Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B API pricing
Nvidia · Budget price tier · NVIDIA Open Model License · released 2025-12. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-12.
A support ticket workload of 100K requests a month costs $21.00 on Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B; the next cheaper model in the Budget price tier for this workload, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, does it for $20.50. The price we quote for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has changed 3 times since 2026-08-15, most recently on 2026-10-08 when the quoted host changed (+20.0%); it is now the 39th cheapest of 160 models in the Budget price tier. Only one host, Nebius, sells it, so there is no second price to shop. It is rated a stable release but does not meet all four criteria of the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $0.06 per 1M tokens
- Output: $0.24 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: $0.012 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 262K tokens
- Arena ELO: 1348 as of 2026-11-08
Available on
AWS Bedrock regions: ap-northeast-1, eu-west-1, us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-2
Market position
On blended price ($0.186 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 75% of models in the Budget price tier: 39th cheapest of 160, tied with one other. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 87% of priced text models in the catalogue: 39th cheapest of 303, tied with one other. Its Arena ELO of 1348 ranks 124th of the 160 models that carry one, above 23% of them. With an Arena score of 1348, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B sits below OptimNow's lowest working quality threshold, Standard (Arena 1420+), so the quality-bar method would not shortlist it for any of the 8 use cases the table prices. Each threshold is a distance below the best ranked model, which scores 1530 on Arena scores as of 8 Nov 2026.
Licence, size and capabilities
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is open weights, which is not the same as open source: the weights are published, but under NVIDIA Open Model License, a licence that restricts some uses. Read it before self-hosting commercially. Its published size is 30B parameters. Listed capabilities: Text, Reasoning, Agents. Filling its 262K context window once costs $0.0157 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
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Nebius is the only host with a published rate, $0.06 input / $0.24 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. It serves a quantized fp8 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Precision |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebius (price we quote) | $0.06 | $0.24 | fp8 |
List prices as published on 2026-11-12, via OpenRouter. Negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
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 Nvidia 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 | $17 – $21 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $24 – $31 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $84 – $89 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $56 – $58 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $59 – $66 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $21 – $23 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $28 – $29 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $88 – $108 |
Price history
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.05 input / $0.20 output per 1M tokens. The price we quote has changed 3 times since then, every time through a change of quoted host rather than a repricing. The latest change, on 2026-10-08, was +20.0% on the blended price (30% input, 70% output), to $0.06 input / $0.24 output (quoted host changed, not a repricing). Net of all changes, the blended price is +20.0% against 2026-08-15.
| Date | Old price (in / out) | New price (in / out) | Blended change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | $0.05 / $0.20 | $0.06 / $0.24 | +20.0% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) |
| 2026-09-22 | $0.06 / $0.24 | $0.05 / $0.20 | -16.7% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) |
| 2026-09-17 | $0.05 / $0.20 | $0.06 / $0.24 | +20.0% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) |
Alternatives to Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
None of the 4 comparable models below costs less than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B on the blended price.
- Next cheaper model in the Budget price tier: Llama Guard 4 12B (Meta) at $0.18 blended, 3% less.
- Next more expensive: Nex-N2.5-Pro (nex-agi) at $0.1975 blended, 6% more.
The nearest models in the Budget price tier on Arena ELO, each with its blended price and score difference against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B.
- GLM 4.7 Flash (Zhipu): $0.0605 in / $0.40 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1351 (60% more expensive, 3 ELO points higher)
- GPT-4.1 Mini (OpenAI): $0.40 in / $1.60 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1341 (567% more expensive, 7 ELO points lower)
- Qwen3 32B (Alibaba): $0.08 in / $0.28 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1340 (18% more expensive, 8 ELO points lower)
- Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (Alibaba): $0.30 in / $1.00 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1357 (325% more expensive, 9 ELO points higher)
- Cheapest within 15 Arena points: Gemma 3 12B (Google), 35% cheaper, 14 ELO points lower, out of 12 models in that band.
- Highest Arena ELO within 20% of this price: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 (DeepSeek), 18% cheaper, 84 ELO points higher, out of 7 models in that price band.
Other models from Nvidia
Nvidia has 5 other models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: $0.07 / $0.20
- Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety: $0.20 / $0.20
- Nemotron 3 Super: $0.075 / $0.40
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL: $0.15 / $0.47
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.60 / $2.40
All 6 Nvidia models and prices
Common questions about Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B pricing
- How much does Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B cost?
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.06 per 1M input tokens and $0.24 per 1M output tokens at Nebius, the host whose rate we quote. Nebius serves a quantized fp8 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model. Prices as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Which host is cheapest for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
- Nebius is the only host with a published rate, $0.06 input / $0.24 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. It serves a quantized fp8 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Does Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B offer batch or cached pricing?
- Yes, for prompt caching only. Cache reads cost $0.012 per 1M tokens, as listed on 2026-11-12. No batch pricing is published.
- What would Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $21 on Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B at the list price quoted on 2026-11-12.
- Can Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B be self-hosted?
- Yes, within the terms of its licence. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is open weights, which is not the same as open source: the weights are published, but under NVIDIA Open Model License, a licence that restricts some uses. Read it before self-hosting commercially.
- Has the price of Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B changed?
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.05 input / $0.20 output per 1M tokens. The price we quote has changed 3 times since then, every time through a change of quoted host rather than a repricing. The latest change, on 2026-10-08, was +20.0% on the blended price (30% input, 70% output), to $0.06 input / $0.24 output (quoted host changed, not a repricing). Net of all changes, the blended price is +20.0% against 2026-08-15.
Its weights are published, which changes what you may run yourself: the cost gap between open weights and proprietary APIs.
These are list prices. Your real cost also depends on caching and batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and the contracts you already have. OptimNow audits exactly that.
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