on 09 May 2017 00:25:49
Power BI should have a Lite License for people that only consume dashboards or reports every now and then. This is for people that don't create reports but need to see the dashboards and may need to use the "report level" to be able to export output to PowerPoint (since you can't export the dashboard to PowerPoint but can only do it at Report level).
Administrator on 22 Oct 2017 01:35:52
With the introduction of Power BI Premium earlier this year, there are now two licensing options for Power BI: Power BI Pro and Power BI Premium. This provides the flexibility to select the model that best meets the needs of individual users and entire organizations – whether that’s equipping users with access to self-service BI, broadening the reach of BI content for users occasionally viewing dashboards and reports, or elevating storage sizes, increasing refresh rates and introducing other performance capabilities based on workload requirements. The right choice, Pro or Premium, depends on your particular situation. We've been listening to your questions on UserVoice, the community, and other forums about what option to choose, and have developed a FAQ on our blog that answers the most common questions. Check it out at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-pro-power-bi-premium-flexibility-to-choose-the-licensing-best-for-you-and-your-organization/.
- Comments (139)
RE: Power BI Lite License
Pro account just to view a report is really shame. A great way to kill your product, Microsoft.
RE: Power BI Lite License
This exists with Premium.
RE: Power BI Lite License
I currently have 3 clients in the incubation phase with Power BI Embedded proofs-of-concept. While the potential upside for wider adoption is quite good in all cases, the $625/month entry point of is too high for these clients in exploratory phases. I respectfully suggest an intermediate tier or two would allow for broader adoption.
RE: Power BI Lite License
With this much votes (in fact, being the top voted idea), there should have been a progress on this. Still no change in status. :(
RE: Power BI Lite License
I agree that no license should be needed to consume a report/dashboard.
RE: Power BI Lite License
We need a way to start small and grow as needed. A minimum of $650 a month is not accessible to anyone trying to start small and grow.
RE: Power BI Lite License
I too want to express my dissappointment about this recent change. After having invested quite some resources migrating to PowerBI Embedded that follows the Azure pay-as-you-go model that we came accustomed too, suddenly and with NO warning, we have pay at least 30 times more for a fixed minimum entrance fee. Where is the Azure 'scale as you grow' idea behind THAT?
I have been defending our decision for the Azure eco-system against others' warnings of 'vendor lock-in' as a thing of the past for Microsoft, but with this decision you guys proved me wrong.
I can only hope this is just an ill-communicated, not well thought-through decision that you guys will revisit before terminating the PowerBI Embedded service in 2018. In the mean time we will be looking for alternative solutions.
RE: Power BI Lite License
Wondering if there has been any response/feedback from MS BI team on this request/suggestion about pricing?
RE: Power BI Lite License
The Power BI licensing model is a joke.
RE: Power BI Lite License
As I understood the new licensing model, the Pro subscription is needed to build and share reports, and the Free subscription can be used to view. If I make a price calculation on the Power BI site, it does only count the Pro subscriptions.
However, we've built the reports/dashboards and used groups to separate stuff from eachother. Guess what: group functionality is not supported for Free users.
This is a huge disappointment. I was super positive about Power BI, but looking at the new model and the experiences, I get the feeling now that the costs made to develop stuff now have to be re-earned. Retroactively.
The pro subscription should only be needed for building and sharing. But users that occassionaly view a dashboard should not be presented with a license requirement, despite the used functionality to share them (groups or not).
If more money has to be made, then make the Pro subscription 19.99 or something, I don't mind, but the current setup is terrible.