Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 alternatives
Ranked by capability overlap, similar context window, and similar price tier. Cross-vendor options are weighted higher than same-provider alternatives.
See also: Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 model details · Nova family · Amazon provider page
Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku | Anthropic | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $0.25 Budget | vs → |
| 2 | Meta: Llama 4 Scout | Meta | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 328K Long context (128K+) | $0.08 Budget | vs → |
| 3 | Mistral: Ministral 3 14B 2512 | Mistral AI | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.20 Budget | vs → |
| 4 | Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 | Mistral AI | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 5 | Mistral: Mistral Small 4 | Mistral AI | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 6 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini | OpenAI | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $0.25 Budget | vs → |
| 7 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano | OpenAI | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $0.05 Budget | vs → |
| 8 | OpenAI: GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini | OpenAI | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $0.25 Budget | vs → |
| 9 | OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano | OpenAI | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $0.20 Budget | vs → |
| 10 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Qwen | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.20 Budget | vs → |
| 11 | Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Qwen | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.39 Budget | vs → |
| 12 | Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Qwen | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.26 Budget | vs → |
| 13 | Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B | Qwen | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.20 Budget | vs → |
| 14 | Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.16 Budget | vs → |
| 15 | Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B | Qwen | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 256K Long context (128K+) | $0.05 Budget | vs → |