Research or professional tooling

Divisional charts, multiple ayanamsa and house systems, KP and Jaimini matter more than interpretation. Compare on the depth of the calculation surface and ignore the content features entirely.

Our pricing

Plan	Price	Included credits
Free	$0	100
Indie	$29/mo	5000
Business	$99/mo	25000
Scale	$399/mo	150000

Full detail on the pricing page.

Try it before you decide

The sandbox needs no card and the first call takes about three minutes. That is a faster answer than any comparison table, including this one.

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