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.

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.

What am I actually paying for with Power BI?

The record lists 14 features across 3 areas: core, 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?

Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to Power BI to make a useful price comparison.

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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.

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.

Power BI pricing tiers
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

The entry tier. It covers local report creation in power bi desktop, cannot publish or share, no scheduled refreshes.

Power BI Pro

$14/user/month

Over Free, this tier adds:

Publish and share reports
Up to 8 scheduled refreshes/day
Collaborate with other Pro users

Premium Per User

$24/user/month

Over 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.

Core

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.

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.

Power BI pricing on the vendor's own site

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.
What am I actually paying for with Power BI?: The record lists 14 features across 3 areas: core, 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?: Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to Power BI to make a useful price comparison.

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