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Amazon Nova 2 Lite vs Cohere Command A+

Amazon against Cohere, compared on context, price, and attributed benchmark results.

Recorded profile verification October 2, 2026Individual provider fields may changeEvidence confidence: Medium — see receipts below

Amazon

Amazon Nova 2 Lite

Balanced

vs

Cohere

Cohere Command A+

Balanced · Open weights

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SpecificationAmazon Nova 2 LiteCohere Command A+
ProviderAmazonCohere
TierBalancedBalanced
Context windowWinner: 1M128K
Max outputNot verifiedUnverified64K
Input / 1M tokensWinner: $0.30$0.80
Output / 1M tokensWinner: $2.50$3.20
WeightsClosedOpen
ParametersNot verifiedUnverified218B total / 25B active (sparse MoE)
Reasoning levelslow, medium, highNot verifiedUnverified
Modalitiestext, image, videotext, image
LicenseNot verifiedUnverifiedApache 2.0
API model idamazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0command-a-plus-05-2026
ReleasedDecember 2, 2025May 20, 2026
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · source date Cohere Command A+: 2026-10-01Not verifiedUnverified13

Dates beside benchmark scores refer to the linked source’s publication or capture date unless that source explicitly states when it measured the result. A shared URL alone does not establish comparable runs; unverified setups are marked. Prices are USD per million tokens at standard rates, excluding batch and caching discounts. Values we could not confirm from the provider are shown as “Not verified” rather than estimated.

Benchmark receipts

Where each score comes from, and how far it can be compared across models.

  • Source date2026-10-01
    Artificial Analysis (Command A+)

    Composite index blending reasoning, knowledge, and coding evals into one 0–100 score.

    Comparable with caveatOnly same-version scores are comparable. v4.3.2 was rebaselined (the top score fell from 66 on v4.1.1 to ~58), so v4.1.1 figures must not be compared with v4.3.2 figures — check the cited source and its date.

Pricing tiers

Amazon Nova 2 Lite: Bedrock Global Standard $0.30/$2.50 per MTok, cached input $0.075 and cache writes $0. Single-region $0.33/$2.75, cached $0.0825. Global Flex/Batch $0.15/$1.25; Global Priority $0.525/$4.375, cached $0.13125. Grounding costs $0.03 per request separately. Snapshot: September 30, 2026 native offer file; regional routes, service tiers and customization have separate meters.

Cohere Command A+: Azure's current USD retail feed lists Command A Plus public-cloud Global at $0.80/$3.20 per MTok and data-zone meters at $0.88/$3.52. US Government Global is $1.00/$4.00 and data-zone $1.10/$4.40. These are Azure rates, not Cohere-direct prices. Cohere's A+ page says trial and production keys are free until rate limits; general paid-key documentation and production-access requirements differ. Standard Vault lists A+ L/XL at $17.50/$32.50 per instance-hour, typically via a waitlist; encrypted beta design-partner access is separately scoped.

BalancedRecord checked October 2, 2026

Amazon Nova 2 Lite

Amazon’s hosted Nova 2 Lite reasoning model for everyday business workflows, with a 1M-token context window.

Best for

  • Document processing
  • Business automation
  • Bedrock integrations

Watch out

Extended thinking is optional and off by default. Low/medium/high controls apply when enabled; high forbids maxTokens, temperature and topP overrides. The model card advertises 64K output, but the high-thinking guide describes outputs exceeding 65K and sometimes reaching 128K, so no universal hard output cap is asserted. Reasoning tokens are billed as output. Use the route-specific US/EU/JP/global ID supported by your account; documents are inputs and text is generated.

BalancedOpen weightsRecord checked October 2, 2026

Cohere Command A+

Command A+ is Cohere's Apache-declared open-weight 218B/25B sparse MoE for enterprise text, image and agentic workloads; its W4A4 checkpoint is distinct from a hosted service contract.

Best for

  • Open-weight deployments
  • Enterprise RAG
  • Tool use

Watch out

The checked Cohere API ID has 128,000 context and 64,000 maximum output. Its W4A4 checkpoint config lists 200,000 positions; that does not expand the hosted limit. Thinking is enabled by default and can be disabled with thinking.type=disabled; thinking.token_budget is a budget rather than a low/medium/high menu. Cohere recommends leaving at least 1K tokens for the answer. Trial A+ is 20 requests/minute; the rate-limit page caps trial/newer-model keys at 1,000 calls/month and directs production access to sales. Do not treat the model-specific free-use statement as unlimited production capacity or as an Azure/Vault entitlement.

When the cheaper one wins

Amazon Nova 2 Lite is cheaper on output at $2.50 per million tokens against $3.20 for Cohere Command A+ — about 1.3×. Use the cheaper tier for classification, extraction, summarisation, and any task where the expensive model’s extra score does not change the accepted output. The expensive one only pays if your hardest task actually fails on the cheap tier. This compares standard short-context token rates, not total cost per accepted task. Include input, cache, context tiers, schedules, retries and review in your pilot.

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Evidence confidence: Medium

How strong and complete the evidence behind this comparison is — not a prediction of which model is better.

  • Pricing verified on both sides — Input and output rates are verified for both models.
  • 2/5 core specs verified on both sides — Not published for at least one side: max output, parameter count, reasoning levels.
  • No directly aligned benchmark setup — No benchmark has matching cited sources, source dates, units, effort and recorded run details on both models.
  • Verified within the last 90 days — Older of the two catalog checks was 24 days ago.
  • Both models carry source citations — Each side has at least two catalog sources on record.

Source receipts

Each catalog figure was checked against the provider or an independent second source on the date shown.

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Common questions

Amazon Nova 2 Lite vs Cohere Command A+

Answered from the verified figures on this page rather than general guidance.

Is Amazon Nova 2 Lite or Cohere Command A+ cheaper for input?
Amazon Nova 2 Lite is cheaper at $0.30 per million input tokens, against $0.80 for Cohere Command A+ — roughly 2.7× the price. Estimate both input and output token volume for your workload. These are base rates; Amazon Nova 2 Lite: Bedrock Global Standard $0.30/$2.50 per MTok, cached input $0.075 and cache writes $0. Single-region $0.33/$2.75, cached $0.0825. Global Flex/Batch $0.15/$1.25; Global Priority $0.525/$4.375, cached $0.13125. Grounding costs $0.03 per request separately. Snapshot: September 30, 2026 native offer file; regional routes, service tiers and customization have separate meters. Cohere Command A+: Azure's current USD retail feed lists Command A Plus public-cloud Global at $0.80/$3.20 per MTok and data-zone meters at $0.88/$3.52. US Government Global is $1.00/$4.00 and data-zone $1.10/$4.40. These are Azure rates, not Cohere-direct prices. Cohere's A+ page says trial and production keys are free until rate limits; general paid-key documentation and production-access requirements differ. Standard Vault lists A+ L/XL at $17.50/$32.50 per instance-hour, typically via a waitlist; encrypted beta design-partner access is separately scoped.
Is Amazon Nova 2 Lite or Cohere Command A+ cheaper for output?
Amazon Nova 2 Lite is cheaper at $2.50 per million output tokens, against $3.20 for Cohere Command A+ — roughly 1.3× the price. Estimate both input and output token volume for your workload. These are base rates; Amazon Nova 2 Lite: Bedrock Global Standard $0.30/$2.50 per MTok, cached input $0.075 and cache writes $0. Single-region $0.33/$2.75, cached $0.0825. Global Flex/Batch $0.15/$1.25; Global Priority $0.525/$4.375, cached $0.13125. Grounding costs $0.03 per request separately. Snapshot: September 30, 2026 native offer file; regional routes, service tiers and customization have separate meters. Cohere Command A+: Azure's current USD retail feed lists Command A Plus public-cloud Global at $0.80/$3.20 per MTok and data-zone meters at $0.88/$3.52. US Government Global is $1.00/$4.00 and data-zone $1.10/$4.40. These are Azure rates, not Cohere-direct prices. Cohere's A+ page says trial and production keys are free until rate limits; general paid-key documentation and production-access requirements differ. Standard Vault lists A+ L/XL at $17.50/$32.50 per instance-hour, typically via a waitlist; encrypted beta design-partner access is separately scoped.
Which has the larger context window, Amazon Nova 2 Lite or Cohere Command A+?
Amazon Nova 2 Lite accepts 1M tokens against 128K for Cohere Command A+. This only matters if you routinely send very long documents or large codebases.
Should I use Amazon Nova 2 Lite or Cohere Command A+?
Both are classified in our balanced tier; this editorial grouping does not imply equal capability. Amazon Nova 2 Lite is a candidate for document processing; Cohere Command A+ is a candidate for open-weight deployments. Compare accuracy, tool reliability, latency and cost on representative tasks.
Can I self-host Amazon Nova 2 Lite or Cohere Command A+?
Cohere Command A+ publishes open weights, but self-hosting and third-party provider access depend on the licence, hardware, serving support, and availability. Amazon Nova 2 Lite is a closed model whose supported access paths are controlled by its provider.

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Choosing between them

The verified figures that separate this pair, computed from the catalog rather than restated boilerplate.

  • Input price: Amazon Nova 2 Lite costs $0.30 per 1M tokens versus $0.80 for Cohere Command A+ — a 2.7x difference at the headline tier.
  • Context: Amazon Nova 2 Lite takes 1M against 128K for Cohere Command A+ — only decisive if your prompts approach the smaller window.
  • Deployment: Cohere Command A+ publishes weights you can self-host; the other is API-only.
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