Prokerala is a two-decade brand with a real free tier. Here is honestly where we differ.
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Prokerala is a long-established astrology brand with official SDKs (PHP, C#, Python, Ruby), Western astrology and regional calendars, and a genuinely free plan (5,000 credits/month, no card). If you need Tamil/Telugu/Malayalam calendars or Western charts, it is a solid choice.
| Prokerala* | GrahaAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing unit | Credits — each endpoint costs a different amount (Panchang 10, birth chart 50, horoscope 250, PDF 6,000+) | 1 call = 1 call on every endpoint, no credit math |
| Hindi/regional output | ≈2× credits vs English | Hindi + English included in every response, same price |
| Developer testing | No sandbox — trial calls consume plan credits | Unlimited sk-test- keys, production-identical structure |
| Over quota (paid) | Credits exhaust; unused credits don't carry forward | Throttled 0.5–2s, never blocked; overage billed flat per 1K |
| Entry paid plan | ₹999/mo (100K credits) | ₹499/mo (10,000 calls) |
*Prokerala details read from api.prokerala.com/pricing and /api-credits on 2026-09-01 — check their site for current terms.
With credits, a Hindi birth-chart call can cost 10× a basic panchang call — your bill depends on which features users touch. With GrahaAPI your bill is just call volume. If your product is Hindi-first (matrimony, panchang apps, jyotish tools), bilingual-included output usually decides it.
Both are JSON REST APIs taking birth date/time/lat/lon. Field names differ, so plan a mapping layer; test the whole migration free on sk-test keys before touching production. Our docs list every request field per endpoint.
No — GrahaAPI is deliberately Vedic-only (23 modules: Kundli, Panchang, Dasha, Milan, KP, Lal Kitab, Ashtakavarga and more). If you need Western charts, Prokerala covers that better.
Depends on usage: Prokerala's 5,000 monthly credits ≈ 100 English birth-chart calls (fewer in Hindi). GrahaAPI's free plan is 1,000 calls regardless of endpoint or language, plus unlimited test-mode calls that never touch your quota.