Nova Lite 1.0: API pricing, providers and specs
Nova Lite 1.0 is a text model by Amazon. 3 providers serve it, from $0.24 to $0.276 /1M; the lowest price is at OpenRouter.
How Nova Lite 1.0 compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Cheap for its class: at $0.24 /1M, its lowest price undercuts 81% of comparable models (median $1.10).
- Its 300K-token context window is larger than 61% of them (median 262K), about 450 pages of text.
- 3 providers serve it; 52% of comparable models have fewer.
Nova Lite 1.0 prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $0.06/1M | From$0.24/1M | — | 300K |
| AI/ML API | $0.063/1M | $0.254/1M | — | — |
 Cortecs | $0.069/1M | $0.276/1M | — | — |
- OpenRouterFrom$0.24
- AI/ML API$0.254
- Cortecs$0.276
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- Amazon
- Inputs
- Image, Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- 300K≈ 450 pages of text
- Max output
- 5K
- Capabilities
- Tool calling, Vision
- Released
- Dec 5, 2024
- License
- —
- Open weights
- —
Alternatives to Nova Lite 1.0
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
| Model | Lowest price | Context | Arena | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nova Lite 1.0this model | $0.24/1M | 300K | — | 3 |
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| GPT-6 Luna | $0.40/1M | 1.05M | 1578 | 28 |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | $0.30/1M | 1M | 1585 | 27 |
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| Qwen3.8 Flash Next | $0.376/1M | 262K | 1628 | 5 |
 DeepSeek V4 Flash | $0.17/1M | 1.05M | — | 26 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | $0.294/1M | 1.05M | — | 26 |
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The lowest price for Nova Lite 1.0 is $0.24 /1M, at OpenRouter.
OpenRouter, at $0.24 /1M. 3 providers serve Nova Lite 1.0; the table above lists every one with its price.
Nova Lite 1.0 reads up to 300K tokens per request and writes up to 5K.
We have not found Nova Lite 1.0's weights published by its maker.
3 API providers serve Nova Lite 1.0. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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