Nova 2 Lite: API pricing, context window and capabilities

Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026

Nova 2 Lite costs $0.3 per 1M input tokens and $2.5 per 1M output tokens, with a 256K context window. Mid-priced: dearer than 55% of this rating. Recorded for vision.

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Capabilities
Text & chatVisionVideo
API $/1M (in / out)
$0.3 / $2.5
Context window
256K tokens
Price / mo
API only
OverviewReviews

Nova 2 Lite is an AI model from Amazon, priced at $0.3 input and $2.5 output per 1M tokens. That places it in the mid tier of this rating — dearer than 55% of the 205 priced models listed.

It holds 256K tokens in a single conversation. Capabilities recorded in this rating: text & chat, vision, video, low latency, multilingual. Access is through the API rather than a consumer subscription.

API price$0.3 / $2.5per 1M tokens, in / out
Context256K tokenstokens per conversation
VendorAmazonall models from this vendor
TierMiddearer than 55% of models

Cost calculator

Standard$1.95AED 7 per month
With batch −50%$0.97AED 4 per month
With caching on input$1.88AED 7 per month
Standard$19.50AED 72 per month
With batch −50%$9.75AED 36 per month
With caching on input$18.82AED 69 per month
Standard$97.50AED 358 per month
With batch −50%$48.75AED 179 per month
With caching on input$94.13AED 346 per month
Standard$390AED 1,432 per month
With batch −50%$195AED 716 per month
With caching on input$377AED 1,383 per month

Assumes a 1:3 input-to-output ratio, which is typical for chat and generation. Dirham figures use 3.6725 per dollar. Batch and caching discounts apply where the vendor offers them.

Compared with alternatives

How Nova 2 Lite sits against its neighbours in this rating. Tap a card to open that model.

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
Cheaper
Alibaba (Qwen)
$0.29 / $2.4262.1K tokens
Grok 4.3
Closest match
xAI
$1.25 / $2.51M tokens
Qwen3.8 27B
Step up
Alibaba (Qwen)
$0.42 / $31M tokens

Good and poor fit

Good fit
  • Reading screenshots, charts, scanned documents and photos.
  • High-volume routing, classification and autocomplete.
Poor fit
  • Long multi-step reasoning, where a larger model finishes in fewer attempts.
  • Integrations that depend on structured function calls.

Related filters

Text & chat234 models for text generation and chat
Vision159 models that read images
Low latency76 small, fast models for volume
MultilingualAll 245 models work beyond English
Proprietary API151 closed-weight, API-only models
Amazon7 models from this vendor
All 245 modelsThe full rating with filters and prices

Frequently asked questions

How much does Nova 2 Lite cost?

$0.3 / $2.5 per 1M tokens, input and output. In dirhams that is roughly AED 1.10 per 1M input tokens. Batch processing halves it where the vendor offers it.

What is the context window of Nova 2 Lite?

256K tokens in a single conversation.

What can Nova 2 Lite do?

In this rating it is recorded with: text & chat, vision, video, low latency, multilingual, proprietary API.

Is Nova 2 Lite a good choice?

It depends on the job. See the good-fit and poor-fit lists above, and compare against the neighbouring models before committing.

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