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Analytics for every organisation

Power BI Pro

Per user

 

$13.70

Per user/month

License individual users with modern, self-service analytics to visualise data with live dashboards and reports, and share insights across your organisation.

  • Power BI Pro is included in Microsoft 365 E5.
  • Available to buy now with a credit card.1

Power BI Premium

Per user

Per capacity

 

$27.50

Per user/month 2

License individual users to accelerate access to insights with advanced AI, unlock self-service data prep for big data, and simplify data management and access at enterprise scale.

  • Includes all the features available with Power BI Pro.
  • Available to buy now with a credit card.1

Per capacity

from

$6,858.10

Per capacity/month

License your organisation with capacity to accelerate access to insights with advanced AI, unlock self-service data prep for big data, and simplify data management and access at enterprise scale—without per-user licences for content consumers.

  • Requires a Power BI Pro licence for publishing content into Power BI Premium capacity.
  • Enable autoscale with your Azure subscription to automatically scale Power BI Premium capacity.

1 Power BI Pro and Power BI Premium per user subscriptions are available for self-service purchase, as well as in the Microsoft 365 admin centre. Purchasing Power BI Premium per capacity requires access to the Microsoft 365 admin centre. Learn more about available Power BI purchasing and licensing options.

2 A USD10 per user/month add-on is available for users with Power BI Pro and Microsoft 365 E5 licences to step up to Power BI Premium per user. Learn more about purchasing Power BI Premium per user.

Prices shown are for marketing purposes only and may not be reflective of actual list price due to currency, country, and regional variant factors. Your actual price will be reflected at checkout. Contact Microsoft to learn more about volume licensing.

Academic, government, and nonprofit pricing are available.

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Feature 3 Power BI Pro
Power BI Premium
Per user
Power BI Premium
Per capacity
Collaboration and analytics
Mobile app access

Included

Included

Included

Publish reports to share and collaborate

Included

Included

 
Paginated (RDL) reports

Included

Included

Included

Consume content without a per-user licence    

Included

On-premises reporting with Power BI Report Server    

Included

Data prep, modelling, and visualisation
Model memory size limit5 1 GB 100 GB 400 GB
Refresh rate 8/day 48/day 48/day
Connect to more than 100 data sources

Included

Included

Included

Create reports and visualisations with Power BI Desktop4

Included

Included

Included

Embed APIs and controls

Included

Included

Included

AI visuals

Included

Included

Included

Advanced AI (text analytics, image detection, automated machine learning)  

Included

Included

XMLA endpoint read/write connectivity  

Included

Included

Dataflows (direct query, linked and computed entities, enhanced compute engine)  

Included

Included

Datamart creation  

Included

Included

Governance and administration
Data security and encryption

Included

Included

Included

Metrics for content creation, consumption, and publishing

Included

Included

Included

Application lifecycle management  

Included

Included

Multi-geo deployment management    

Included

Bring your own key (BYOK)    

Included

Autoscale add-on availability    

Included

Maximum storage 10 GB/user 100 TB 100 TB
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Power BI Pro
Power BI Premium
Per user
Power BI Premium
Per capacity
Feature 3
Collaboration and analytics
Mobile app access

Included

Included

Included

Publish reports to share and collaborate

Included

Included

 
Paginated (RDL) reports
 

Included

Included

Consume content without a per-user licence
   

Included

On-premises reporting with Power BI Report Server
   

Included

Data prep, modelling, and visualisation
Model memory size limit5
1 GB 100 GB 400 GB
Refresh rate
8/day 48/day 48/day
Connect to more than 100 data sources

Included

Included

Included

Create reports and visualisations with Power BI Desktop4

Included

Included

Included

Embed APIs and controls

Included

Included

Included

AI visuals

Included

Included

Included

Advanced AI (text analytics, image detection, automated machine learning)
 

Included

Included

XMLA endpoint read/write connectivity
 

Included

Included

Dataflows (direct query, linked and computed entities, enhanced compute engine)
 

Included

Included

Datamart creation
 

Included

Included

Governance and administration
Data security and encryption

Included

Included

Included

Metrics for content creation, consumption, and publishing

Included

Included

Included

Application lifecycle management
 

Included

Included

Multi-geo deployment management
   

Included

Bring your own key (BYOK)
   

Included

Autoscale add-on availability
   

Included

Maximum storage
10 GB/user 100 TB 100 TB
Buy now Buy now Contact sales

3 Representative of features available in general availability (GA) status.

4 Power BI Desktop is the data exploration and report authoring experience for Power BI, and it is available as a free download.

5 Model Memory Size Limit capacity and SKUs

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Autoscale

 

$116.72

Per vCore/24 hours

Respond to occasional, unplanned overage spikes in Power BI Premium capacity by automatically adding one vCore at a time per 24-hour period as your organisation’s needs change with the flexibility of an Azure subscription.

  • Autoscale is an optional add-on that requires Power BI Premium per capacity (Gen2) and Azure subscriptions.
  • Limits can be preset with autoscale to control costs, such as thresholds on vCore scaling or total subscription charges.

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