# Amazon Nova Act review (2026): is it worth paying for? > AWS service for building browser-automation agents Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Amazon Nova Act is an AWS service for building and running agents that automate browser-based workflows, using natural language mixed with Python code. It runs on a custom Nova 2 Lite model and connects to Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, CloudWatch and IAM. It is billed by agent hour. - **Category:** AI Agents - **Made by:** Amazon Web Services - **Website:** https://nova.amazon.com/act - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want no-code, as it needs code and an AWS account. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Amazon Nova Act is a paid product, starting at $4.75 per agent hour, pay as you go. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Nova Act workflows | Usage-based | $4.75 per agent hour of real elapsed time. Parallel agents are billed separately; time waiting on a human response is excluded. | Read from https://aws.amazon.com/nova/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Amazon Nova Act before buying. ## Key features - **Natural language plus Python:** Each act() call passes a plain-language task to the model inside a session, and the surrounding script is ordinary Python. - **Browser workflow automation:** Listed uses include data entry into web forms, extracting fields from sites and dashboards, and running QA test cases in the browser. - **Human-in-the-loop:** An agent can escalate to a human supervisor when appropriate, and the waiting time is not billed. - **Tools and APIs:** Agents can call APIs and remote MCP tools, or use other agent frameworks, alongside the browser. - **AWS deployment and monitoring:** Native integration with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore for deployment, CloudWatch for monitoring and IAM for permissions. ## Good for - Developers automating web UIs that offer no API - AWS teams that want agents under IAM and CloudWatch - QA teams testing full user journeys in the browser ## Worth knowing - The documentation lists a single supported AWS Region, US East (N. Virginia). - Billing is by agent hour, so cost depends on how long workflows run; each parallel agent is billed on its own. - It needs an AWS account and code; there is no no-code builder on the pages read. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Nova Act automates browser workflows with natural language and Python, billed at $4.75 per agent hour. It needs an AWS account and code, and the documentation lists one supported AWS Region. Each parallel agent is billed on its own. - **Value for money: C.** $4.75 per agent hour, pay as you go. It is a usage price with no plan to line up against the category's $24 middle, so cost follows how long workflows run. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan or trial is listed. Billing is by agent hour from the start. - **Features: C.** Natural language plus Python, browser automation, human-in-the-loop, tools and APIs, AWS deployment and monitoring. It covers browser work only. - **Ease of use: D.** No store rating on record. You need an AWS account and write code; no no-code builder was found on the pages read. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** AWS service with Bedrock AgentCore, CloudWatch and IAM listed, but one Region only. No desktop or phone app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from AWS's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI agents - Amazon Nova Act's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 0 of the 178 other AI agents we grade, and level with 29. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 47 of 178) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-agents ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Amazon Nova Act you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 149 of the 178 other AI agents grade higher. - You could not: An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS IAM **Tags:** AI agents, Workflow automation, Public API ## Alternatives - [Browser Use](https://toolgpa.com/tools/browser-use): Browser agents and cloud browsers for AI apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/browser-use-vs-nova-act) - [Browserbase](https://toolgpa.com/tools/browserbase): Cloud browsers and APIs for agents that use the web. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/browserbase-vs-nova-act) - [H Company](https://toolgpa.com/tools/h-company): Computer-use agents and models, sold by session plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/h-company-vs-nova-act) - [Airtop](https://toolgpa.com/tools/airtop): AI agents that automate web, app and API workflows from a chat. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/airtop-vs-nova-act) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://aws.amazon.com/nova/pricing/ - https://aws.amazon.com/nova/act/ - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/nova-act/latest/userguide/what-is-nova-act.html Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/nova-act Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).