Amazon: Nova Premier 1.0 API Pricing
Amazon: Nova Premier 1.0 costs $2.50 per 1M input tokens and $12.50 per 1M output tokens (cache reads: $0.625). Context window: 1M. Prices verified 2026-10-21 · source
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Token economics
| Token type | Price | vs base input |
|---|---|---|
| Standard input | $2.50 | — |
| Cache read | $0.625 | −75% |
| Output | $12.50 | — |
Prompt caching stores repeated context server-side: reads cost far less, but writes carry a one-time premium.
What would Amazon: Nova Premier 1.0 cost you per month?
| Workload | Requests/mo | Avg tokens (in/out) | Est. monthly cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light chatbot | 10,000 | 800 / 400 | $70.00 |
| Coding agent | 5,000 | 8,000 / 2,000 | $225.00 |
| RAG pipeline | 30,000 | 4,000 / 500 | $487.50 |
| Doc summarizer | 2,000 | 20,000 / 1,000 | $125.00 |
Estimates use list prices without prompt caching. Caching can cut input cost by up to 90% on repeated context.
About Amazon: Nova Premier 1.0
Amazon Nova Premier is the most capable of Amazon’s multimodal models for complex reasoning tasks and for use as the best teacher for distilling custom models.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Amazon: Nova Premier 1.0 cost?
Amazon: Nova Premier 1.0 costs $2.50 per 1M input tokens and $12.50 per 1M output tokens; cached input tokens cost $0.625 per 1M. Verified 2026-10-21 — provider source.
What is the context window?
1M tokens, with up to 32K output tokens per response. That's roughly 1250 pages of text in a single request.
Does it support prompt caching?
Yes — cached input is $0.625/1M, about 75% cheaper than standard input. Agents and RAG workloads with repeated context benefit most.
What's a cheaper alternative?
ScaleDown: Summarize saves about 99% on a typical workload with comparable quality.
Official resources
- Amazon: Nova Premier 1.0 on OpenRouter — live endpoint, pricing source of record.
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