[Amazon](/ai-gateway/models/labs/amazon) # Nova Lite Nova Lite brings multimodal understanding of text, images, and up to 30 minutes of video to a context of 300K tokens at low per-token rates, making vision-enabled production pipelines practical at scale. Your use is subject to Amazon's [Terms](https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/) & [Privacy](https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/) Policies. File InputTool UseVision (Image) [Use with AI Gateway](https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Futm_source%3Dgateway-model-page%26utm_campaign%3Dai-gateway-models&title=Get+Started+with+Vercel+AI+Gateway) [View docs](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway) AI SDKChat CompletionsMessagesResponses ``` 1import { streamText } from 'ai' 2 3const result = streamText({ 4 model: 'amazon/nova-lite', 5 prompt: 'Why is the sky blue?' 6}) ``` [Read docs](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/sdks-and-apis/ai-sdk) [Overview](/ai-gateway/models/nova-lite) [API](/ai-gateway/models/nova-lite/api) [About](/ai-gateway/models/nova-lite/about) [Providers](/ai-gateway/models/nova-lite/providers) [Latency](/ai-gateway/models/nova-lite/latency) [Uptime](/ai-gateway/models/nova-lite/uptime) [Status](/ai-gateway/models/nova-lite/status) [Similar](/ai-gateway/models/nova-lite/similar) [FAQ](/ai-gateway/models/nova-lite/faq) ## [Copy link to heading](#playground)Playground Try out Nova Lite by Amazon. Usage is billed to your team at API rates. Free users (those who haven't made a payment) get $5 of credits every 30 days. ![amazon logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Famazon%20bedrock.png&w=48&q=75)Nova Lite ![amazon logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Famazon%20bedrock.png&w=96&q=75) Nova Lite ## [Copy link to heading](#providers)Providers Route requests across multiple providers. Copy a provider slug to set your preference. Visit the [docs](/docs/ai-gateway/provider-options) for more info. Using a provider means you agree to their terms, listed under Legal. | Provider | | --- | | Context | Max Output | Latency | Throughput | Input | Output | Cache | Web Search | Capabilities | ZDR | No Training | Regional Inference | Release Date | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ![bedrock logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Famazon%2520bedrock.png&w=48&q=75) [Bedrock](/ai-gateway/models/providers/bedrock) Legal:[Terms](https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/)•[Privacy](https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/) | 300K | 8K | 0.3s | | $0.06/M+1 more | $0.24/M+1 more | | — | | | | EU | 12/03/2024 | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ## [Copy link to heading](#throughput)Throughput24 hours 1W 1D P50 throughput on live AI Gateway traffic, in tokens per second (TPS). Visit the [docs](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/models-and-providers/metrics) for more info. ## [Copy link to heading](#latency)Latency24 hours 1W 1D P50 time to first token (TTFT) on live AI Gateway traffic, in milliseconds. View the [docs](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/models-and-providers/metrics) for more info. ## [Copy link to heading](#uptime)Uptime24 hours 1W 1D 1H Direct request success rate on AI Gateway and per-provider. Visit the [docs](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/models-and-providers/uptime) for more info. 1W 1D 1H ## [Copy link to heading](#more-models-by-amazon)More models by Amazon All Text Code Embed | Model | | --- | | Context | Latency | Throughput | Input | Output | Cache | Web Search | Capabilities | Providers | ZDR | No Training | Release Date | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ![amazon logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Famazon%20bedrock.png&w=48&q=75) [amazon/nova-2-lite](/ai-gateway/models/nova-2-lite) | 1M | 0.4s | 211tps | $0.30/M | $2.50/M | Read:$0.07/M Write:— | — | +1 | ![bedrock logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Famazon%2520bedrock.png&w=48&q=75) | | | 12/02/2025 | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ![amazon logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Famazon%20bedrock.png&w=48&q=75) [amazon/nova-micro](/ai-gateway/models/nova-micro) | 128K | 0.4s | | $0.04/M | $0.14/M | | — | | ![bedrock logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Famazon%2520bedrock.png&w=48&q=75) | | | 12/03/2024 | | | ![amazon logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Famazon%20bedrock.png&w=48&q=75) [amazon/nova-pro](/ai-gateway/models/nova-pro) | 300K | 0.3s | 152tps | $0.80/M | $3.20/M | | — | | ![bedrock logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Famazon%2520bedrock.png&w=48&q=75) | | | 12/03/2024 | | | ![amazon logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Famazon%20bedrock.png&w=48&q=75) [amazon/titan-embed\-text-v2](/ai-gateway/models/titan-embed-text-v2) | | | | $0.02/M | | | — | | ![bedrock logo](/vc-ap-vercel-marketing/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fdocs-assets%2Fstatic%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Flogos%2Famazon%2520bedrock.png&w=48&q=75) | | | 04/30/2024 | | ## [Copy link to heading](#about-nova-lite)About Nova Lite Nova Lite launched on December 3, 2024 as the budget multimodal option in Amazon's first-generation Nova family. Its defining trait is breadth of input. Text, images, and video (up to 30 minutes per request) all flow into a single context window of 300K tokens. No other model in the original Nova lineup combines that input flexibility with comparable pricing. Video is the headline capability. A compliance team can feed in an entire training session recording and get a structured summary. A media company can batch-process hours of lecture footage overnight. A customer support platform can accept screen recordings from users and extract the relevant issue automatically. These workflows become economically viable because Nova Lite treats video as a first-class input modality at a cost tier built for volume, not occasional use. Images receive the same treatment. Multiple images can accompany text in a single prompt. This enables side-by-side document comparison, multi-page form extraction, product catalog enrichment, and UI screenshot analysis. The model is tuned for fast, cost-efficient classification and extraction from visual inputs rather than deep analytical reasoning. That tradeoff is deliberate. It keeps latency low and throughput high for the batch-oriented pipelines where Nova Lite excels. ## [Copy link to heading](#what-to-consider-when-choosing-a-provider)What To Consider When Choosing a Provider - Configuration: Spikes hurt less than on premium tiers. AI Gateway retries and routes traffic so you don't hand-tune failover when load jumps. - Zero Data Retention: Zero Data Retention is available for this model. It is offered on a per-provider and model basis. See the [documentation](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/security-and-compliance/zdr) for details. - Authentication: AI Gateway authenticates requests using an [API key](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/authentication-and-byok#api-key-authentication) or [OIDC token](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/authentication-and-byok#oidc-token-authentication). You do not need to manage provider credentials directly. ## [Copy link to heading](#when-to-use-nova-lite)When to Use Nova Lite ### Best for - Long video summarization: Meetings, lectures, and webinars using the 30-minute video input capacity - Batch image classification: Throughput and cost matter more than nuanced reasoning for visual extraction workloads - Content moderation pipelines: Evaluate both text and visual media at high volume - Customer-facing media uploads: Accept image or video uploads without incurring premium per-token costs ### Consider alternatives when - Purely text-based workloads: Nova Micro costs less and responds faster for text-only tasks - Multi-step reasoning needed: Nova 2 Lite adds extended thinking and agentic tool use capabilities - High-accuracy structured documents: Nova Pro is tuned for precision on financial or legal documents ## [Copy link to heading](#conclusion)Conclusion Nova Lite keeps multimodal inputs affordable at scale. Image and video stay in budget for batch and customer-facing flows. If you need visual understanding without deep reasoning, it's a sensible default.