Amazon Nova Lite 1.0
Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 is a language model from Amazon released on Dec 5, 2024. It reads text and writes text, with a 300K token context window and up to 5K tokens per reply.
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It costs $0.0595 per million input tokens and $0.238 per million output tokens. Cached input bills at $0.0298, 50% less than fresh input.
It supports tool calling, structured JSON output and prompt caching.
4 providers serve it, including NanoGPT, Kilo Gateway and Cortecs.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $0.0595 / $0.238 per 1M
- Context
- 300K
- Max output
- 5K
- Released
- Dec 5, 2024
- Knowledge cutoff
- Oct 2024
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $0.0595 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $0.238 / 1M tokens | |
| Cached input (read) | $0.0298 / 1M tokens | 50% off input |
Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 providers
4 providers serve it, including NanoGPT, Kilo Gateway and Cortecs. Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NanoGPT | $0.0595 | $0.238 | $0.0298 | 300K | 5K |
| Kilo Gateway | $0.06 | $0.24 | – | 300K | 5K |
| Cortecs | $0.069 | $0.275 | – | 300K | 10K |
| AI/ML API | $0.0825 | $0.3301 | – | 300K | 5K |
What Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Tools
tools - Structured outputs
structured_outputs - Temperature
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Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 questions
How much does the Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 API cost?
$0.0595 per million input tokens and $0.238 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.0298. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of Amazon Nova Lite 1.0?
300,000 tokens of input, and it can write up to 5,120 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve Amazon Nova Lite 1.0?
4 providers serve it, including NanoGPT, Kilo Gateway and Cortecs. Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Does Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 support tool calling?
Yes. It accepts tool definitions and can return JSON that matches a schema, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.
Is Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 open source?
No. Amazon serves it through an API only, so you cannot download the weights or host it yourself.
When was Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 released?
Dec 5, 2024, with training data up to Oct 2024.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on Amazon Nova Lite 1.0?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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