Nova Premier 1.0 vs Relace Search compared — price per token, context window, multimodality, openness and which to choose. Full 2026 breakdown.
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Prices & specs refreshed from live data · olud.ai
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| Spec | Nova Premier 1.0 | Relace Search | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maker | Amazon | Relace | – |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary | – |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 256K tokens | AMNova Premier 1.0 |
| Input price | $2.5/M | $1/M | RERelace Search |
| Output price | $12.5/M | $3/M | RERelace Search |
| Vision / multimodal | Yes | No | AMNova Premier 1.0 |
| Tool / function calling | Yes | Yes | = Tie |
| Self-hostable | No (API only) | No (API only) | – |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary | – |
Relace Search is ~4.2× cheaper than Nova Premier 1.0 on output tokens ($3 vs $12.5 per M tokens).
| Capability | Nova Premier 1.0 | Relace Search |
|---|---|---|
| Open weights (downloadable) | ✗ | ✗ |
| Self-hostable | ✗ | ✗ |
| Runs fully offline | ✗ | ✗ |
| Vision / multimodal | ✓ | ✗ |
| Tool / function calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| 1M+ context window | ✓ | ✗ |
| Criterion | Nova Premier 1.0 | Relace Search |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-efficiency | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| Context window | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| Openness | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Self-hosting | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Multimodality | 5.0 | 3.5 |
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.
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Relace Search is cheaper on output ($3/M vs $12.5/M).
Nova Premier 1.0 offers the larger context window (1M tokens).
Choose Relace Search for the lower output price ($3/M vs $12.5/M). Choose Nova Premier 1.0 if you need the larger 1M context window.
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