AstroWay vs Vedika
Vedika has a large Vedic spec with Vastu, Tajaka and Prashna, voice AI and 30 languages. AstroWay gives a live free tier, a hosted MCP server, broader Western and Chinese astrology, and keeps data in the EU.
Checked 2026-10-05 and 2026-10-18 on their public pages. Vedika publishes an OpenAPI 3.0 spec with 778 paths; with the duplicated Vastu tree and synonyms removed it is about 634 unique operations, and its own pages give 250, 500+ and 704. It is strongest on Vedic: Vastu, Tajaka, Prashna, matrimony, plus voice and 30 languages. AstroWay covers 777 endpoints with deeper Western, Hellenistic and Chinese astrology, SVG rendering and webhooks.
Side-by-side
| Provider | Entry | Credits | Western | HD | MCP | Unique | OpenAPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AstroWay | $5 | 50K | ✓ 183 | ✓ 12 | ✓ | ✓ 17 | 3.1 |
| Vedika | $12 | wallet | ✓ 62 | ✓ 10 | ✓ | – 0 | 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":"14:30:00","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
10,000 free credits a month on live calculations (Vedika has no free tier, and its sandbox returns a mock for a fixed chart). Hosted MCP at a URL, no npx. Hellenistic, BaZi, Zi Wei, geomancy, SVG rendering and webhooks in the spec. SDKs for PHP, Go and C# on top of TypeScript and Python.
- Free 10,000 credits vs no free tier
- Live calculations vs a mock sandbox
- Hosted MCP vs stdio only
- BaZi 18, Zi Wei 14 vs 2 and 0
- EU data vs India (Mumbai)
Pricing in practice
Vedika plans start at $12 a month, credited to a wallet, with a natal chart at about $0.02 and a kundli at about $0.028. There is no free tier and no trial; the keyless sandbox returns fixed mock data. AstroWay gives 10,000 free credits a month on live calculations and paid plans from $5/mo.
Decision matrix
Pick AstroWay if
If you want to test on real calculations before paying, connect an agent to a hosted MCP server, work with Western or Chinese astrology, or the data has to stay in the EU.
Pick Vedika if
If you need Vastu, Tajaka or Prashna, voice AI, or answers in Indian languages.
How to switch
Vedika takes the time zone as an offset like +05:30; AstroWay accepts an IANA zone, or "auto" to look it up from the coordinates, and applies the offset that zone kept on that date, historical summer time included. Repoint to api.astroway.info, send the key in X-Api-Key, and use the OpenAPI 3.1 spec or a typed SDK. For agents, replace the npx MCP server with the hosted URL.
Start with AstroWay
10,000 credits free. No card. Switch from any competitor in 5 minutes.