AstroWay vs RoxyAPI
RoxyAPI offers 90 endpoints at $39 with 5K credits. AstroWay matches the coverage at $5 with 50K credits.
RoxyAPI bundles 12 spiritual domains (astrology, tarot, numerology and more) under one flat $39/month key and ships a Remote MCP server. AstroWay’s engine is Swiss Ephemeris compiled to WebAssembly in-house — no upstream API dependency — across 723 endpoints, with full Human Design and a free tier (10,000 credits/month) RoxyAPI doesn’t offer.
Side-by-side
| Provider | Entry | Credits | Western | HD | MCP | Unique | OpenAPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AstroWay | $5 | 50K | ✓ 176 | ✓ 12 | ✓ | ✓ 16 | 3.1 |
| RoxyAPI | $39 | 5K | ✓ 90 | ✓ 4 | ✓ | ✓ 2 | 3.0 |
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
8× cheaper at 10× more credits. Full HD coverage 12 vs 4 endpoints. 15 unique techniques vs 2.
- $5 vs $39 — 8× cheaper
- 50K credits vs 5K
- 12 vs 4 HD endpoints
- 15 unique vs 2
- OpenAPI 3.1 vs 3.0
Pricing in practice
RoxyAPI is a flat $39/month for ~25K requests — simple, but there is no free tier to prototype against. AstroWay starts free at 10,000 credits/month and its first paid tier is $5/mo, so low-volume and side-project apps can ship without paying up front.
Decision matrix
Pick AstroWay if
If you want a modern stack at a fraction of the price — MCP, Astrocartography, OpenAPI 3.1 codegen (TS/Python SDK on roadmap).
Pick RoxyAPI if
If you prefer a legacy provider with a long tail (10+ years).
How to switch
Both expose REST plus an MCP server, so an AI-agent integration maps over directly — swap the MCP package to @astroway/mcp and change the base URL. The typed SDKs and OpenAPI 3.1 spec cover the plain HTTP path.
Start with AstroWay
10,000 credits free. No card. Switch from any competitor in 5 minutes.