Bedrock (Amazon)
by Amazon Web Services
The easiest way to build and scale generative AI applications with foundation models
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Our verdict
Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service to build and scale generative AI apps with foundation models via an API.
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Overall score
Scores are editorial assessments by the Compare Best AI team on a 0–10 scale.
Expert review
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Compare Best AI · Editorial Team
Amazon Bedrock offers on-demand, batch, and provisioned throughput pricing across many foundation models (including Amazon Nova). Official Amazon Nova on-demand text rates commonly cited for us-east-1 standard tier: Nova Micro $0.035 / $0.14 per 1M input/output tokens; Nova Lite $0.06 / $0.24; Nova Pro $0.80 / $3.20; Nova Premier $2.50 / $12.50 (per 1M tokens). Knowledge Bases and Guardrails have separate usage charges. Exact live table cells on bedrock/pricing are region/template-driven — verify on aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing.
How we tested
Days tested
7 days
Tasks evaluated
- ·Model inference performance
- ·Pricing evaluation
- ·Integration with AWS services
- ·Security and compliance assessment
Method
Compared against Google Cloud AI and Microsoft Azure AI using identical inputs
Reviewer
CompareBestAI
Plans & pricing
Nova Micro (on-demand)
Cheapest text Nova
- $0.14 per 1M output tokens
- On-demand standard tier example
Nova Lite (on-demand)
Balanced multimodal
- $0.24 per 1M output tokens
Nova Pro (on-demand)
Higher capability
- $3.20 per 1M output tokens
Nova Premier (on-demand)
Frontier Nova
- $12.50 per 1M output tokens
Pricing may vary by region. Always verify on the vendor's website.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Bedrock (Amazon) | Google Cloud AI | Microsoft Azure AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core | |||
| Access to foundation models | |||
| Flexible pricing options | |||
| Output | |||
| Batch processing | |||
| On-demand processing | |||
| Pricing | |||
| Free tier available | |||
| Dev | |||
| Model customization tools | |||
| Secure data handling | |||
User reviews
Editorial score
Distribution is estimated from our editorial score. Verified user reviews coming soon.
Use cases
Typical ways teams rely on this tool — from everyday tasks to specialized workflows.
- Enterprise generative AI apps
- RAG with Knowledge Bases
- Multi-model inference via one API
Integrations
Reported connectors
Apps and services commonly connected out of the box or via official connectors.
- AWS Lambda
- Amazon S3
- Amazon SageMaker
- AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Details
Category
Price
- Pay-as-you-go on-demand. Example Amazon Nova (per 1M tokens): Micro $0.035 in / $0.14 out
- Lite $0.06 / $0.24
- Pro $0.80 / $3.20
- Premier $2.50 / $12.50. Knowledge Bases and other features billed separately. See aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing.
Free version
Best for
- Building production generative AI applications
- Deploying AI agents with AgentCore
- RAG with knowledge bases and custom data
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