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Free Power BI design tools

The design studio for Power BI, plus the galleries and utilities around it. Design the page, pick a theme, grab icons and backgrounds, and check custom visuals before you install them. The free tools work without an account and export files Power BI Desktop opens directly; the AI tools at the end use credits.

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Design Studio

Design a whole Power BI report page in the browser, then export it in Power BI-native formats.

  • Start from a template, a theme or a quick-start layout (header or sidebar, 0–10 KPI cards, up to 6 chart panels, named report pages).
  • Edit shapes, text, icons and images on a canvas at Power BI's real pixel size, with snapping and undo.
  • Set a brand kit once: colours, fonts and logo flow into every card and into the exported theme.
  • Hand any chart slot to the AI generator to build a custom visual that matches the page.

You get: Page background as PNG (1× or 2×) or SVG, a theme JSON, or a PBIP project whose PBIR report already has the visual containers placed. Designs are saved in your browser.

Open the Design Studio
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Galleries and utilities

Templates

Hand-designed Power BI dashboard page layouts for finance, sales, HR, operations and more.

  • Each template comes with notes on which visuals go in each panel and why.
  • Preview the layout, then open it in the Design Studio to change colours, titles and panel sizes.

Output: Download the page background, its theme JSON or a ready PBIP project straight from the template page.

Browse templates

Themes

Ready-made Power BI theme JSON files with text and data colours checked for WCAG AA contrast.

  • Every theme sets dataColors, background, foreground, tableAccent, good/neutral/bad and text classes.
  • Preview each palette on a sample report page before you download it.

Output: A .json theme. In Power BI Desktop: Design ribbon → Import theme.

Browse themes

Icons

3,034 open-licence icons in 40 categories for KPI cards, buttons, navigation and conditional formatting, recoloured to your brand.

  • Search by name or category and pick any colour before downloading.
  • Copy a DAX measure that returns the icon as an SVG image URL for tables, matrices and cards.

Output: SVG or PNG for the Image visual and buttons, or a DAX SVG measure (set the column's data category to Image URL).

Browse icons

Backgrounds

Report page background images for the 1920×1080 (Fluent 2) and 1280×720 (Classic) Power BI canvas.

  • Backgrounds draw the card panels and header for you, so the visuals sit on a finished design.
  • Download at 1× for small files or 2× (2560×1440) for crisp text on high-DPI screens.

Output: A PNG or SVG. In Format page → Canvas background, add the image, set Image fit to Fill and transparency to 0%.

Browse backgrounds

Theme Generator

Build, import and validate Power BI theme JSON locally, with contrast diagnostics for every colour pair.

  • Tune data colours, semantic colours, text classes, surfaces and borders against a live report specimen.
  • Import an existing theme file to check and fix it; nothing is uploaded.

Output: Deterministic theme JSON with a stable key order, so diffs in source control stay readable.

Open the Theme Generator

AI Theme Generator

Describe the look in words (mood, industry, brand colours) and get a complete Power BI theme JSON, previewed on a real report template.

  • AI picks the colour roles; VizForge's code fixes contrast (AA text, 3:1 graphics) keeping each hue, and checks the chart colours for colour-blind viewers.
  • Free with fair-use limits; past them you get a rule-based theme, clearly labelled.

Output: A theme JSON for Design ribbon → Import theme, or the same colours opened in the Design Studio.

Describe a theme

Starter Report Kit

One zip in your brand: a PBIP with sample data, a theme JSON, three page backgrounds, a page folder and an AI-assistant rules file.

  • Start from a preset brand, your own theme JSON or a list of hex colours, and pick Power BI-safe fonts.
  • No email or account: the zip is built in your browser.

Output: A .zip: open the .pbip in Power BI Desktop, import the theme, set a background, and give BRAND-RULES.md to Copilot, Claude or ChatGPT.

Build my kit

pbiviz Inspector

Look inside any Power BI custom visual package before you import it.

  • Reads metadata, API version, data roles, formatting objects and requested privileges.
  • Flags archive-safety issues and static signals that matter for Microsoft Marketplace (formerly AppSource) review.

Output: A readable report in your browser. The .pbiviz file never leaves your machine.

Open the Inspector

Custom Visual Tenant Check

Find out whether a custom visual will work in your Power BI tenant before your report goes live.

  • Verdict for the Power BI service, Desktop, Embedded and Report Server, plus Publish to web, PDF/PowerPoint export and subscriptions.
  • Exact admin steps from Microsoft Learn: SDK and certified-only settings, Group Policy, the organizational store.

Output: An email to your Power BI admin and an admin pack (.zip: README, summary JSON and the .pbiviz with its SHA-256).

Run the tenant check

SVG Measure Builder

Generate DAX measures that draw sparklines, bullet charts, progress bars and KPI cards inside tables and the Card visual.

  • 17 patterns with a live preview rendered from the DAX itself, in your theme's colours or a pasted theme JSON.
  • Copy a plain measure or a DAX user-defined function; browse finished designs in the KPI card gallery.

Output: A DAX measure (or UDF) returning an SVG image URL. Set its data category to Image URL and add it to a table, matrix or Card visual.

Open the SVG Measure Builder

Brand Makeover Beta

Your brand in, your report redesigned: an existing Power BI report re-laid out in a layout drawn in your brand, with a before/after review.

  • Brand from a PowerPoint template, logo, theme JSON, brand PDF or website; report from a PBIP zip, read in your browser.
  • Executive or Analyst preset: pages laid out on a brand grid or in a catalog template you pick, rescaled to 1920×1080, with a header band and logo.
  • Queries, filters, bookmarks and the model are checked unchanged before you download.

Output: The same project as a .zip with the new layout, theme and backgrounds, plus MAKEOVER.md and makeover.json explaining every change.

Redesign a report

Restyle my report (Quick restyle)

Apply one theme and background to every page of an existing Power BI report, and resize 1280×720 pages to 1920×1080.

  • Upload a PBIP project zip (PBIR format); it is read and rewritten in your browser.
  • Cards behind every visual, a catalog background, your own image or the page colour, on every page at once.
  • A before/after preview of every page before you download.

Output: The same project as a .zip with the new theme registered in report.json and the page backgrounds and sizes changed. Unzip and open the .pbip.

Restyle a report

PowerPoint template to Power BI theme

Turn your company PowerPoint template (.pptx, .potx, .thmx) into a Power BI theme and page backgrounds in its colours, fonts, title band and logo.

  • Read in your browser from the slide master; slides, notes, embedded fonts and macros are never opened.
  • Combine it with a logo, theme JSON, brand PDF or website; every colour shows its source and contrast fixes can be undone.
  • Pick between masters when the template has several designs.

Output: theme.json, PNG page backgrounds at 1920×1080 for Title Only, Blank and Section, and a header band with the logo, as one .zip.

Convert a PowerPoint template

Design from an image

Turn a background image's panels into visual slots in a new design; rebuild a report screenshot as an editable design with AI (1 credit).

  • The panel finder runs in your browser and is free.
  • The screenshot makeover needs an account; the credit is refunded if it fails.

Output: A new Design Studio design, saved in your browser, ready for the PBIP export.

Start from an image

MCP server for AI agents

Connect Claude, Cursor, VS Code or ChatGPT to these free tools: templates, theme JSON from brand colours, page layouts, Design Check and DAX SVG measures.

  • One remote MCP endpoint, no account or API key; every tool is read-only and deterministic (no AI runs on our side, no credits).
  • Layouts come back as a vizforge.ai/design link that opens the page in the Design Studio.

Output: Tool results in your assistant: theme JSON, background SVG, DAX, Design Check scores and vizforge.ai links.

Set up the MCP server

AI tools (1 credit each)

When a free builder pattern isn't close enough, describe what you want. Each run costs 1 credit and is refunded automatically if it fails. Prefer no AI? The SVG Measure Builder is free.

AI SVG Measure Generator

Describe a KPI card, sparkline or data bar and get a validated DAX measure that draws it as an SVG image (1 credit).

  • Uses your field names and colours; checks quoting, brackets, the # rule and SVG well-formedness before you see it.
  • Shows a rendered preview and the Image URL setup steps. Refunded automatically if it fails.

Output: A DAX measure for tables, matrices and Card (new) images. Set its Data category to Image URL.

Generate an SVG measure

Deneb Spec Generator

AI-written Vega-Lite specs for the certified Deneb visual, compiled and rendered on sample rows (1 credit).

  • Binds to Deneb's dataset with your exact Values-well field names, with cross-filtering when you ask for it.
  • Preview the real render, then paste the JSON into an empty Vega-Lite spec in Deneb.

Output: Vega-Lite v5 JSON plus import steps. Refunded automatically if it fails.

Generate a Deneb spec

From blank page to finished report

The tools share one design engine, so a template, a theme and a background all open in the Design Studio and export the same way. A typical report page takes four steps.

  1. 01

    Pick a starting point

    Choose a template or background that fits the report, or a theme if you only need colours.

  2. 02

    Make it yours

    Open it in the Design Studio, apply your brand kit, rename the panels and add icons.

  3. 03

    Export

    Download the page background and theme JSON, or the whole page as a PBIP project.

  4. 04

    Fill the slots

    Drop built-in visuals onto the panels, or hand a slot to the AI generator for a custom visual.

Need a chart Power BI doesn't ship? Browse the custom visual catalog or read the how-to guides, then generate it with AI (starts free).

Choosing a Marketplace custom visual?

The free Power BI custom visual directory compares notable Microsoft Marketplace visuals on published price, licence model and certification, with the native visual that may replace each one. Start with Deneb, Zebra BI Tables or the Sankey chart, then check any .pbiviz with the inspector above, and run the tenant check to see whether your Power BI admin settings allow it, before you install it.

Questions

Are these Power BI design tools really free?

Yes. The Design Studio, the template, theme, icon and background galleries, the Theme Generator, the pbiviz Inspector, the Custom Visual Tenant Check and the SVG Measure Builder are free and need no account. Anonymous exports carry a small Made with VizForge mark; signing in removes it. Only the AI tools use paid credits: the custom visual generator (1, 2 or 5 credits per chart visual; a synoptic map costs 15 credits) and the AI SVG measure and Deneb spec generators (1 credit each).

Do I need to upload my report or data?

No. The tools run in your browser. If you add CSV files or a TMDL model to a Design Studio PBIP export, they are read in the browser and go only into the file you download. The Theme Generator and pbiviz Inspector read files locally, and Design Studio designs are saved in your browser's storage.

What size should a Power BI background image be?

Match the page canvas. New pages in a Fluent 2 report default to 1920×1080; Classic and older reports use 1280×720. Both are 16:9. Export at the page size, or at 2× for sharper text, and set Image fit to Fill with 0% transparency in Format page → Canvas background.

How do I apply a theme JSON in Power BI Desktop?

In Power BI Desktop go to the Design ribbon → Import theme and pick the .json file; in the Power BI service use View → Theme pane (older Desktop builds: View → Themes → Browse for themes). The theme sets default colours and text styles; formatting you applied to individual visuals still takes priority.

What is the PBIP export?

PBIP is the Power BI Project format: a folder with a .pbip file, a .Report folder and a .SemanticModel folder. The Design Studio writes the report in PBIR, the default report format in Power BI Desktop since September 2026, with the background, theme and visual containers already in place.

Make the report.
Then make it yours.

The Design Studio, templates and tools are free with no account (exports carry a small VizForge mark until you sign in). Sign up when you want AI: 5 credits on us, no card.

Generate a custom visualDesign a page free

Generated visuals are type-checked and built before you download them; one that fails the quality SLA refunds its credits. See all features or pricing.