Amazon Nova Pro vs Claude Sonnet 5
Claude Sonnet 5 for quality. Amazon Nova Pro for AWS-native teams with compliance requirements.
Amazon Nova Pro ($0.80/M input) vs Claude Sonnet 5 ($3.00/M input) — Nova Pro is 3.75× cheaper, but Claude Sonnet 5 scores materially higher on complex reasoning and instruction following benchmarks. For AWS teams wanting to stay within the Bedrock ecosystem, Nova Pro is a credible option. For quality-critical workloads, Sonnet 5 is the right call.
Side-by-side pricing
| Amazon Nova Pro | Claude Sonnet 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Anthropic |
| Input price/1M | $0.80 | $3.00 |
| Output price/1M | $3.20 | $15.00 |
| Cache read/1M | — | $0.30 |
| Context window | 300K | 200K |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tool use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Prompt caching | ✗ | ✓ |
| Speed tier | Medium | Standard |
Prices verified 2026-08-20. See changelog for history.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Amazon Nova Pro competitive with Claude?
For many enterprise workloads: yes. Nova Pro is strong on document analysis, summarization, and straightforward Q&A. It lags Claude Sonnet 5 on tasks requiring nuanced reasoning, complex code generation, and precise multi-step instruction following. If you're AWS-native and your tasks are in the moderate difficulty range, Nova Pro saves significant cost.
Prices verified 2026-08-20. See methodology for calculation details.