# Amazon Nova

AWS portfolio of Amazon-built foundation models and services for text, multimodal, speech, custom model building, and UI-automating agents.

- Company: Amazon Web Services
- Category: Platforms & Infrastructure
- Business model: Paid
- Availability: global
- Launched: 2024-12
- Tags: foundation-models, multimodal, cloud
- Website: https://aws.amazon.com/nova/
- Canonical URL: https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/amazon-nova/
- Record updated: 2026-09-04

Amazon Nova is AWS's portfolio of Amazon-built AI models and services. It includes fast, cost-effective foundation models for text and multimodal work, Nova Forge for building custom frontier models, and Nova Act for agents that automate browser-based UI workflows. Later additions include Nova 2 Lite and the speech-to-speech model Nova 2 Sonic. Nova is available to AWS customers, typically through Amazon Bedrock, with usage-based pricing.

## Key features

- Amazon-built text and multimodal foundation models
- Nova Forge for building custom frontier models
- Nova Act agents for browser and UI workflow automation
- Nova 2 Lite reasoning and Nova 2 Sonic speech-to-speech models

## Use cases

- Cost-sensitive chat, summarization, and multimodal analysis on AWS
- Building a custom frontier model with Nova Forge
- Automating production UI workflows with Nova Act agents

## Pricing

Amazon Nova is billed through AWS, typically via Amazon Bedrock, with usage-based pricing that varies by model and service.

## FAQ

**What is Amazon Nova?**

Amazon Nova is AWS's family of Amazon-built foundation models and related services, including Nova Forge and Nova Act.

**How do I access Amazon Nova?**

AWS customers typically access Nova models through Amazon Bedrock and related AWS consoles and APIs.

**Is Amazon Nova open source?**

No. Nova models are proprietary Amazon models offered as a paid AWS service.

## Sources

- [Official website](https://aws.amazon.com/nova/)
- [Amazon Bedrock](https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/)

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Data from the [Global AI Product Index](https://globalaiproductindex.com/), licensed CC BY 4.0.