Nova Lite 1.0 API pricing
As of October 21, 2026, Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 costs $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens through OpenRouter.
Nova Lite 1.0 benchmarks and specs · Every Amazon model's price
- Input, per million tokens$0.06
- Output, per million tokens$0.24
- Cached input, per millionNo cache price listed
- Context window300K tokens
- Max output5K tokens
- Output speedNot measured
What a request costs
Three fixed token mixes at the list price, without cache or batch discounts. For a whole month, use the calculator.
| Workload | Tokens | One request | 1,000 requests | Fits the context window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat turn | 1K input + 500 output tokens | $0.0002 | $0.180 | Yes |
| Repository review | 50K input + 3K output tokens | $0.0037 | $3.72 | Yes |
| Agent loop | 200K input + 10K output tokens | $0.014 | $14.40 | Yes |
| Solved coding task | One SWE-bench Verified attempt, divided by the share that succeed | Not computable | Not computable |
Price history
We read this price every day and have since October 15, 2026. It has not changed yet; any change will be listed here with its date.
- October 15, 2026 First recorded: $0.06 input, $0.24 output
Cheaper models as good as Nova Lite 1.0
Models within two points of Nova Lite 1.0 or above it on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, with a lower output price. Cheapest first.
- Gemma 3 4B$0.05 Overall 4.8 against 6.7 · 79% cheaper output
- Ling 3.0 Flash$0.063 Overall 20.1 against 6.7 · 74% cheaper output
- Llama 3.1 8B Instruct$0.08 Overall 6.9 against 6.7 · 67% cheaper output
- Mistral Small 3$0.08 Overall 6.7 against 6.7 · 67% cheaper output
- gpt-oss-20b$0.09 Overall 10.0 against 6.7 · 63% cheaper output
Nova Lite 1.0 pricing questions
- How much does Nova Lite 1.0 cost per million tokens?
- $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens, as listed on OpenRouter on October 21, 2026.
- Does Nova Lite 1.0 support prompt caching?
- OpenRouter lists no cached input price for this model, so assume every input token is billed at the full rate.
- Is there a cheaper model as good as Nova Lite 1.0?
- Gemma 3 4B scores 4.8 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, within two points of Nova Lite 1.0 or above it, and costs $0.05 per million output tokens.
- Has the price of Nova Lite 1.0 changed?
- Not since we started recording it daily on October 15, 2026.