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Why use Amazon Nova Lite on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers Amazon Nova Lite with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.06/1M input tokens. Vercel AI Gateway is a unified AI proxy providing a single OpenAI-compatible API endpoint to 275+ models from 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI, Alibaba, Amazon, ByteDance, Cohere, MiniMax, MoonshotAI, KwaiPilot, Black Forest Labs, Recraft, Voyage AI, NVIDIA, and more.
Setup recipe
Python + curlpip install openaiexport AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],amazon/nova-liteRequest example
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="amazon/nova-lite",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "amazon/nova-lite", not the LLMReference slug "amazon-nova-lite".
- creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2
- The examples expect AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.06 |
| Output tokens | $0.24 |
Capabilities
About Amazon Nova Lite
Amazon Nova Lite is Amazon's Amazon Nova model with multimodal text and image input. It offers a 300K-token context window.
FAQ
What does Amazon Nova Lite cost on Vercel AI Gateway?
On Vercel AI Gateway, Amazon Nova Lite costs $0.06 per 1M input tokens and $0.24 per 1M output tokens.
What is the context window for Amazon Nova Lite on Vercel AI Gateway?
Amazon Nova Lite supports a 300,000 token context window on Vercel AI Gateway.
What API model ID do I use for Amazon Nova Lite on Vercel AI Gateway?
Use the model ID amazon/nova-lite when calling Vercel AI Gateway's API.
Who created Amazon Nova Lite?
Amazon Nova Lite was created by Amazon Web Services (AWS) AI as part of the Amazon Nova model family.
Is Amazon Nova Lite open source?
Amazon Nova Lite is not open source; the seed data lists it as proprietary.