Power BI Copilot review

Power BI Copilot makes sense when your reports already live in Power BI. Microsoft documents Copilot features for asking data questions with Fabric IQ, creating report pages from a prompt, adding narrative visuals that summarize a page, and summarizing reports in subscriptions, both in the Power BI service and in Power BI Desktop. The catch is licensing. Power BI Pro costs $14 per user per month paid yearly, but Microsoft's setup docs say reports must sit in a workspace on Premium (P1 and above) or paid Fabric (F2 and above) capacity, or use a Fabric Copilot capacity that is billed only for Copilot AI consumption. Copilot is not supported on trial SKUs, and admins must turn on tenant and capacity settings. For a Microsoft shop that already pays for capacity, it adds plain-English answers to existing semantic models at little extra effort. For anyone else, setup is heavier than the chat-first tools above.

Who it is for

organizations already on Microsoft Fabric or Power BI Premium capacity

Price

Free account; Power BI Pro from $14 per user per month paid yearly (Copilot needs paid Fabric F2+ or Premium P1+ capacity).

Power BI Pro $14.00 user/month, paid yearly
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 12, 2026.

Key features

• Ask data questions with Copilot and Fabric IQ
• Create report pages from a prompt
• Narrative visuals that summarize a report page
• Copilot summaries in report subscriptions
• Copilot in Power BI Desktop and in Power BI apps

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Power BI Pro costs $14 per user per month paid yearly
• Strength: Fabric Copilot capacity is billed only for Copilot AI consumption
• Strength: Admins can enable Copilot per capacity
• Weakness: Copilot requires paid Fabric (F2 and above) or Premium (P1 and above) capacity, not just a Pro license
• Weakness: Copilot in Fabric isn't supported on trial SKUs
• Weakness: Admins must enable several tenant and capacity settings first

Key facts

• Free account: Yes, included in a Microsoft Fabric free account
• Power BI Pro: $14 per user per month paid yearly
• Premium Per User: $24 per user per month paid yearly
• Copilot requirement: Paid Fabric F2+ or Premium P1+ capacity, or a Fabric Copilot capacity

Where it ranks

Power BI Copilot is No. 6 in our Best AI Data Analysis Tools verdict.