A Comprehensive Guide to Power BI Licensing and Pricing

In the data-driven age, leveraging the right tools can significantly bolster decision-making processes. Power BI has emerged as a frontrunner in visualization tools, offering a range of pricing plans suitable for diverse organizational needs. Here's a breakdown of Power BI's pricing and features to guide your decisions.

Power BI subscriptions :

Free :

- Create detailed, interactive reports that make visual analyses accessible. This feature is included in your Microsoft Fabric free account (still in preview).

- No credit card needed.

- Upgrade options available to Power BI Pro or Power BI Premium for report sharing.

Power BI Pro :

- Price: €9.40 per user/month

- Obtain licenses for individual users to publish reports, dashboards, and visualize content across the organization.

- Power BI Pro license is mandatory to publish and share reports.

- Bundled with Microsoft 365 E5.

- Immediate purchase with a credit card available.

- Link to purchase : https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=2106428&clcid=0x40c&cmpid=pbi-pric-body-buy-cardprouser

Power BI Premium :

- Price: €18.70 per user/month (An additional $10 add-on per user/month is available for users with Power BI Pro and Microsoft 365 E5 licenses to upgrade to Power BI Premium per user).

- Extend licenses to individual users for larger model sizes, more regular updates, XMLA read/write, deployment pipelines, and other enterprise-level features.

- Incorporates all functionalities available with Power BI Pro.

- Ready for direct purchase with a credit card.

- Link to purchase : https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=2191520&clcid=0x40c&cmpid=pbi-pric-body-buy-cardpreuser

Power BI Premium by Capacity (Including Microsoft Fabric) :

- Price: Starting at €4,675.60 per capacity/month

- License your entire organization, allowing content consumers to interact with reports without needing extra per-user licenses.

- Enjoy the broader Microsoft Fabric workloads through a unified product experience and capacity.

- A Power BI Pro license is a prerequisite to publish Power BI content to Microsoft Fabric.

- Contact Sales Team : https://powerbi.microsoft.com/fr-fr/pricing/fr-fr/#

Power BI Premium by Capacity (Including specific Microsoft Fabric SKUs) :

- Price: Starting at €246 per capacity/month

- License your organization for Microsoft Fabric access in a unified product experience utilizing identical capacity and storage.

- Features of Power BI Premium by capacity are included (content sharing with non-licensed users is limited to Fabric SKU F64 and later versions).

- Power BI Pro license is essential to channel Power BI content to Microsoft Fabric.

- Avail of usage-driven pricing, adjustable dynamically or even suspended without usage commitments.

- View Fabric Pricing : https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=2246000&clcid=0x40c

Note: Listed prices are indicative and can vary based on currency, country, and regional adjustments. Universities, public services, and associations might qualify for specialized pricing. Power BI is also available in China through 21Vianet.

Other Ways to Use Power BI

- Microsoft 365 E5: Gain access to Power BI Pro via Microsoft 365 E5, a blend of top productivity apps paired with advanced security, compliance, voice, and analytics features.

- Power BI Desktop: Utilize the complimentary Power BI Desktop app to connect, model, and visualize data through an intuitive drag-and-drop interface with numerous interactive visuals.

- Power BI Mobile: Securely view real-time Power BI reports and dashboards on your chosen device, supported by native BI apps for Windows, iOS, and Android.

- Power BI Embedded: Design reports, dashboards, and analyses for customers within your applications. This can be achieved by branding Power BI as your own and automating tasks like tracking, management, and analysis deployment.

I hope this guide helps you in understanding Power BI's licensing and pricing.

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