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

$1,240.42 / 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.

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

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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