AstroWay vs Prokerala
Prokerala leads Vedic astrology with 100K credits for $19. AstroWay covers Western + Human Design with MCP and OpenAPI 3.1.
Prokerala is the long-standing Vedic (Jyotish) API — kundli, nakshatras, dashas, matchmaking — with 20+ years behind it. It has no Human Design, no MCP server and no published OpenAPI spec. AstroWay matches the Western/Vedic breadth (723 endpoints) and adds 12 Human Design endpoints, 16 rare techniques and an MCP server.
Side-by-side
| Provider | Entry | Credits | Western | HD | MCP | Unique | OpenAPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AstroWay | $5 | 50K | ✓ 176 | ✓ 12 | ✓ | ✓ 16 | 3.1 |
| Prokerala | $19 | 100K | ✓ 60 | — 0 | — | — 0 | — |
The same natal request
Here's a full natal chart on AstroWay — copy-paste with a free key:
# cURL
curl -X POST https://api.astroway.info/v1/chart \
-H "X-Api-Key: aw_live_your_key" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"date":"1990-07-14","time":"14:30","timezoneOffset":3,
"latitude":50.45,"longitude":30.52}'
// Node.js (fetch)
const r = await fetch("https://api.astroway.info/v1/chart", {
method: "POST",
headers: { "X-Api-Key": process.env.ASTROWAY_API_KEY, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({ date: "1990-07-14", time: "14:30", timezoneOffset: 3,
latitude: 50.45, longitude: 30.52 }),
});
const { data } = await r.json();
console.log(data.planets[0]); // { name: "Sun", longitude: ... }Where AstroWay wins
Western astrology + Human Design in one API. OpenAPI 3.1 → SDK auto-generation. MCP for AI agents.
- Western 176 endpoints vs 60
- Human Design 12 vs 0
- OpenAPI 3.1 vs none
- MCP server vs none
- Full sandbox mode
Pricing in practice
Prokerala’s credit costs swing widely — a basic panchang is cheap, a Saturn-transit PDF runs into hundreds of thousands of credits — which makes mixed workloads hard to budget. AstroWay’s per-endpoint credit costs are flatter and predictable, with 10,000 free credits/month and paid plans from $5.
Decision matrix
Pick AstroWay if
If the app is Western astrology, Human Design, or you need modern LLM integration.
Pick Prokerala if
If the project is exclusively Vedic astrology (Nakshatra, Dasha, Panchang).
How to switch
If you use Prokerala only for Vedic, AstroWay’s vedic endpoints cover the same techniques (dashas, vargas, panchang) plus Lal Kitab, KP and Jaimini. Point your client at api.astroway.info, generate a key, and the OpenAPI 3.1 spec and SDKs handle the request/response mapping.
Start with AstroWay
10,000 credits free. No card. Switch from any competitor in 5 minutes.