Nova Lite 1.0
About this model
Nova Lite 1.0 is an AI model from Amazon, made available through the API on December 5, 2024. It can read up to 300,000 tokens in one request, roughly 563 pages of text, and write up to 5,120 tokens in a single answer. Besides text, it accepts images as input.
Through the API it costs $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens. Its pricing puts it among the more affordable models we track, which makes it a good fit for high-volume tasks.
It can call tools and functions, so developers can connect it to search, databases or other software.
Quality scores
Rankings →Not rated yet. Independent test results usually appear a few weeks after a model is released.
Where to use it
Companies that serve this model through an API: 2. Prices per million tokens, cheapest first.
| Provider | Inputi | Outputi | Contexti | Uptime (24 h)i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon BedrockOfficial | $0.06 | $0.24 | 300K | 73.6% |
Amazon BedrockOfficial | $0.06 | $0.24 | 300K | 100.0% |
Availability and prices come from OpenRouter’s public API and are refreshed daily. Uptime is the share of successful requests over the last 24 hours. Some providers run a compressed version of open models (fp8, int4), which is cheaper but can be slightly less accurate.
Use it in your code
Call Nova Lite 1.0 through OpenRouter’s OpenAI-compatible API: create a key on openrouter.ai, then run one of these examples.
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model": "amazon/nova-lite-v1", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello! What can you do?"}]}'import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key=os.environ["OPENROUTER_API_KEY"])
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
model="amazon/nova-lite-v1",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello! What can you do?"}],
)
print(reply.choices[0].message.content)import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1", apiKey: process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY });
const reply = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "amazon/nova-lite-v1",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello! What can you do?" }],
});
console.log(reply.choices[0].message.content);The same code works with every model on this site: only the model ID changes. Many labs also offer their own API and SDK.
What it costs in practice
- 1,000 chat replies$0.102
- Summarise a 100-page document$0.0032
- An app with 10,000 requests a day for a month$46.80
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News about Amazon
See all →Frequently asked questions
- How much does Nova Lite 1.0 cost?
- Nova Lite 1.0 costs $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens through the API. For example, 1,000 chat replies of about 500 tokens in and 300 out cost around $0.102.
- What is the context window of Nova Lite 1.0?
- Nova Lite 1.0 can read up to 300,000 tokens in one request, about 563 pages of text. It can write up to 5,120 tokens in a single answer.
- Is Nova Lite 1.0 open source?
- No. Nova Lite 1.0 is a closed model: its weights are not published, so you use it through Amazon’s own apps and API, or through cloud providers.
- Who makes Nova Lite 1.0?
- Nova Lite 1.0 is made by Amazon. It became available through the API on December 5, 2024.
- Can Nova Lite 1.0 read images?
- Yes. Besides text, it accepts images as input.
- What are the alternatives to Nova Lite 1.0?
- Models with a similar price from other companies include Granite 4.2 8B, Ling 3.0 Flash Fin and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning. You can compare them side by side on this page.