F16
16 Dedicated Capacity Units (CU)
Microsoft Fabric F16 Capacity
F16 delivers 16 CUs, suited for mid-sized business production environments requiring reliable throughput across Data Engineering and SQL Warehousing.
Billing Option 1
Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG)
$2.88 / hour
~$2,102.4 / month ($25,228.8 / yr)
Billed per second with no long-term commitment. Ideal for temporary development, testing, or workloads that auto-pause on weekends.
~41% Savings
Recommended Enterprise Billing
1-Year Reserved Instance
$1,240.42 / month
$14,885.04 / year (Save $10,343.76/yr)
Commit to 1 year of continuous baseline capacity to lock in massive cost savings across all data workloads.
F16 Technical Specifications & Entitlements
Power BI Free License Viewer Access
LOCKED: Users require individual Power BI Pro or PPU licenses to view reports on this capacity.
Microsoft Fabric Copilot AI Assistant
ELIGIBLE CAPACITY: Verify tenant settings, region, permissions, and feature requirements.
Max Burst Compute Limit
Bursting and smoothing depend on workload and service rules. Use actual Capacity Metrics; this page does not establish a guaranteed maximum burst.
Recommended Use Cases
Mid-sized Business Production • Frequent Spark Jobs • SQL Data Warehouse Workloads
Frequently Asked Questions about Fabric F16
Is F16 equivalent to Power BI Premium P1?
No, Power BI Premium P1 is equivalent to F64 (64 CUs). F16 is equivalent to P1/4 in raw compute capacity.
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