AmazonNova 2 Lite pricing
$0.30 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens. In real work that is 0.24¢ per chat answer and 0.56¢ to summarize a 20-page PDF.
Official price at Amazon Nova: $0.33 / $2.75 per 1M, cached $0.083 (source, checked Oct 11, 2026). OpenRouter lists $0.30 / $2.50, which is the cheapest route across its hosts - lower than the official price.
What Nova 2 Lite costs per task
Token counts estimated from a measured model of the same lab (MiniMax M3), rescaled by tokenizer. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.
| Task | Cost | Tokens used | Price rank | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer a chat question | 0.24¢$2.37 / 1,000 | 202 in · 441 out · 482 reasoning | 167 of 336 | estimated |
| Reply to a customer email | 0.12¢$1.23 / 1,000 | 411 in · 256 out · 187 reasoning | 180 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a 1,500-word blog post | 0.55¢$5.55 / 1,000 | 216 in · 1,752 out · 442 reasoning | 141 of 336 | estimated |
| Write 10 product descriptions | 0.41¢$4.10 / 1,000 | 435 in · 1,058 out · 531 reasoning | 126 of 336 | estimated |
| Translate 1,000 words | 1.5¢$14.75 / 1,000 | 1,455 in · 1,192 out · 4,535 reasoning | 210 of 336 | estimated |
| Proofread one page (500 words) | 0.29¢$2.91 / 1,000 | 863 in · 643 out · 416 reasoning | 180 of 336 | estimated |
| Summarize a 20-page PDF | 0.56¢$5.58 / 1,000 | 12,745 in · 456 out · 246 reasoning | 141 of 336 | estimated |
| Extract data from an invoice | 0.23¢$2.27 / 1,000 | 529 in · 556 out · 289 reasoning | 162 of 336 | estimated |
| Analyze a 200-row spreadsheet | ≥4.1¢$41.46 / 1,000 | 4,880 in · 151 out · 15,847 reasoning | 220 of 336 | estimated |
| Answer from 5 retrieved documents (RAG) | 0.42¢$4.24 / 1,000 | 3,727 in · 812 out · 437 reasoning | 155 of 336 | estimated |
| Classify 100 support tickets | 0.52¢$5.22 / 1,000 | 1,406 in · 435 out · 1,485 reasoning | 145 of 336 | estimated |
| Review 500 lines of code | 0.78¢$7.80 / 1,000 | 4,704 in · 2,556 out | 123 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a SQL query | 0.18¢$1.81 / 1,000 | 268 in · 693 out | 146 of 336 | estimated |
| Run a 50-step coding agent | 72¢$719 / 1,000 | 2,194,987 in · 14,715 out · 9,350 reasoning | 201 of 336 | modeled |
Price at every provider
List prices per 1M tokens (input / output) at each host serving Nova 2 Lite through OpenRouter today. Hosts can differ in quantization, context and speed.
| Provider | Input / output | Cached input | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Amazon Bedrockunknown | $0.30 / $2.50 | - | 1M | 100% |
Amazon Bedrockunknown | $0.30 / $2.50 | - | 1M | 100% |
Price history
First seen in our price history on Dec 6, 2025 at $0.30 input / $2.50 output. The list price has not changed since.
FAQ
How much does Nova 2 Lite cost?
Nova 2 Lite costs $0.30 per 1 million input tokens and $2.50 per 1 million output tokens (list price on Oct 18, 2026). In practice one chat answer costs about 0.24¢ and summarizing a 20-page PDF about 0.56¢.
Where is Nova 2 Lite cheapest?
Among 2 providers we track, the lowest list price today is at Amazon Bedrock: $0.30 input and $2.50 output per 1M tokens.
Is the Nova 2 Lite cost per task measured or estimated?
Estimated: Nova 2 Lite was not run directly. Tokens come from MiniMax M3 and are rescaled by the tokenizer of Amazon. Real usage can differ.