The two types of Power BI Premium plans—Premium Per User (PPU) and Premium Per Capacity (often called the Bundle Plan)—offer different approaches to licensing, access, and features.?
- Premium Per User (PPU):Priced per individual user, typically around $20 per user per month.Cost-effective for smaller teams or individuals needing access to Premium features without a company-wide license.
- Premium Per Capacity (Bundle Plan):Priced per capacity rather than per user, typically starting at $4,995 per month.Ideal for larger organizations that want Premium access for multiple users or departments without requiring individual licenses for each person.
- Premium Per User (PPU):Only users with a PPU license can access Premium features, including sharing content with other PPU users.Users without PPU or Pro licenses can’t view reports or dashboards created by PPU users.
- Premium Per Capacity (Bundle Plan):Allows unlimited content sharing within the organization, so free Power BI users can view content without needing individual licenses.All employees, regardless of license, can access published content if they are within the organization's Premium workspace.
- Premium Per User (PPU):No dedicated capacity is provided; instead, PPU users leverage shared cloud resources.This can be a limitation for large datasets or high-performance requirements, as it doesn’t provide the dedicated resources that Premium Per Capacity does.
- Premium Per Capacity (Bundle Plan):Offers dedicated cloud resources for your organization, ensuring better performance for large-scale reports, datasets, and complex analytics.Supports high-performance requirements and larger dataset models.
- Premium Per User (PPU):Includes most Premium features, such as AI and machine learning capabilities, paginated reports, larger dataset sizes, and deployment pipelines.Scalable for smaller teams who need advanced features without requiring high capacity or organization-wide access.
- Premium Per Capacity (Bundle Plan):Supports all advanced features, including those available in PPU.Better suited for large-scale deployments, complex data models, and environments where enhanced data refresh rates (up to 48 times/day) and unlimited report distribution are essential.
- Premium Per User (PPU):Suitable for small-to-medium teams needing Premium features without an extensive user base.Great for specialized teams (like analytics teams) that need advanced capabilities while limiting costs.
- Premium Per Capacity (Bundle Plan):Ideal for larger organizations that need extensive distribution of reports and dashboards across departments without individual licensing costs.Better for companies with higher data processing needs and significant scaling requirements for datasets.
Choosing between the two depends on organizational needs, the number of users, budget, and the extent of reporting and analytics requirements.
