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Nova Lite 2 API Pricing

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Input / output
$0.38 / $3.16 per 1M tokens
Cache read
$0.2128 / 1M
Context
1M tokens
Max output
128K tokens

As of November 7, 2026, Nova Lite 2 costs $0.38 per 1M input tokens and $3.16 per 1M output tokens on EmpirioLabs AI, with cache reads at $0.2128 per 1M tokens. It has a 1,000,000-token context window and returns up to 131,072 tokens per response.

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Nova Lite 2 pricing by provider

1 listing across 1 provider. Token prices are in US dollars per 1M tokens. The highlighted row is the price quoted above.

Nova Lite 2 prices by provider in US dollars, token prices per 1M tokens, as of November 7, 2026. Source: LiteLLM model price file.
ProviderModel name in LiteLLMInputOutputCache readContext
EmpirioLabs AIempiriolabs/nova-lite-2$0.38$3.16$0.21281M

What Nova Lite 2 costs in practice

1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each

EmpirioLabs AI$2.34

100 long-document requests with 100,000 input and 2,000 output tokens each

EmpirioLabs AI$4.432

Nova Lite 2 cost calculator

At EmpirioLabs AI's price ($0.38 input, $3.16 output per 1M tokens), 10,000 requests a day with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens each cost $19.60 a day, about $588 a month. Change the numbers for your workload, or compare it with other models.

Per request
$0.00196
Per day
$19.60
Per month (30 days)
$588

Nova Lite 2 features

Input: text, image. Output: text.

Use Nova Lite 2 with LiteLLM

Call Nova Lite 2 through the LiteLLM Python SDK, or put it behind the LiteLLM proxy and send OpenAI-format requests to /v1/chat/completions. LiteLLM tracks the cost of every request at these prices.

Python SDK
from litellm import completion

response = completion(
    model="empiriolabs/nova-lite-2",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
Proxy config.yaml
model_list:
  - model_name: nova-lite-2
    litellm_params:
      model: empiriolabs/nova-lite-2
      # credentials: see the provider's LiteLLM docs page
Call the proxy
curl http://0.0.0.0:4000/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LITELLM_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "nova-lite-2",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Nova Lite 2 FAQ

How much does Nova Lite 2 cost?

Nova Lite 2 costs $0.38 per 1M input tokens and $3.16 per 1M output tokens on EmpirioLabs AI, with cache reads at $0.2128 per 1M tokens.

What is the context window of Nova Lite 2?

Nova Lite 2 has a 1,000,000-token context window and returns up to 131,072 tokens per response.

Which providers offer Nova Lite 2?

Nova Lite 2 is available from EmpirioLabs AI through LiteLLM, using the model name empiriolabs/nova-lite-2.

How do I call Nova Lite 2 with an OpenAI-compatible API?

Use the LiteLLM Python SDK with model="empiriolabs/nova-lite-2", or add the model to the LiteLLM proxy's config.yaml and send requests to /v1/chat/completions from any OpenAI client. LiteLLM tracks the cost of every request at the prices on this page.

What features does Nova Lite 2 support?

Nova Lite 2 supports function calling, image input, reasoning and prompt caching.

When did LiteLLM add Nova Lite 2?

Nova Lite 2 was added to LiteLLM's model price file on November 4, 2026.

Sources

Prices come from LiteLLM's open-source model_prices_and_context_window.json, which LiteLLM uses to calculate the cost of every request. Maintainers update it from each provider's published pricing, and this page is usually rebuilt within 20 minutes of every change. Provider pricing pages:

LiteLLM docs: EmpirioLabs AI.

Provider pages: EmpirioLabs AI.