AI Models · Paid vs Paid

FIEmber-1 Paid vs AMNova Premier 1.0 Paid

Ember-1 vs Nova Premier 1.0 compared — price per token, context window, multimodality, openness and which to choose. Full 2026 breakdown.

Ember-1 — full profile ›  ·  Nova Premier 1.0 — full profile ›

Prices & specs refreshed from live data · olud.ai

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FIEmber-1PaidFireworks
$3 /M input
$15 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
TypeProprietary
Context window1M tokens
MultimodalYes
Self-hostNo
AMNova Premier 1.0PaidAmazon
$2.5 /M input
$12.5 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
TypeProprietary
Context window1M tokens
MultimodalYes
Self-hostNo
Choose Nova Premier 1.0 for the lower output price ($12.5/M vs $15/M). Choose Ember-1 if you need the larger 1M context window.

Ember-1 vs Nova Premier 1.0 specs

SpecEmber-1Nova Premier 1.0Winner
MakerFireworksAmazon–
TypeProprietaryProprietary–
Context window1M tokens1M tokensFIEmber-1
Input price$3/M$2.5/MAMNova Premier 1.0
Output price$15/M$12.5/MAMNova Premier 1.0
Vision / multimodalYesYes= Tie
Tool / function callingYesYes= Tie
Self-hostableNo (API only)No (API only)–
LicenseProprietaryProprietary–

Price gap & when to choose each

FIChoose Ember-1 if…
  • You want frontier performance through a managed API
  • You need the longer 1M context window
  • You value reliability & ecosystem
  • You don't want to manage infrastructure
AMChoose Nova Premier 1.0 if…
  • You want frontier performance through a managed API
  • You want the lower output price
  • You value reliability & ecosystem
  • You don't want to manage infrastructure

Feature comparison

CapabilityEmber-1Nova Premier 1.0
Open weights (downloadable)✗✗
Self-hostable✗✗
Runs fully offline✗✗
Vision / multimodal✓✓
Tool / function calling✓✓
1M+ context window✓✓

How Ember-1 and Nova Premier 1.0 score

🤝 Neck and neck on these criteria (3.1 vs 3.2 / 5).
CriterionEmber-1Nova Premier 1.0
Cost-efficiency3.03.5
Context window5.05.0
Openness1.51.5
Self-hosting1.01.0
Multimodality5.05.0

Scores come from live data — output price (cost), context length, open vs closed weights (openness & self-hosting) and vision/tool support (multimodality). Raw task quality isn't scored here; it depends on your benchmark — see the verdict.

What each model is

Ember-1 Paid

Fireworks · Proprietary

Ember-1 is a specialized reasoning model from Fireworks Research, built on [Kimi K3](https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k3). It is designed to make every token go further: it produces shorter reasoning traces, using roughly 40%...

Nova Premier 1.0 Paid

Amazon · Proprietary

Amazon Nova Premier is the most capable of Amazon’s multimodal models for complex reasoning tasks and for use as the best teacher for distilling custom models.

Frequently asked questions

Ember-1 vs Nova Premier 1.0 — which is cheaper?

Nova Premier 1.0 is cheaper on output ($12.5/M vs $15/M).

Which has the larger context window?

Ember-1 offers the larger context window (1M tokens).

Ember-1 vs Nova Premier 1.0 — which should I pick in 2026?

Choose Nova Premier 1.0 for the lower output price ($12.5/M vs $15/M). Choose Ember-1 if you need the larger 1M context window.

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