Which is better create app and share to another license or embed to (website or portal)?

[Anonymous]

I'm a little bit new to power BI, and I find 2 way to share dashboard that come to my mind,
1. first is to create app and share to another license,
2. second is using embed to web.
Can I know the advantage for each of this option? from my perspective it's better using embed to web.
Because if I use create app and share it means that my organization need another pro license so I can create app and share to another pro license so user can see the dashboard from that other license.
But if I use embed to web, we just need set the log in in your web site.

Is my guess true? or maybe there is other advantage that i can know.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous ,

As far as I am aware of, in Power BI Service, there are two ways to share Dashboards:
     1.create a App to share:
            requirements: user need Pro or PPU license to create a APP
            viewer: need corresponding Pro or PPU license or the App created from Premium capacity workspace
     2.by click “Share” button in Power BI Service to share
            requirements: user need Pro or PPU license to share the Dashboard
            viewer: need corresponding Pro or PPU license or the Dashboard hosted in a Premium capacity workspace

If you want to share report, in Power BI Service, you can choose:
    1.create a App to share(same as dashboard)
    2.by click “Share” button(also same as dashboard)
    3.embed to website or portal:
           requirements: : user need Pro or PPU license to share the report
           viewer: need corresponding Pro or PPU license or the report hosted in a Premium capacity workspace

For more details, you can read related document: Share Power BI reports and dashboards with coworkers and others - Power BI | Microsoft Docs , Publish an app in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

Best regards,

Community Support Team_ Binbin Yu

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[gauthamboppana]

@Anonymous  - As far as I am aware of, even when you emebed in Web e.g sharepoint, the users will need a pro License or the app needs to be in Premium capacity to share to free Users. Hope this helps !