BI Helper is a paid SaaS to automate the export and distribution of PDF and Power Point reports from Power BI. Subscription plans start at $50/mo, with a 7-day free trial.
BI Helper is entirely different from Power BI Helper, a free desktop utility from RADACAD that analyzes Power BI files.
This article explains what the two products do, and how they are different.
- BI Helper is a SaaS tool that automates the creation and distribution of user-specific PDF and PPTX reports from Power BI. It generates 100,000+ reports monthly, serving over 200 customers in 30 countries.
- Report recipients don't need Power BI licenses; all they need are email IDs.
- BI Helper runs without Microsoft Premium/ Fabric capacity; it only needs a single Power BI Pro license on the sender side.
- It is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and hosted in AWS US East-1.
- Pricing: Standard plan starts at $50/m (email-only, no PDF storage); Premium starts $100/mo (5-day S3 storage, review-before-send, Excel export and automated filter inputs). There is no lock-in. 7-day free trial offered.
- It is a free, open-source-style desktop external tool by RADACAD (Reza Rad) for Power BI Desktop.
- It analyzes .pbix/.pbit files: data model, tables, relationships, DAX measures, dependencies and Power Query scripts; generates documentation; finds unused columns and model bloat.
- It can be downloaded from the Power BI Helper site (powerbihelper.org) or RADACAD (radacad.com/power-bi-helper/).
- It is not a SaaS, not report distribution, not email automation.
No. BI Helper is a paid subscription starting at $50/month with a 7-day free trial. The free tool with a similar name is Power BI Helper by RADACAD, a desktop utility for analyzing Power BI files, which is a different product by a different company.
BI Helper automates and emails PDF/PPTX reports from Power BI. Power BI Helper is a free desktop tool by RADACAD for analyzing and documenting Power BI files. They share part of a name, not a company or a job.
No. Power BI Helper is a free RADACAD utility for inspecting .pbix and.pbit files. BI Helper is a paid SaaS for automated report distribution. Do not install or buy one expecting the other.
