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Microsoft Power BI Pro pricing: plans, free tier and a free option

Microsoft Power BI Pro starts at US$14.00 per user/month (paid yearly; Pro is the cheapest paid tier and the one that unlocks sharing). Building charts and dashboards from a spreadsheet or CSV file.

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Microsoft Power BI Pro

USD list price

Building charts and dashboards from a spreadsheet or CSV file.

Entry price

US$14.00 per user/month

paid yearly; Pro is the cheapest paid tier and the one that unlocks sharing

Free tier

  • Yes — a free Power BI account, no credit card required, which lets you 'Create rich, interactive reports that put visual analytics at your fingertips.' The catch is that you must upgrade to Pro to share reports with anyone. The free tier is also capped at 8 data refreshes/day versus 48/day on Premium Per User.

Microsoft advertises only the per-user/month figure and does not display an annual total, so no annual number is published here. Power BI Premium Per User is US$24.00 per user/month paid yearly.

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What Microsoft Power BI Pro does that free tools don't

  • Sharing and collaboration: publishing reports to Power BI workspaces and apps, governed by Microsoft Entra identity, row-level security and tenant admin policy.
  • Scheduled automatic data refresh from governed enterprise sources rather than a one-off file upload.
  • Deep Excel and Microsoft 365 integration — Pro is bundled into Microsoft 365 E5 and Office 365 E5.

If you need these, Microsoft Power BI Pro is worth paying for. Check the current plan on the vendor's pricing page (opens in a new tab) before you buy.

Free options for what people buy Microsoft Power BI Pro for

Microsoft Power BI Pro pricing questions

How much does Microsoft Power BI Pro cost?

Microsoft Power BI Pro starts at US$14.00 per user/month (paid yearly; Pro is the cheapest paid tier and the one that unlocks sharing). Read from the vendor's own page on 2026-11-01.

Does Microsoft Power BI Pro have a free plan?

Free account with no card required — but you must upgrade to Pro to share a report.

Is there a free alternative to Microsoft Power BI Pro?

For turning a spreadsheet or csv into a chart, the free AltFTool Excel to Chart covers the basic job without an account. It does less than Microsoft Power BI Pro — each comparison lists exactly what you give up.

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