Nova 2 Lite
Amazon Nova 2 Lite — pricing, 1000k context window, API cost calculator and alternatives.
By Amazon
Specs
- Provider
- Amazon
- Slug
- amazon/nova-2-lite-v1
- Capabilities
- vision, tools
Pricing freshness
- Tier
- standard
- Currency
- USD
- As of
- 2026-05-08 17:08 UTC
Pricing history
Tracking Nova 2 Lite pricing since 2026-05-08. We'll plot the chart here once it changes.
Quickstart — call Nova 2 Lite from your app
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"model": "amazon/nova-2-lite-v1",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
}'Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs
# pip install openai
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
api_key=os.environ["OPENROUTER_API_KEY"],
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="amazon/nova-2-lite-v1",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs
// npm install openai
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
apiKey: process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY,
});
const resp = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "amazon/nova-2-lite-v1",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(resp.choices[0].message.content);Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs
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Frequently asked questions
What is Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite is a large language model API from Amazon with a 1M-token context window. It costs $0.3 per 1M input tokens and $2.5 per 1M output tokens.
How much does Nova 2 Lite cost?
Nova 2 Lite is priced at $0.3 per 1M input tokens and $2.5 per 1M output tokens via the Amazon API. A 50/50 input/output workload of 1M total tokens costs about $1.4.
What is the context window of Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite supports up to 1M tokens of context per request — roughly 2000 pages of English text or 125000 lines of code at a typical density.
Does Nova 2 Lite support vision, tool use, or JSON mode?
Nova 2 Lite supports image input (vision) and tool/function calling. It does not support structured JSON mode.
Who makes Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite is built and operated by Amazon. Pricing, context window, and capabilities on this page are refreshed nightly from Amazon's public catalog.
Can I self-host Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite is API-only — its weights are not publicly distributed by Amazon, so it cannot be self-hosted today.