The closest alternative to Nova Pro 1.0 is Llama 4 Scout — comparable intelligence (13.5 vs 13.5); for a cheaper option, MiniMax M3 runs $0.300/M vs $0.800/M; for more speed, Mercury 2 hits 590 t/s; and the best open-weight substitute is MiniMax M3.
Llama 4 Scout is the closest alternative to Nova Pro 1.0, with an Intelligence Index of 13.5 (Nova Pro 1.0 scores 13.5) at $0.100 per million input tokens.
Yes — MiniMax M3 costs $0.300 per million input tokens versus $0.800 for Nova Pro 1.0, while staying within ~8 points of its Intelligence Index.
MiniMax M3 is the strongest open-weight alternative to Nova Pro 1.0 — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable, scoring 54.7 on intelligence.