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Power BI pricing
Power BI publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, Power BI pricing is free, then $14/user/month across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free, then $14/user/month
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Power BI plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
| Power BI Pro | $14/user/month | 3 | +$14/user/month, 3 more features |
| Premium Per User | $24/user/month | 4 | +$10/user/month, 4 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers local report creation in power bi desktop, cannot publish or share, no scheduled refreshes.
Power BI Pro
$14/user/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- Publish and share reports
- Up to 8 scheduled refreshes/day
- Collaborate with other Pro users
Premium Per User
$24/user/monthOver Power BI Pro, this tier adds:
- All Pro features
- Up to 48 scheduled refreshes/day
- Copilot integration
- Larger model sizes
Where Power BI stops being free
Free, Free
- Local report creation in Power BI Desktop
- Cannot publish or share
- No scheduled refreshes
Power BI Pro, $14/user/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Publish and share reports
- Up to 8 scheduled refreshes/day
- Collaborate with other Pro users
What the product covers
The full Power BI feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- AI-powered Insights
- Natural Language Queries
- Real-time Dashboards
- Paginated Reports
- Mobile Apps
Integrations
- Excel
- Azure
- Dynamics 365
- SQL Server
- Salesforce
- Google Analytics
Platform
- Web support
- Desktop support
- Mobile support
People bring Power BI in for self-service analytics, data exploration, ad-hoc reporting, collaborative analysis, embedded analytics. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Power BI are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Business Intelligence
Across the 4 business intelligence tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $41.5/month. Power BI starts at $14/user/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power BI (this page) | Free, then $14/user/month | - | - | |
| Quid | On request | quote | - | vs Power BI |
| DashThis | $44/month | Per month by dashboard count | - | vs Power BI |
| Jedox | On request | quote | - | vs Power BI |
| Snowplow | On request | quote | - | vs Power BI |
| Board International | On request | quote | - | vs Power BI |
| Rill Data | $20/month | Per user per month plus metered compute | - | vs Power BI |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Power BI badges page.
Before you pay for Power BI
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and $24/user/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Power BI runs on web, desktop, mobile, and is published by Microsoft of Redmond, Washington. The full record is on the Power BI review, and the rest of the category is under best business intelligence tools.
Power BI pricing questions
- How much does Power BI cost?
- Power BI publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to $24/user/month for Premium Per User. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Power BI have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers local report creation in power bi desktop, cannot publish or share, no scheduled refreshes. Paying starts at $14/user/month for Power BI Pro.
- What is the difference between Free and Power BI Pro on Power BI?
- Power BI Pro costs $14/user/month against Free, and adds publish and share reports, up to 8 scheduled refreshes/day, collaborate with other pro users.
- Is the Premium Per User plan on Power BI worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is all pro features, up to 48 scheduled refreshes/day, copilot integration, larger model sizes. It costs $24/user/month against $14/user/month for Power BI Pro. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Power BI expensive for a business intelligence tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 4 business intelligence tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $41.5/month; Power BI starts at $14/user/month.
- Which business intelligence tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 8 business intelligence tools listed alongside Power BI have a free tier: Fabi.
- What am I actually paying for with Power BI?
- The record lists 14 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for self-service analytics, data exploration, ad-hoc reporting.
- Does Power BI charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Power BI prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Power BI against before paying?
- The closest business intelligence tools in this directory are Quid, DashThis, Jedox, Snowplow. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Power BI covering price, platforms and features.