Google Data Studio alternatives in India

Plans renew automatically; the vendor offers a full refund in the first month on monthly plans or the first 45 days on annual plans, and only five business days after a monthly renewal or 15 days after an annual one. The trap is that rows, extra users and viewer packs are separate add-ons, so a team that stores years of history or shares dashboards widely can pay well above the headline plan price.

Embedded and Fabric capacity are variable and priced on Azure, and capacity still needs Pro licences for the people who publish content. The trap: free report viewing only starts at F64 capacity, so a growing team of viewers multiplies the Pro bill until capacity becomes cheaper.

Yearly payments and their true ups are not refundable, so start monthly if you are unsure. There is no GST wording on the vendor pages, so budget for forex markup and reverse charge GST, and remember that every non deactivated account counts toward the bill even if nobody uses it.

AI stops when a balance runs out, the cost per question is not published, and since late October 2026 auto top-up is switched on by default when you subscribe, so a heavy user can trigger extra charges until you set a monthly cap or turn it off in billing settings. Refunds are at the vendor's discretion, and there is no stay-free AI allowance despite the free plan badge on several pages.