Power BI (HR)
VerifiedMicrosoft's business intelligence tool for building real-time HR and workforce dashboards.
See all screenshots - Deployment Cloud Based, Hybrid
- Starting price $14
- Free trial Available
- Best for Startups, SMEs, Agencies
What is Power BI (HR)?
Power BI is Microsoft's business intelligence platform, widely used by HR teams to combine data from HRIS, ATS, payroll, and learning systems into live dashboards tracking headcount, attrition, onboarding, promotions, and engagement. It offers drag-and-drop report building, native connectors to tools like Excel, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, and BambooHR, row-level security for sensitive employee data, and Copilot AI features for natural-language querying and automated insights.
Power BI Desktop is free for individual report building, while Power BI Pro ($14/user/month, billed yearly) enables sharing and collaboration, and Premium Per User ($24/user/month) adds larger datasets and more frequent refreshes. Capacity-based Premium and Microsoft Fabric options exist for large organizations. Power BI is developed by Microsoft and is deployed via web, desktop, and mobile apps.
Key Features of Power BI (HR)
Power BI (HR) lists 9 documented features, including Drag-and-drop report and dashboard builder, Native connectors to Excel, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, BambooHR and Real-time dashboards with scheduled data refresh. The list below covers what the product does rather than how it is marketed.
- Drag-and-drop report and dashboard builder
- Native connectors to Excel, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, BambooHR
- Real-time dashboards with scheduled data refresh
- Row-level security for sensitive HR data
- Copilot AI-assisted insights and natural-language Q&A
- Mobile app for dashboard viewing and alerts
- Power Query for data transformation and cleaning
- Drill-down filtering by business unit, manager, role, or location
- Embeddable reports for custom applications
Power BI (HR) Pricing
Power BI (HR) lists 2 plans, from $14 to $24.
Power BI Pro
$14
per user/month, paid yearly
Per user licence for building and sharing reports, sold with a credit card on an annual commitment.
Power BI Premium Per User
$24
per user/month, paid yearly
Premium capabilities on a per user licence; listed as a buyable plan with its own Buy now option, which is why the figure is used despite the add-on flag.
Power BI (HR) Specifications
Power BI (HR) is available on web app and Windows and has iOS and Android apps. It offers an API, has a free trial and has a free plan.
- Deployment
- Cloud Based
- Hybrid
- Billing cycle
- Yearly
- Desktop
- Web App
- Windows
- Mobile
- iOS
- Android
- Languages
- English
- Built for
- Startups
- SMEs
- Agencies
- Enterprises
- Support
- Phone
- Live Support
- Training
- Tickets
- Integrations
- Excel, SharePoint, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, BambooHR, Azure, Microsoft Teams, and hundreds of connectors
- Public API
- Yes
- Free trial
- Yes
- Free plan
- Yes
- Runs in browser
- Yes
- Customisable
- Yes
- Website
- microsoft.com
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