Power BI Desktop: Power BI Desktop is a free Windows application for creating reports and data visualizations. You can download and use it for free.
Power BI Pro: Power BI Pro is a paid licensing option that allows individual users to create and share reports and dashboards with others. The key features of Power BI Pro include collaboration and sharing capabilities, as well as the ability to publish content to the Power BI service. Users with a Power BI Pro license can collaborate on reports and dashboards in a workspace.
Power BI Premium: Power BI Premium is designed for organizations with a larger number of users or those who require advanced features. Power BI Premium provides dedicated capacity, which means that you can share and collaborate with a broader audience without requiring each user to have a Pro license. It also offers features like Power BI Report Server, which allows you to host reports on your own servers. Power BI Premium is available in different capacity sizes, depending on your organization's needs.
Power BI Embedded: Power BI Embedded is designed for developers who want to embed Power BI reports and dashboards into their own applications, websites, or services. It offers a different pricing model based on the number of render and data transfer transactions, rather than per-user licensing.
Power BI on-premises: Power BI Report Server is part of Power BI Premium and allows you to host your reports on your own servers, keeping your data and reports on-premises.