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- Self-service and modern BI in the cloud
- Collaboration, publishing, sharing, and ad hoc analysis
- Fully managed by Microsoft
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- Enterprise BI, big data analytics, cloud and on-premises reporting
- Advanced administration and deployment controls
- Dedicated cloud compute and storage resources
- Allow any user to consume Power BI content
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Content creation
Use the free Power BI Desktop tool to author reports and prepare, model, and create data visualizations.
Content publication
Collaborate with colleagues, model data, author content, share dashboards, publish reports, and perform ad hoc analysis with a Power BI Pro license.
Content consumption
Read and interact with pre-published dashboards and reports with either a per-user Power BI Pro license or a Power BI Premium license for large-scale databases.
Power BI features comparison
Use the table below to help determine which collaboration, publishing, and consumption option is best for your organization.
Prices shown may be slightly higher than actual list price.
Prices shown are per user, per month and require annual subscription. Monthly subscriptions are also available. Pricing will vary.
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A Power BI Pro license is required to:
- Distribute content to other users, and for peer-to-peer sharing and collaboration.
- Publish content to Power BI Premium.
- Receive content from other users unless the user is associated with dedicated capacity in Power BI Premium.
- Publish content to Power BI Report Server.
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