How much does Amazon Nova cost?

As of May 2026, Amazon Nova plans start at $4.75/mo and scale across 5 tiers. Amazon Nova does not have a free plan.

Does Amazon Nova offer a free plan?

As of May 2026, Amazon Nova does not have a free tier. The lowest-cost option is $4.75/mo. A free trial may be available — check the official site.

What pricing model does Amazon Nova use?

As of May 2026, Amazon Nova uses a Flat Rate pricing model. Fixed monthly fee — cost does not scale with team size or usage.

Are there cheaper alternatives?

Yes. Claude 3.7 Sonnet (from $3/mo), Mistral Small (from $0.1/mo) offer lower starting prices in the same category.

Does Amazon Nova offer a free trial?

Amazon Nova does not have a free plan. However, most large language models tools offer a free trial — check the official site for the current trial length (typically 14–30 days).

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Amazon Nova Pricing Plans and Tiers 2026

Q: Is Amazon Nova worth the price?

Amazon Nova offers 15 features including Multimodal Support, Video Understanding, Long Context (300k). With a 4.2/5 rating, most users find good value: its starting price of $4.75/mo is below the Large Language Models category average of $15/mo.

Amazon's frontier AI models family available through AWS Bedrock

Large Language ModelsFlat RatePrice verified May 15, 2026From $4.75/mo

·5 plans · ★ 4.2/5

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All Plans & Pricing

Nova Micro

Custom

Best for: Bedrock offers limited free inference for new accounts - use it to benchmark Nova against your actual use case before committing

✓Text only
✓Lowest latency
✓$0.035/1M input, $0.14/1M output

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Nova Lite

Custom

Best for: Nova Micro at ~$0

✓Text, Image, Video
✓$0.06/1M input, $0.24/1M output

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Nova Pro

Custom

Best for: AWS Enterprise agreements can cover Bedrock costs under consolidated billing - negotiate this if you're already a large AWS customer with existing contracts

✓Most capable
✓Multimodal
✓$0.80/1M input, $3.20/1M output

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Nova 2 Lite

Custom

Best for: large enterprises

✓Text, Image, Video
✓Standard: $0.30/1M input, $2.50/1M output
✓Priority: $0.525/1M input

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Nova Act

$4.75/agent-hour

Best for: professional teams

✓Agentic tasks
✓$4.75 per agent hour
✓Human-in-loop wait excluded

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Pricing Analysis

Overview

Amazon Nova pricing varies by tier - Nova Micro starts around $0.035/1M input tokens, Nova Lite at $0.06, and Nova Pro at $0.80, all accessed through AWS Bedrock. Pricing is competitive but requires AWS account setup and IAM configuration overhead. Costs roll into your existing AWS bill.

Cost Per User

Nova Act$4.75/agent-hour

Flat rate: cost doesn't scale with team size

Which Plan Is Right for You?

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Bedrock offers limited free inference for new accounts - use it to benchmark Nova against your actual use case before committing.

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Nova Micro at ~$0.035/1M tokens is among the cheapest hosted options - suitable for high-volume, low-complexity classification or extraction tasks.

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AWS Enterprise agreements can cover Bedrock costs under consolidated billing - negotiate this if you're already a large AWS customer with existing contracts.

vs. Category Average

Amazon Nova$4.75/mo

Category avg$15/mo

68% below the large language models average

Our Verdict

If you're already paying AWS, Nova's pricing is competitive and simplifies vendor management - but the setup overhead isn't worth it purely for cost savings over OpenAI.

Is Amazon Nova Worth the Price?

Strengths

4 points

1Very competitive pricing (especially Micro)
2Deep AWS service integration
3Strong video understanding
4Fine-tuning available

Considerations

3 points

1Only available through AWS Bedrock
2Less well-known than OpenAI/Anthropic
3Performance lags top-tier competitors

Ideal For

AWS teams running AI workloads inside Bedrock

Which plan fits you

AWS Free Tier — Bedrock offers limited free inference for new accounts - use it to benchmark Nova against your actual use case before committing.

Pay-per-use — Nova Micro at ~$0.

Enterprise — AWS Enterprise agreements can cover Bedrock costs under consolidated billing - negotiate this if you're already a large AWS customer with existing contracts.

Pricing Takeaway

★ 4.2/5

If you're already paying AWS, Nova's pricing is competitive and simplifies vendor management - but the setup overhead isn't worth it purely for cost savings over OpenAI.

68% below category avgCategory avg: $15/mo