Nova 2 Lite is a fast, cost-effective reasoning model for everyday workloads that can process text, images, and videos to generate text.
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.
Kong AI Gateway$80.00+0%
LiteLLM$80.00+0%
Vercel AI Gateway$80.00+0%
Eden AI$84.40+5.5%
OpenRouter$84.40+5.5%
Cloudflare AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
HeliconeNot offeredNot offered
Neon AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
RequestyNot offeredNot offered
A dash: not on that gateway's own model list. No published token fee: Martian Gateway, Portkey, TrueFoundry AI Gateway.
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Amazon Nova · 8K | $0.1 | Free | $0.1 / Free | $0.075 | 8K | Lab list price | · | Amazon Titan Embeddings G1 - Text is the first-generation Titan text embedding model. |
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About Nova 2 Lite
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.
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.