Ways to buy 3
| Way to buy | Input | Output | In / out per 1M | Cached | Vs list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The lab's own API | $0.3 | $2.5 | $0.3 / $2.5List price | n/a | List price |
Default region | $0.3 | $2.5 | $0.3 / $2.5Same as list | n/a | Same as list |
eu-west-1 | $0.3 | $2.5 | $0.3 / $2.5Same as list | n/a | Same as list |
USD per 1M tokens. Regions are separate routes.
Through a gateway
Your own numbers100M input and 20M output tokens a month: $80.00 direct.
Helicone$80.00+0%
Kong AI Gateway$80.00+0%
LiteLLM$80.00+0%
Vercel AI Gateway$80.00+0%
Cloudflare AI Gateway$84.00+5%
Requesty$84.00+5%
Eden AI$84.40+5.5%
OpenRouter$84.40+5.5%
No published token fee: Martian Gateway, Portkey, TrueFoundry AI Gateway.
Related models
| In / out per 1M | Cheapest route | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Nova · 1M | $2.5 | $12.5 | $2.5 / $12.5 | $5 | 1M | Lab list price | · |
Amazon Nova · 300K | $0.06 | $0.24 | $0.06 / $0.24 | $0.105 | 300K | Lab list price | · |
Amazon Nova · 128K | $0.035 | $0.14 | $0.035 / $0.14 | $0.061 | 128K | Lab list price | · |
Amazon Nova · 300K | $0.8 | $3.2 | $0.8 / $3.2 | $1.4 | 300K | Lab list price | · |
Google · 1MCheapest: $0.75 on Google Gemini API (flex) | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.75 / $3.75 | $1.5 | 1M | $0.75 on Google Gemini API (flex) | · |
Z.ai · 1.31M | $0.561 | $1.76 | $0.561 / $1.76 | $0.862 | 1.31M | on Baidu (fp8) | · |
Google · 1MCheapest: $0.75 on Google Vertex AI (global-flex) | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.75 / $3.75100% | $1.5 | 1M | $0.75 on Google Vertex AI (global-flex) | 100% |
Z.ai · 205K | $0.43 | $1.75 | $0.43 / $1.75 | $0.76 | 205K | on Venice (fp4) | · |
About Nova 2 Lite
Nova 2 Lite is a fast, cost-effective reasoning model for everyday workloads that can process text, images, and videos to generate text.
Takes text, image, video, files in and returns text. First listed Dec 6, 2025. Up to 66K output tokens. Blended price $0.85 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Model id nova-2-lite-v1.
Price history
List price since Dec 6, 2025, from Internet Archive snapshots of the OpenRouter catalog, then daily reads.
Across fru.devCompany profileNext earnings 2026-10-29Pay schedule
Questions
How much does Nova 2 Lite cost?
$0.3 per million input tokens and $2.5 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Nova 2 Lite?
1M tokens, with up to 66K tokens of output.
Where is Nova 2 Lite cheapest?
Of 3 routes tracked, AWS Bedrock is cheapest at $0.3 input and $2.5 output per million tokens.
Sources: OpenRouter's public model catalog and each provider's own pricing page, read every morning at 05:00 UTC; gateway fees re-read every Monday. List prices: your contract may differ. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.