Compare Measure Killer products.

Free desktop tool, tenant-wide enterprise license, and setup-assisted automation — side by side.

Capability	Free Measure Killer Free	Enterprise MK Enterprise	Automation MK Automation
Scan scope
Power BI Desktop file (.pbix, .pbip)	✓	✓	✓
Shared semantic models in Power BI Service →	—	✓	✓
Online thin / live reports (no download)	—	✓	✓
Paginated reports	—	✓	✓
Excel files · Analyze in Excel	—	✓	✓
Composite & child models	—	✓	✓
Personal, Pro and Premium workspaces	—	✓	✓
Microsoft Fabric items	—	✓	✓
Workspace-level scan	—	✓	✓
Full tenant-wide scan →	—	✓	✓
Detection & analysis
Unused columns, measures and tables	✓	✓	✓
Where-used analysis ( 26 categories i )	✓	✓	✓
Implicit measures & anti-patterns	✓	✓	✓
Column-level lineage from semantic model to visual	✓	✓	✓
Cross-report lineage	—	✓	✓
End-to-end lineage (source → report) →	—	✓	✓
Column-level lineage from data source to Power BI visual	—	Coming soon	Coming soon
Downstream / composite model tracking	—	✓	✓
"Clean your model" guide — includes advanced optimizations i	—	✓	✓
Code search
Search all DAX expressions	✓	✓	✓
Search all M code	✓	✓	✓
Tree view of dependencies	✓	✓	✓
Dataflows	—	✓	✓
Fabric Notebooks	—	✓	✓
Governance & tenant analysis
Best-practice analysis (reports + models) →	✓	✓	✓
Customizable best-practice rules	—	On roadmap	On roadmap
Tenant summary (workspaces, items, owners) →	—	✓	✓
Access & permissions tracking →	—	✓	✓
Row-level security (RLS) — roles, filters & member assignments →	—	✓	✓
Semantic model inventory + refresh events	—	✓	✓
Dataflow inventory (Gen1 + Gen2) + refresh events	—	✓	✓
Apps & audiences — who has access	—	✓	✓
Find Excel users across your tenant	—	✓	✓
Report performance	—	✓	✓
Page-level usage & consumption	—	✓	✓
Custom visual consumption — who uses what (license compliance)	—	✓	✓
Report subscriptions — owner & recipients	—	✓	✓
Capacity metrics with historical tracking	—	Coming soon	Coming soon
Fabric Notebook inventory + run events	—	✓	✓
Similarity & duplicates
Semantic model similarity score →	—	✓	✓
Power BI report similarity score	—	✓	✓
Find duplicate models / reports tenant-wide	—	✓	✓
Cleanup & actions
Export model & report documentation	✓	✓	✓
DAX backup & restore (measures + calc columns)	✓	✓	✓
Save & resume an analysis (.measurekiller file)	✓	✓	✓
Kill via XMLA (online removal) →	—	✓	✓
Tenant backups of models, reports & dataflows	—	—	✓
Operations
Manual run (interactive UI)	✓	✓	✓
Trigger from a Fabric pipeline or CI/CD job	—	—	✓
Scheduled automated scans	—	—	✓
Findings routed into your governance workflow	—	—	✓
Setup & sample notebooks from Brunner BI	—	—	✓
Custom development on higher tiers	—	—	✓
Commercial
Personal & commercial use	✓	✓	✓
Price	€0 forever	From $108/user/month	From $1,583/month
Support	Community	Priority email	Dedicated channel
All features fully customizable to your needs	—	—	✓
	Free download →	Request a free trial → See pricing →	Explore MK Automation → Build a quote →

Free

Measure Killer Free

Scan scope

✓ Power BI Desktop file (.pbix, .pbip)
— Shared semantic models in Power BI Service
— Online thin / live reports (no download)
— Paginated reports
— Excel files · Analyze in Excel
— Composite & child models
— Personal, Pro and Premium workspaces
— Microsoft Fabric items
— Workspace-level scan
— Full tenant-wide scan

Detection & analysis

✓ Unused columns, measures and tables
✓ Where-used analysis (26 categories)
✓ Implicit measures & anti-patterns
✓ Column-level lineage from semantic model to visual
— Cross-report lineage
— End-to-end lineage (source → report)
— Column-level lineage from data source to Power BI visual
— Downstream / composite model tracking
— "Clean your model" guide — includes advanced optimizations

Code search

✓ Search all DAX expressions
✓ Search all M code
✓ Tree view of dependencies
— Dataflows
— Fabric Notebooks

Governance & tenant analysis

✓ Best-practice analysis (reports + models)
— Customizable best-practice rules
— Tenant summary (workspaces, items, owners)
— Access & permissions tracking
— Row-level security (RLS) — roles, filters & member assignments
— Semantic model inventory + refresh events
— Dataflow inventory (Gen1 + Gen2) + refresh events
— Apps & audiences — who has access
— Find Excel users across your tenant
— Report performance
— Page-level usage & consumption
— Custom visual consumption — who uses what (license compliance)
— Report subscriptions — owner & recipients
— Capacity metrics with historical tracking
— Fabric Notebook inventory + run events

Similarity & duplicates

— Semantic model similarity score
— Power BI report similarity score
— Find duplicate models / reports tenant-wide

Cleanup & actions

✓ Export model & report documentation
✓ DAX backup & restore (measures + calc columns)
✓ Save & resume an analysis (.measurekiller file)
— Kill via XMLA (online removal)
— Tenant backups of models, reports & dataflows

Operations

✓ Manual run (interactive UI)
— Trigger from a Fabric pipeline or CI/CD job
— Scheduled automated scans
— Findings routed into your governance workflow
— Setup & sample notebooks from Brunner BI
— Custom development on higher tiers

Commercial

✓ Personal & commercial use
• Price €0 forever →
• Support Community
— All features fully customizable to your needs

Free download →

Enterprise

MK Enterprise

Scan scope

✓ Power BI Desktop file (.pbix, .pbip)
✓ Shared semantic models in Power BI Service
✓ Online thin / live reports (no download)
✓ Paginated reports
✓ Excel files · Analyze in Excel
✓ Composite & child models
✓ Personal, Pro and Premium workspaces
✓ Microsoft Fabric items
✓ Workspace-level scan
✓ Full tenant-wide scan

Detection & analysis

✓ Unused columns, measures and tables
✓ Where-used analysis (26 categories)
✓ Implicit measures & anti-patterns
✓ Column-level lineage from semantic model to visual
✓ Cross-report lineage
✓ End-to-end lineage (source → report)
• Column-level lineage from data source to Power BI visual Coming soon
✓ Downstream / composite model tracking
✓ "Clean your model" guide — includes advanced optimizations

Code search

✓ Search all DAX expressions
✓ Search all M code
✓ Tree view of dependencies
✓ Dataflows
✓ Fabric Notebooks

Governance & tenant analysis

✓ Best-practice analysis (reports + models)
• Customizable best-practice rules On roadmap
✓ Tenant summary (workspaces, items, owners)
✓ Access & permissions tracking
✓ Row-level security (RLS) — roles, filters & member assignments
✓ Semantic model inventory + refresh events
✓ Dataflow inventory (Gen1 + Gen2) + refresh events
✓ Apps & audiences — who has access
✓ Find Excel users across your tenant
✓ Report performance
✓ Page-level usage & consumption
✓ Custom visual consumption — who uses what (license compliance)
✓ Report subscriptions — owner & recipients
• Capacity metrics with historical tracking Coming soon
✓ Fabric Notebook inventory + run events

Similarity & duplicates

✓ Semantic model similarity score
✓ Power BI report similarity score
✓ Find duplicate models / reports tenant-wide

Cleanup & actions

✓ Export model & report documentation
✓ DAX backup & restore (measures + calc columns)
✓ Save & resume an analysis (.measurekiller file)
✓ Kill via XMLA (online removal)
— Tenant backups of models, reports & dataflows

Operations

✓ Manual run (interactive UI)
— Trigger from a Fabric pipeline or CI/CD job
— Scheduled automated scans
— Findings routed into your governance workflow
— Setup & sample notebooks from Brunner BI
— Custom development on higher tiers

Commercial

✓ Personal & commercial use
• Price From $108/user/month →
• Support Priority email
— All features fully customizable to your needs

Request a free trial → See pricing →

Automation

MK Automation

Scan scope

✓ Power BI Desktop file (.pbix, .pbip)
✓ Shared semantic models in Power BI Service
✓ Online thin / live reports (no download)
✓ Paginated reports
✓ Excel files · Analyze in Excel
✓ Composite & child models
✓ Personal, Pro and Premium workspaces
✓ Microsoft Fabric items
✓ Workspace-level scan
✓ Full tenant-wide scan

Detection & analysis

✓ Unused columns, measures and tables
✓ Where-used analysis (26 categories)
✓ Implicit measures & anti-patterns
✓ Column-level lineage from semantic model to visual
✓ Cross-report lineage
✓ End-to-end lineage (source → report)
• Column-level lineage from data source to Power BI visual Coming soon
✓ Downstream / composite model tracking
✓ "Clean your model" guide — includes advanced optimizations

Code search

✓ Search all DAX expressions
✓ Search all M code
✓ Tree view of dependencies
✓ Dataflows
✓ Fabric Notebooks

Governance & tenant analysis

✓ Best-practice analysis (reports + models)
• Customizable best-practice rules On roadmap
✓ Tenant summary (workspaces, items, owners)
✓ Access & permissions tracking
✓ Row-level security (RLS) — roles, filters & member assignments
✓ Semantic model inventory + refresh events
✓ Dataflow inventory (Gen1 + Gen2) + refresh events
✓ Apps & audiences — who has access
✓ Find Excel users across your tenant
✓ Report performance
✓ Page-level usage & consumption
✓ Custom visual consumption — who uses what (license compliance)
✓ Report subscriptions — owner & recipients
• Capacity metrics with historical tracking Coming soon
✓ Fabric Notebook inventory + run events

Similarity & duplicates

✓ Semantic model similarity score
✓ Power BI report similarity score
✓ Find duplicate models / reports tenant-wide

Cleanup & actions

✓ Export model & report documentation
✓ DAX backup & restore (measures + calc columns)
✓ Save & resume an analysis (.measurekiller file)
✓ Kill via XMLA (online removal)
✓ Tenant backups of models, reports & dataflows

Operations

✓ Manual run (interactive UI)
✓ Trigger from a Fabric pipeline or CI/CD job
✓ Scheduled automated scans
✓ Findings routed into your governance workflow
✓ Setup & sample notebooks from Brunner BI
✓ Custom development on higher tiers

Commercial

✓ Personal & commercial use
• Price From $1,583/month →
• Support Dedicated channel
✓ All features fully customizable to your needs

Explore MK Automation → Build a quote →

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