Updated: July 24, 2020 (April 3, 2019)

Power BI Components by Report Hosting Platform

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	Description	Power BI (Free)	Power BI Pro	Power BI Premium P	Power BI Report Server	Power BI Premium EM	Azure Power BI Embedded
Report Types
Power BI (.pbix)	Power BI native file format created via Power BI Desktop and the maximum size supported.	Yes 1GB	Yes 1GB	Yes 10GB	Yes 2GB	Yes 10GB	Yes 10GB
Excel (.xlsx)	Excel workbooks and the maximum size supported. Hosted services require users to have Office 365 subscription.	Yes 250MB	Yes 250MB	Yes 250MB	Yes 2GB (Requires Office Online Server)	No	No
Paginated (RDL)	Traditional columnar reports generated for SQL Server Reporting Services.	No	No	Preview	Yes	Preview	No
KPIs	Live performance metrics.	Yes (Limited real-time refresh)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Design Tools
Power BI Desktop	Free Windows desktop application

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