Amazon Nova Services

Whether you're launching a new Generative AI solution or enhancing an existing platform, Metal Toad brings deep expertise and cost-effective implementation through Amazon Nova.

Our specialists leverage the cutting-edge Amazon Nova Family of models—including Nova Micro, Pro, Premier, Canvasm and Reel—to deliver capabilities like intelligent search, image synthesis, and advanced language understanding. With a hybrid delivery model spanning the U.S. and Brazil, we ensure scalable, high-quality results tailored to your business goals.

Intelligent Document Processing (IDP)

Nova is one of the most cost effective ways to automate and organize back-of-house documents. With 200+ languages supported and friendly pricing Nova is an excellent choice.

GenAI Proof of Concepts

Leverage AWS Proof of Concept funding—up to $50K—to explore scalability, security, and cloud-native features before full deployment, reducing risk and driving innovation.

Image & Video Asset Creation

With Nova Canvas & Reel you can create brand new images and video whole cloth on a training library that is liability free.

Our customers say it best

  • “They have been a very flexible partner in terms of scope and timeline and are absolutely critical to helping us navigate the AWS funding landscape. They bring a lot of domain knowledge, but are also very open to learning from our findings and expertise; it's definitely a team-oriented culture. We absolutely love working with Metal Toad!”

  • “One of the best relationships we have ever had with a vendor.”

  • “ They have been a great partner and easy to work with. We can't say enough positive things about Metal Toad - technically competent, professional, and probably most important, they understand customer service”

  • “Metal toad's ability to solve problems with a humble approach has earned them a lot of respect with everyone who's had a chance to work with them throughout our organization. I look forward to collaborating on more projects in the future.”

  • “The cloud computing environment that Metal Toad built provided significant savings on our traditional in-house hosted environment while delivering a more reliable site, and providing a better customer experience.”

Text & Multimodal Nova Models

  • Amazon Nova Micro

  • Amazon Nova Lite

  • Amazon Nova Pro

  • Amazon Nova Premier

Amazon Nova Micro

Low-cost, text-only model optimized for ultra-low latency and high-speed generation—over 200 tokens per second—making it ideal for fast-response tasks like translation, reasoning, code completion, and math.

Amazon Nova Lite

Low-cost, lightning-fast multimodal model ideal for high-volume, interactive applications requiring quick and accurate processing of image, video, and text inputs.

Amazon Nova Pro

Powerful multimodal model that combines top-tier accuracy, speed, and cost-efficiency, making it ideal for tasks like video summarization, Q&A, mathematical reasoning, software development, and multistep AI agents.

Amazon Nova Premier

AWS’s most advanced model for complex tasks and serves as the foundation for model distillation, enabling customers to create optimized, cost-effective versions of Nova Pro, Lite, and Micro using Amazon Bedrock.

Max Input Tokens 128k 300k 300k 1M
Max output tokens 10K 10K 10K 10K
Languages 200+ 200+ 200+ 200+
Input modes Text-only Text, images, & video Text, images, & video Text, images, & video
Fine-tuning

Image, Video, and Audio Nova models

  • Amazon Nova Canvas

  • Amazon Nova Reel

  • Amazon Nova Sonic

Amazon Nova Canvas

Cost-effective image generation model that produces professional-quality visuals from text or image prompts, with intuitive editing features, layout and color controls, and built-in safeguards for responsible AI use.

Amazon Nova Reel

Cost-effective video generation model that enables high-quality video creation from text and images, with natural language controls for visual style, pacing, and camera motion, plus built-in safeguards for responsible AI use

Amazon Nova Sonic

State-of-the-art speech model that enables real-time, human-like voice conversations with expressive voices, low-latency multi-turn dialogue, function calling, and enterprise-grade knowledge grounding via RAG—all with industry-leading price-performance.

Max Input Characters 1,024 512 300k tokens
Languages

English

English English
Input modes Text-only Text-only Text-only
Fine-tuning coming soon ?

How good is Amazon Nova?

Here are some sample outputs from Amazon Novas different models:

Amazon Nova Canvas

Amazon Nova Canvas samples

Amazon Nova Reel

Metal Toad AWS Competencies & Service Deliveries

Metal Toad is an Advanced AWS Consulting partner with 4 AWS Competencies—including the AWS GenAI Competency— 7 AWS Service Validations, 50+ AWS Certifications, and over 50+ AWS Customer launches.

50%

GenAI Cost Savings with Brazilian Nearshore Teams

$50K

AWS Proof Concept Funding available

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We develop the most valuable, scalable GenAI solutions at an affordable price for our customers with our Hybrid USA/Brazil team.

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Speak with our team to understand how Metal Toad can help you drive innovation, growth and success. As an Advanced AWS Consulting Partner with the GenAI Competency, we can help you unlock up to $50,000 in Proof of Concept Funding.

How do I access Amazon Nova?

Unlike most Amazon web services which are accessible only within the Amazon Console, Amazon Nova is available in a chat-style interface at the following domain: https://nova.amazon.com/chat

Amazon Nova Dashboard
A view of the Amazon Nova dashboard

Amazon provides a best practices guide for prompting Amazon Nova Canvas for creating GenAI images and a seperate guide for Amazon Nova Reel when creating GenAI video. Both of these services can be conected via APIs, which unlocks super powerful modes of work.

The other way you can access Amazon Nova—specifically the text and multi-model models like Nova Micro, Lite, or Pro is through the Amazon Console via Amazon Bedrock. Bedrock can also run also models which can be super helpful when establishing comparative benchmarks.

Amazon Bedrock in the Amazon Console with Nova models filtered for
Amazon Bedrock in the Amazon Console with Nova models filtered for

 

How does Amazon Nova compare to other GenAI Models?

The Amazon Nova family of models is new: released in 2025 and are continually being upgraded an improved. The places that Nova excels are:

  • Low hallucination rate
  • Low cost
  • 200+ languages supported

Keeping track of all the top GenAI models can be an overwhelming task—which is why we do it for you! Metal Toad maintains a publicly available Google Sheet, which tracks models, including Nova, with the following information:

  • Model name
  • Token count
  • Inputs (Text, Image, Video, audio)
  • Outputs (Text, Image, Video, audio)
  • Supported language #
  • Can be run in Bedrock (yes/no)
  • Allows fine tuning (yes/no)
  • Whether it is deprecated or not
GenAI Model List spreadsheet

Selecting the right partner for Amazon Nova services is critical to the success of your AI initiative. As organizations increasingly adopt Generative AI, it’s vital to collaborate with a team that combines technical depth with strategic insight—from early ideation to full-scale production.

A leading GenAI firm should bring strong capabilities across model deployment, data engineering, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise-grade security.

Key qualities to prioritize:

  • Generative AI expertise – Demonstrated success working with Amazon Nova models via Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, and Amazon Q, delivering scalable and custom AI solutions.
  • AWS funding support – Assistance in securing AWS Proof of Concept (PoC) funding—covering up to 40% of projected annual AWS spend (capped at $250,000)—to validate your use case before committing to broader implementation.
  • Full-lifecycle delivery – Comprehensive services spanning prompt engineering, data preparation, model fine-tuning, UX integration, and post-deployment optimization.
  • Nearshore delivery model – Real-time collaboration and cost-effective development through a Brazil-based team, often at half the cost of U.S. resources.
  • Security and compliance – Robust adherence to standards such as SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR to protect sensitive enterprise data.
  • Agile AI development – Flexible, iterative workflows with CI/CD integration to support rapid innovation and continuous improvement.

With the right GenAI services partner, you can confidently build intelligent, secure, and scalable AI solutions that drive real business outcomes.

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Gen AI Proof of Concept

POCs provide a rapid way to validate the effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence algorithms in addressing specific business challenges, accelerating the decision-making process. It can be totally or partially funded by AWS.

 

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Why select Metal Toad for Amazon Nova Services

Top 5 mistakes made when implementing GenAI

Building a successful GenAI strategy involves navigating various challenges. Here are five common mistakes to avoid:

  • 1. Skipping the Business Validation Phase
    Jumping straight into development without validating the GenAI use case can lead to wasted resources.

  • 2. Overengineering the Solution
    Building complex AI features without a clear user need often leads to bloated, underused products.

  • 3. Ignoring Infrastructure and Scalability Needs
    Failing to account for model performance, latency, and cost optimization on AWS can lead to inefficient, unsustainable deployments.

  • 4. Neglecting Data Privacy and Compliance
    Ignoring data governance, model transparency, or compliance requirements like SOC 2, HIPAA, or GDPR can create legal and reputational risks.

  • 5. Lack of a Cross-Functional Strategy
    Treating GenAI as a standalone tech project instead of a cross-functional business initiative limits impact. 

The Metal Toad Generative AI Services Advantage

We leverage our AWS GenAI Competency and experience to address common challenges in SaaS application development:

  • 1. Validate with AWS PoC Funding
    We help secure AWS Proof of Concept funding—up to 40% of projected annual spend —to test Amazon Nova I use cases.

  • 2. Lean, Impact-Driven Development
    Our team delivers MVPs using agile development and prompt engineering, enabling you to get to market quickly.

  • 3. Cloud-Native, Scalable Architecture
    We design optimized architectures using Amazon Nova, Bedrock, and AWS Lambda to maximize performance, scalability, and cost.

  • 4. Built-In Security and Compliance
    Security is integrated from day one. We ensure compliance with SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR, along with responsible AI practices to protect your data and brand.

  • 5. Cross-Functional Strategic Alignment
    Our engagements bring together engineering, design, and product teams—ensuring your Amazon Nova solution aligns with business goals and delivers measurable value.

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