Nova
Amazon’s own foundation models, with a free place to try them in the browser rather than through AWS.
What Nova is best for
The categories Nova is listed in.
General-Purpose AI Assistants
Questions, brainstorming, explanations, everyday tasks, decision-making, general advice.
Nova’s biggest strengths
General-Purpose AI AssistantsAmazon’s own foundation models, with a free place to try them in the browser rather than through AWS.
Nova pricing
Nova has a free plan. Free to use at nova.amazon.com with an Amazon account — chat, text and code generation, and the Nova models to try in the browser
FreeFree to use at nova.amazon.com with an Amazon account — chat, text and code generation, and the Nova models to try in the browser
$0Read by hand off the provider’s own pricing page on 22 September 2026. This listing is not on the automatic monthly re-check, so confirm there before spending.
Who makes Nova
Amazon Q is sold through AWS, so it is priced and billed like cloud infrastructure rather than like a subscription app.
CompanyAmazon
Founded1994
Based inSeattle, US
SectorCompute & cloud
ModelAmazon Nova
StatusPublic
Primary usersEnterprise, Developers
Free planYes
ComputeAWS
Public listingPublic (NASDAQ: AMZN)
Also from Amazon: Amazon Q.
Best alternatives to Nova
Tools that do comparable work, best fit first, drawn from the catalogue rather than hand-picked. Every one is listed whether or not there is money in it for us.
ChatGPT
Free
The broadest feature set — voice, images, files, a large app ecosystem. Usually the easiest starting point.
View ChatGPT →Claude
Free
Long documents and reasoning that holds together over many pages. Handles large uploads well.
View Claude →Gemini
Free
Sits inside Gmail, Docs and Drive, so it already has your context. Very large context windows and a generous free tier.
View Gemini →Poe
Free
One subscription across most of the major models, so you can put the same question to several and compare rather than committing to one lab.
View Poe →Amazon Q
Free
The assistant that already has your AWS account in context, which makes it the practical choice for questions about infrastructure you actually run.
View Amazon Q →DeepSeek
Free
Capable reasoning at no cost, with open weights you can download and run yourself.
View DeepSeek →Nova by job
Where Nova sits in the wider category pages.
Best AI Assistants
Strong fit — Questions, brainstorming, explanations, everyday tasks, decision-making, general advice.
Questions about Nova
Is Nova free?
Yes — Free to use at nova.amazon.com with an Amazon account — chat, text and code generation, and the Nova models to try in the browser. There is no paid tier above it.
What is Nova best at?
Amazon’s own foundation models, with a free place to try them in the browser rather than through AWS. It is listed under General-Purpose AI Assistants.
What are the alternatives to Nova?
6 tools do comparable work: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Poe, Amazon Q, DeepSeek. 6 of them have a free plan.
How current is this Nova pricing?
The prices above were read by hand off Nova's own pricing page on 22 September 2026. This listing is not on the automatic monthly re-check, so confirm there before spending.