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Amazon Nova

Amazon Nova is a new generation of state-of-the-art foundation models from Amazon that deliver a compelling combination of accuracy, speed, and cost efficiency. Amazon Nova models are accessible through Amazon Bedrock and support text, image, video, speech understanding and generation across a range of model types: Nova Premier (1M context), Nova Pro, Nova Lite, Nova Micro (text-only), Nova Canvas (image generation), Nova Reel (video generation), and Nova Sonic (speech).

Amazon Nova publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Async API and Inference API. Tagged areas include Foundation Models, Generative AI, Image Generation, Machine Learning, and Multimodal.

Amazon Nova’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, support, engineering blog, developer console, signup flow, and 11 more developer resources.

50.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
3 APIs 8 Features 8 Use Cases
Foundation ModelsGenerative AIImage GenerationMachine LearningMultimodalSpeechVideo Generation

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 50.3/100 · developing
Contract Quality 13.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 8.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 16.3 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.6 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Amazon Nova API

The Amazon Nova API provides programmatic access to Amazon Nova foundation models through Amazon Bedrock for text, image, and video generation, understanding, and reasoning task...

Amazon Nova Async API

Asynchronous invocation for long-running generation jobs.

Amazon Nova Inference API

Synchronous and streaming inference operations.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Amazon Nova Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Features 8

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Multiple Model Types

Seven specialized models: Nova Premier (1M context), Nova Pro, Nova Lite, Nova Micro (text), Nova Canvas (image), Nova Reel (video), Nova Sonic (speech).

Multimodal Input

Supports text, images, video, documents (PDF, CSV, DOCX, XLS, HTML), and speech as input modalities.

Long Context Windows

Up to 1 million token context window in Nova Premier; 300k tokens in Nova Pro and Lite; 128k in Nova Micro.

Streaming Responses

All understanding models support streaming for real-time interactive applications.

Batch Inference

All understanding models support batch processing for high-volume offline workloads.

Fine-Tuning

Nova Pro, Lite, and Micro support fine-tuning for domain-specific customization.

Model Distillation

Nova Premier can serve as a teacher model for distillation into Pro, Lite, and Micro.

Bedrock Integration

Natively integrated with Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, Agents, Guardrails, Evaluations, and Prompt Flows.

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Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Amazon Nova Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Amazon Nova Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Amazon Nova Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Amazon Nova Trust Center

PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Amazon Nova Agentic Access

6 operations · 5 acting

6 operations · 5 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 8

What developers build with this provider.

Interactive Chat Interfaces

Build conversational AI applications with long context awareness using Nova Pro, Lite, or Micro.

Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Enhance knowledge retrieval accuracy by combining Nova models with Bedrock Knowledge Bases.

Agentic Applications

Build autonomous AI agents that reason and act using Nova models with Bedrock Agents.

Video and Document Analysis

Analyze video content and complex documents (PDF, DOCX, XLS) with Nova Pro and Premier.

Image Generation and Editing

Generate and edit high-quality images programmatically with Amazon Nova Canvas.

Video Generation

Create short video clips from text or image prompts using Amazon Nova Reel.

Voice Assistants

Build voice-enabled customer service and assistant applications with Nova Sonic speech model.

UI Workflow Automation

Automate UI interactions and screen navigation workflows using Nova vision capabilities.

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Integrations 8

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Amazon Bedrock

Primary access method; all Nova models are served through the Bedrock InvokeModel and InvokeModelWithResponseStream APIs.

Bedrock Knowledge Bases

Connect Nova models to structured and unstructured data sources for RAG applications.

Bedrock Agents

Orchestrate multi-step agentic workflows with tool use and memory using Nova as the reasoning engine.

Bedrock Guardrails

Apply safety guardrails to Nova Premier, Pro, and Lite model outputs for content filtering.

Bedrock Prompt Flows

Build visual prompt chaining workflows connecting Nova models with other services.

Bedrock Evaluations

Evaluate Nova model performance on custom benchmarks and safety criteria.

Amazon S3

Store and access training data, batch inference inputs/outputs, and generated media artifacts.

AWS IAM

Control access to Nova model invocations through fine-grained IAM policies and Bedrock model access settings.

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Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: amazon-nova
name: Amazon Nova
description: 'Amazon Nova is a new generation of state-of-the-art foundation models from Amazon that deliver a compelling
  combination of accuracy, speed, and cost efficiency. Amazon Nova models are accessible through Amazon Bedrock and support
  text, image, video, speech understanding and generation across a range of model types: Nova Premier (1M context), Nova Pro,
  Nova Lite, Nova Micro (text-only), Nova Canvas (image generation), Nova Reel (video generation), and Nova Sonic (speech).'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/amazon-nova.png
tags:
- AWS
- Foundation Models
- Generative AI
- Image Generation
- Machine Learning
- Multimodal
- Speech
- Video Generation
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-nova/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: amazon-nova:amazon-nova-api
  name: Amazon Nova API
  description: The Amazon Nova API provides programmatic access to Amazon Nova foundation models through Amazon Bedrock for
    text, image, and video generation, understanding, and reasoning tasks. Supports Nova Premier, Pro, Lite, Micro, Canvas,
    Reel, and Sonic models.
  humanUrl: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/nova/latest/userguide/what-is-nova.html
  baseUrl: https://bedrock-runtime.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Foundation Models
  - Generative AI
  - Multimodal
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/nova/latest/userguide/what-is-nova.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/APIReference/API_runtime_InvokeModel.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/nova/latest/userguide/getting-started.html
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/
- aid: amazon-nova:amazon-nova-async-api
  name: Amazon Nova Async API
  description: Asynchronous invocation for long-running generation jobs.
  tags:
  - Async
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-nova-async-api-openapi.yml
- aid: amazon-nova:amazon-nova-inference-api
  name: Amazon Nova Inference API
  description: Synchronous and streaming inference operations.
  tags:
  - Inference
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-nova-inference-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/amazon-nova-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/amazon-nova-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/amazon-nova-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/amazon-nova-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/amazon-nova-authentication.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/ai/nova/
- type: Website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/ai/nova/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/nova/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/tag/amazon-nova/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/
- type: Signup
  url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup
- type: Login
  url: https://signin.aws.amazon.com/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- type: Contact
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Multiple Model Types
    description: 'Seven specialized models: Nova Premier (1M context), Nova Pro, Nova Lite, Nova Micro (text), Nova Canvas
      (image), Nova Reel (video), Nova Sonic (speech).'
  - name: Multimodal Input
    description: Supports text, images, video, documents (PDF, CSV, DOCX, XLS, HTML), and speech as input modalities.
  - name: Long Context Windows
    description: Up to 1 million token context window in Nova Premier; 300k tokens in Nova Pro and Lite; 128k in Nova Micro.
  - name: Streaming Responses
    description: All understanding models support streaming for real-time interactive applications.
  - name: Batch Inference
    description: All understanding models support batch processing for high-volume offline workloads.
  - name: Fine-Tuning
    description: Nova Pro, Lite, and Micro support fine-tuning for domain-specific customization.
  - name: Model Distillation
    description: Nova Premier can serve as a teacher model for distillation into Pro, Lite, and Micro.
  - name: Bedrock Integration
    description: Natively integrated with Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, Agents, Guardrails, Evaluations, and Prompt Flows.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Interactive Chat Interfaces
    description: Build conversational AI applications with long context awareness using Nova Pro, Lite, or Micro.
  - name: Retrieval-Augmented Generation
    description: Enhance knowledge retrieval accuracy by combining Nova models with Bedrock Knowledge Bases.
  - name: Agentic Applications
    description: Build autonomous AI agents that reason and act using Nova models with Bedrock Agents.
  - name: Video and Document Analysis
    description: Analyze video content and complex documents (PDF, DOCX, XLS) with Nova Pro and Premier.
  - name: Image Generation and Editing
    description: Generate and edit high-quality images programmatically with Amazon Nova Canvas.
  - name: Video Generation
    description: Create short video clips from text or image prompts using Amazon Nova Reel.
  - name: Voice Assistants
    description: Build voice-enabled customer service and assistant applications with Nova Sonic speech model.
  - name: UI Workflow Automation
    description: Automate UI interactions and screen navigation workflows using Nova vision capabilities.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Amazon Bedrock
    description: Primary access method; all Nova models are served through the Bedrock InvokeModel and InvokeModelWithResponseStream
      APIs.
  - name: Bedrock Knowledge Bases
    description: Connect Nova models to structured and unstructured data sources for RAG applications.
  - name: Bedrock Agents
    description: Orchestrate multi-step agentic workflows with tool use and memory using Nova as the reasoning engine.
  - name: Bedrock Guardrails
    description: Apply safety guardrails to Nova Premier, Pro, and Lite model outputs for content filtering.
  - name: Bedrock Prompt Flows
    description: Build visual prompt chaining workflows connecting Nova models with other services.
  - name: Bedrock Evaluations
    description: Evaluate Nova model performance on custom benchmarks and safety criteria.
  - name: Amazon S3
    description: Store and access training data, batch inference inputs/outputs, and generated media artifacts.
  - name: AWS IAM
    description: Control access to Nova model invocations through fine-grained IAM policies and Bedrock model access settings.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com