Nova Lite: context, capabilities and where to run it
Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026
Amazon does not publish a token price for this model, so cost depends on where it is hosted. Recorded here for vision.
Capabilities
Context window
300K tokens
Price / mo
API only
Nova Lite is an AI model from Amazon. The vendor does not publish a public per-token price, so the cost cells are left empty rather than guessed.
It holds 300K 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 priceNot publishedper 1M tokens, in / out
Context300K tokenstokens per conversation
VendorAmazonall models from this vendor
TierUnpricedno public rate card
Compared with alternatives
How Nova Lite sits against its neighbours in this rating. Tap a card to open that model.
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 Lite cost?
Amazon does not publish a public per-token rate for this model, so the price cells here are empty rather than estimated.
What is the context window of Nova Lite?
300K tokens in a single conversation.
What can Nova Lite do?
In this rating it is recorded with: text & chat, vision, video, low latency, multilingual, proprietary API.
Is Nova 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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