Nova 2 Lite API Pricing
Amazon · Mid-tier · Proprietary · released 2025-12. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-09-28.
Nova 2 Lite has held the same list price since 2026-08-15 and is the 21st cheapest of 108 Mid-tier models. Only one host, Amazon Bedrock, sells it, so there is no second price to shop. No Arena score is published for it, so it carries no Efficiency score and cannot hold the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $0.30 per 1M tokens
- Output: $2.50 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (input/output): not published
- Prompt-cache read: not published
- Context window: 1M
- AWS Bedrock regions: ap-northeast-1, ap-northeast-3, ap-southeast-1, eu-central-1, eu-north-1, eu-south-1, eu-south-2, eu-west-1, eu-west-3, us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-2
Nova 2 Lite market position
On blended price ($1.84 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 79% of Mid-tier models: 21st cheapest of 108, tied with 2 others. Across every category it is cheaper than 41% of priced text models in the catalogue: 163rd cheapest of 281, tied with 2 others.
Nova 2 Lite licence, size and capabilities
Nova 2 Lite is recorded here as proprietary: access is through an API, priced by the token. Its parameter count is not published. Listed capabilities: Text, Vision, Reasoning, Code, Agents. Filling its 1M context window once costs $0.30 in input tokens at list price.
Monthly cost at 100K requests, by business use case
From the after-discounts figure (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where the provider publishes those rates), which assumes you implement both, to the list price. One figure means no discount is published.
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Monthly (after discounts – list) |
|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $170 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $260 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $600 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $525 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $590 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $195 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $235 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $930 |
Nova 2 Lite pricing by host
A host is a company that runs the model and sells it by the token — the lab that made it, a cloud platform like Amazon Bedrock, Azure or Vertex, or an independent provider. One model, several sellers, and often several prices. This model is sold by 1 host. The price quoted above is the one we publish so that models stay comparable; it is not necessarily the cheapest way to buy this model. List prices as published on 2026-09-28 via OpenRouter — negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
Amazon Bedrock is the only host with a published rate, $0.30 input / $2.50 output per 1M tokens, which is the price shown on this page.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Bedrock (the price shown above) | $0.30 | $2.50 |
Nova 2 Lite price history
Nova 2 Lite has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.30 input / $2.50 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-09-28 snapshot.
Alternatives to Nova 2 Lite
- Next cheaper Mid-tier model: Kimi K2 0711 (Moonshot) at $1.78 blended, 3% less.
- Next more expensive: Nemotron 3 Ultra (Nvidia) at $1.86 blended, 1% more.
Common questions about Nova 2 Lite pricing
- How much does Nova 2 Lite cost?
- Nova 2 Lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens on the API.
- Does Nova 2 Lite offer batch or cached pricing?
- No batch or cache pricing is published for this model.
- What would Nova 2 Lite cost per month?
- For a support-ticket workload (1,500 input + 500 output tokens per request) at 100K requests/month, Nova 2 Lite costs about $170 at list prices.
- Has the price of Nova 2 Lite changed?
- Nova 2 Lite has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.30 input / $2.50 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-09-28 snapshot.
These are list prices: real cost also depends on caching, batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and existing contracts. Get a FinOps review from OptimNow or compare all models.
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