Power BI Licence Types

Power BI license Types

In the Power BI service, users have defined capabilities based on two types of licenses:

1. Per User

2. Capacity Based

·        Per-user - Power BI Pro licensing and free licensing. A Power BI Pro license enables access to all content and capabilities in the Power BI service, including the ability to share content and collaborate with other Pro users. Only Pro users can publish content to app workspaces, share dashboards, and subscribe to dashboards and reports. A free license enables access to some of the features of the Power BI service. 

·        Capacity-based - Power BI Premium licensing. Premium provides dedicated capacity to deliver more consistent performance and support larger data volumes in Power BI. For individual users, Premium also enables widespread distribution of content by Pro users without requiring Pro licenses for recipients who view the content. 

·                  Power BI Premium provides dedicated and enhanced resources to run the Power BI    service withe the following features:

• Greater scale and performance
• Flexibility to license by capacity
• Unify self-service and enterprise BI
• Extend on-premises BI with Power BI Report Server
• Support for data residency by region (Multi-Geo)
• Share data with anyone without purchasing a per-user license

Here is the calculator from Microsoft on finding the cost of licenses by its type:

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/calculator/