Nova Lite 1.0
Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 — pricing, 300k context window, API cost calculator and alternatives.
By Amazon
Specs
- Provider
- Amazon
- Slug
- amazon/nova-lite-v1
- Capabilities
- vision, tools
Pricing freshness
- Tier
- standard
- Currency
- USD
- As of
- 2026-05-08 17:08 UTC
Pricing history
Tracking Nova Lite 1.0 pricing since 2026-05-08. We'll plot the chart here once it changes.
Quickstart — call Nova Lite 1.0 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-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-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-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 Lite 1.0?
Nova Lite 1.0 is a large language model API from Amazon with a 300k-token context window. It costs $0.06 per 1M input tokens and $0.24 per 1M output tokens.
How much does Nova Lite 1.0 cost?
Nova Lite 1.0 is priced at $0.06 per 1M input tokens and $0.24 per 1M output tokens via the Amazon API. A 50/50 input/output workload of 1M total tokens costs about $0.15.
What is the context window of Nova Lite 1.0?
Nova Lite 1.0 supports up to 300k tokens of context per request — roughly 600 pages of English text or 37500 lines of code at a typical density.
Does Nova Lite 1.0 support vision, tool use, or JSON mode?
Nova Lite 1.0 supports image input (vision) and tool/function calling. It does not support structured JSON mode.
Who makes Nova Lite 1.0?
Nova Lite 1.0 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 Lite 1.0?
Nova Lite 1.0 is API-only — its weights are not publicly distributed by Amazon, so it cannot be self-hosted today.