Every API call costs credits. Credits are deducted from your account balance atomically — if the call fails, no credits are charged.

Developer plans

Plan	Price	Credits	Rate limit	API keys
Trial	Free	500 (one-time)	5 req/min	1
Starter	$29/mo	50,000/mo	60 req/min	3
Growth	$99/mo	250,000/mo	120 req/min	10

Credits on Starter and Growth plans refill automatically at the start of each billing month. Trial credits do not refill.

Credit cost per endpoint

Free-tier endpoints (2 credits)

Endpoint	Credits
POST /v1/birth-chart	2
POST /v1/planets	2
POST /v1/ascendant	2
POST /v1/rashi	2
POST /v1/nakshatra	2
POST /v1/elements	2
POST /v1/panchang	2
POST /v1/rashifal	2
POST /v1/basic-details	2
POST /v1/daily-insight	3

Personal-tier endpoints (5 credits)

These endpoints require a personal or higher consumer plan on the account making the request.

Endpoint	Credits
POST /v1/personality	5
POST /v1/house-lords	5
POST /v1/atmakaraka	5
POST /v1/conjunctions	5
POST /v1/aspects	5
POST /v1/yogas	5
POST /v1/dosha	5
POST /v1/ashtakavarga	5
POST /v1/shadbala	5
POST /v1/functional	5
POST /v1/vargas	5
POST /v1/predictions	5
POST /v1/dasha	5
POST /v1/transits	5
POST /v1/sade-sati	5
POST /v1/remedies	5
POST /v1/matching	5

AI endpoints (20 credits)

Endpoint	Credits
POST /v1/guru	20

Report endpoints (50 credits, personal plan)

Endpoint	Credits
POST /v1/report/kundli	50
POST /v1/report/predictions	50
POST /v1/report/compatibility	50

Checking your balance

curl https://api.askvedicguru.com/api/api-keys \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response includes:

{
  "data": {
    "credits": 49234,
    "creditsRefillAt": "2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "developerPlan": "starter",
    "rateLimitPerMinute": 60
  }
}