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Power BI Copilot Pricing & Plans 2026

Complete pricing guide for Power BI Copilot. Compare all plans, analyze costs, and find the perfect tier for your needs.

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๐Ÿ’Ž4 Paid Plans
โšกNo Setup Fees

Choose Your Plan

Power BI Pro

$14/user/month

mo

  • โœ“Required for users authoring reports
  • โœ“Does NOT include Copilot access on its own
  • โœ“Publish and share Power BI content
  • โœ“Collaborate in workspaces
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Power BI Premium Per User (PPU)

$24/user/month

mo

  • โœ“All Power BI Pro features
  • โœ“Larger model sizes and refresh frequency
  • โœ“Copilot access only when tenant has F64+ Fabric capacity
  • โœ“AI features and paginated reports
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Microsoft Fabric F64 Capacity

~$5,000/month (pay-as-you-go)

mo

  • โœ“Minimum SKU required for Power BI Copilot
  • โœ“Tenant-wide Copilot enablement
  • โœ“Includes Power BI, Data Factory, Synapse, and OneLake
  • โœ“Pause/resume capacity to manage costs
  • โœ“Reserved-instance discounts available
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Power BI Premium P1 (legacy)

~$4,995/month

mo

  • โœ“Legacy capacity SKU also eligible for Copilot
  • โœ“Dedicated capacity for the tenant
  • โœ“Embedded analytics support
  • โœ“Being phased out in favor of Fabric SKUs
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Pricing sourced from Power BI Copilot ยท Last verified March 2026

Feature Comparison

FeaturesPower BI ProPower BI Premium Per User (PPU)Microsoft Fabric F64 CapacityPower BI Premium P1 (legacy)
Required for users authoring reportsโœ“โœ“โœ“โœ“
Does NOT include Copilot access on its ownโœ“โœ“โœ“โœ“
Publish and share Power BI contentโœ“โœ“โœ“โœ“
Collaborate in workspacesโœ“โœ“โœ“โœ“
All Power BI Pro featuresโ€”โœ“โœ“โœ“
Larger model sizes and refresh frequencyโ€”โœ“โœ“โœ“
Copilot access only when tenant has F64+ Fabric capacityโ€”โœ“โœ“โœ“
AI features and paginated reportsโ€”โœ“โœ“โœ“
Minimum SKU required for Power BI Copilotโ€”โ€”โœ“โœ“
Tenant-wide Copilot enablementโ€”โ€”โœ“โœ“
Includes Power BI, Data Factory, Synapse, and OneLakeโ€”โ€”โœ“โœ“
Pause/resume capacity to manage costsโ€”โ€”โœ“โœ“
Reserved-instance discounts availableโ€”โ€”โœ“โœ“
Legacy capacity SKU also eligible for Copilotโ€”โ€”โ€”โœ“
Dedicated capacity for the tenantโ€”โ€”โ€”โœ“
Embedded analytics supportโ€”โ€”โ€”โœ“
Being phased out in favor of Fabric SKUsโ€”โ€”โ€”โœ“

Is Power BI Copilot Worth It?

โœ… Why Choose Power BI Copilot

  • โ€ข Deeply integrated with Power BI Desktop, the Power BI service, and Microsoft Fabric, eliminating the need for a separate AI tool
  • โ€ข Can generate an entire report page from a semantic model in seconds, dramatically reducing time-to-first-report
  • โ€ข Respects existing row-level security, sensitivity labels, and Microsoft Purview governance, so enterprise compliance is preserved
  • โ€ข Generates DAX formulas and explains existing measures, helpful for analysts who are not DAX experts
  • โ€ข Built on Azure OpenAI with Microsoft's enterprise data protection โ€” prompts and data are not used to train foundation models
  • โ€ข Available across Power BI Desktop, web service, mobile, and embedded scenarios for a consistent experience

โš ๏ธ Consider This

  • โ€ข Requires a Microsoft Fabric F64 or Power BI Premium P1 capacity, which starts around $5,000/month โ€” out of reach for small teams
  • โ€ข Quality of output depends heavily on how well the semantic model is documented; poorly named tables and columns produce poor results
  • โ€ข Limited to data already modeled in Power BI semantic models โ€” cannot directly query raw files or arbitrary databases
  • โ€ข Some features remain in preview and behavior can change between monthly Power BI releases
  • โ€ข Geographic and tenant restrictions apply: Copilot is only available in supported Fabric regions and must be explicitly enabled by a tenant admin

What Users Say About Power BI Copilot

๐Ÿ‘ What Users Love

  • โœ“Deeply integrated with Power BI Desktop, the Power BI service, and Microsoft Fabric, eliminating the need for a separate AI tool
  • โœ“Can generate an entire report page from a semantic model in seconds, dramatically reducing time-to-first-report
  • โœ“Respects existing row-level security, sensitivity labels, and Microsoft Purview governance, so enterprise compliance is preserved
  • โœ“Generates DAX formulas and explains existing measures, helpful for analysts who are not DAX experts
  • โœ“Built on Azure OpenAI with Microsoft's enterprise data protection โ€” prompts and data are not used to train foundation models
  • โœ“Available across Power BI Desktop, web service, mobile, and embedded scenarios for a consistent experience

๐Ÿ‘Ž Common Concerns

  • โš Requires a Microsoft Fabric F64 or Power BI Premium P1 capacity, which starts around $5,000/month โ€” out of reach for small teams
  • โš Quality of output depends heavily on how well the semantic model is documented; poorly named tables and columns produce poor results
  • โš Limited to data already modeled in Power BI semantic models โ€” cannot directly query raw files or arbitrary databases
  • โš Some features remain in preview and behavior can change between monthly Power BI releases
  • โš Geographic and tenant restrictions apply: Copilot is only available in supported Fabric regions and must be explicitly enabled by a tenant admin

Pricing FAQ

How much does Power BI Copilot cost?

Power BI Copilot does not have a standalone price. To use it, your organization must have a Microsoft Fabric capacity of at least F64 or a Power BI Premium P1 capacity, which starts at approximately $5,000/month for pay-as-you-go F64 SKUs. There is no per-user Copilot license โ€” once the capacity is provisioned and a tenant admin enables the feature, all eligible Power BI Pro and PPU users in the tenant can use it. This makes it primarily an enterprise offering rather than something a small team or individual can adopt.

What can Power BI Copilot actually do inside a report?

Copilot can create entire report pages from a semantic model based on a natural language prompt, suggest content for a specific topic or audience, write narrative summaries of pages or individual visuals, and answer conversational questions about the data. It can also generate and explain DAX measures, which helps analysts who are less comfortable with the formula language. In Power BI Desktop, it additionally helps with semantic model creation by suggesting synonyms and metadata that improve future Copilot results.

Is my data sent to OpenAI or used to train models?

No. Power BI Copilot is built on Azure OpenAI Service running inside Microsoft's enterprise boundary, not the public OpenAI API. Microsoft's documentation states that prompts, responses, and your underlying data are not used to train the foundation models, and the data stays within your tenant's geographic boundary when the Fabric capacity is in a supported region. Copilot also fully respects row-level security, object-level security, and sensitivity labels applied to the semantic model.

Why are Copilot's answers sometimes inaccurate or generic?

Copilot relies almost entirely on the metadata of your semantic model โ€” table names, column names, measure descriptions, and synonyms. If columns are cryptically named (like 'col_A') or measures lack descriptions, Copilot has no context and produces generic or incorrect output. Microsoft recommends using clear, business-friendly names, adding descriptions to measures and tables, marking date tables, and using the Q&A linguistic schema. Investing in good model hygiene typically improves results dramatically.

How does Power BI Copilot compare to Tableau Pulse or ThoughtSpot?

Compared to the other Business Intelligence AI tools in our directory, Power BI Copilot wins on Microsoft 365 integration, governance, and being part of a broader productivity suite. Tableau Pulse offers stronger automated metric monitoring and works well for organizations standardized on Salesforce/Tableau, while ThoughtSpot Sage is generally considered the most natural-feeling search-driven BI experience. Power BI Copilot is the obvious choice if you already run Power BI on a Fabric capacity; otherwise the capacity cost is hard to justify versus alternatives that price per user.

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