March 31 - April 2, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Use code MSCUST for a $150 discount! Early Bird pricing ends December 9th.
Register NowGet certified in Microsoft Fabric—for free! For a limited time, the Microsoft Fabric Community team will be offering free DP-600 exam vouchers. Prepare now
Hello, Power BI Community,
I'm reaching out for guidance on integrating Power BI Fabric into our small company's data architecture in the most cost-effective way possible. Here's a brief overview of our situation:
Given our small user base (only 5 users) and the disproportionate jump in costs (from €50/month for 5 Pro licenses to potentially €3000/month for necessary capacity), we're seeking advice on how to proceed.
Question: Could anyone advise on the most economical approach to gain access to Power BI Fabric functionalities for our small group? Our goal is to enhance our data projects without incurring exorbitant costs.
Thank you in advance for your insights and recommendations!
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hey @BiWithMarius ,
if you want to leverage the capabilities of Microsoft Fabric, you need to purchase a F capacity. The good thing about F capacities is the fact that they come with smaller sized compute units than P capacities. Here you will the pricing details: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/microsoft-fabric/
Make sure you select the proper region.
All F capacities smaller than F64 require Power BI Pro licenses when access access Power BI content (reports, dashboards, apps, data flows gen1, and datamarts). Power BI Free licenses can only be used with F64 and above.
You do not need to have a Pro license if you are creating a pipeline..
Hopefully, this helps to find you a suitable solution.
Regards,
Tom
Hey @BiWithMarius ,
if you want to leverage the capabilities of Microsoft Fabric, you need to purchase a F capacity. The good thing about F capacities is the fact that they come with smaller sized compute units than P capacities. Here you will the pricing details: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/microsoft-fabric/
Make sure you select the proper region.
All F capacities smaller than F64 require Power BI Pro licenses when access access Power BI content (reports, dashboards, apps, data flows gen1, and datamarts). Power BI Free licenses can only be used with F64 and above.
You do not need to have a Pro license if you are creating a pipeline..
Hopefully, this helps to find you a suitable solution.
Regards,
Tom
Hi @TomMartens ,
thank you for the response. I will sum up again for someone else trying to estimate the price for a small company.
After reading your message and some further articles I assume the cheapest out of the box option for us would cost around 350€/mo. if we get an F2 capacity and some Pro accounts. F2 should be able to easily manage tables with arount 10 million rows.
The price could be reduced to approximately 200€ a month if we turn on the capacity only for working hours. Unfortunately, automating the process of turning it on and off is not as easy as expected and can only be done with some API calls.
Regards,
Marius
March 31 - April 2, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Use code MSCUST for a $150 discount! Early Bird pricing ends December 9th.
Check out the November 2024 Power BI update to learn about new features.
User | Count |
---|---|
48 | |
38 | |
37 | |
33 | |
20 |