Nova 2 Lite

Amazon chatvisionvideoreasoningtool_use Long

API ID: amazon/nova-2-lite-v1

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Input Price
$0.30
/1M tokens
Output Price
$2.50
/1M tokens

About Nova 2 Lite

Nova 2 is Amazon's second-generation multimodal model, delivering improved performance over the original Nova. The model features enhanced capability across text, image, and video understanding. Nova 2 integrates with AWS services through Bedrock. For enterprises seeking improved Amazon AI capability, Nova 2 offers enhanced multimodal performance.

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Price Ranking
#834 lowest price among 950 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
1.0M
Max Output
66k
Release Date
2025-12-02
Capabilities
chat vision video reasoning tool_use
Input Modalities
textimagevideofile
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Image analysis, document understanding, visual Q&A
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)

💰 Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$0.89
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$27.00
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
Data Analysis Pipeline
$36.75
/month
500 analyses/day, ~2k tokens each
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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with Nova 2 Lite API

OpenAI-compatible SDK 
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="amazon/nova-2-lite-v1",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

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