Determining licensing costs for Power Apps is confusing. 

When trying to find the cheapest way to license a canvas app that uses Dataverse as a data source, users often find forum posts and articles that mention premium, per-app, and per-user licenses.

The really confusing thing is that the licensing page on the Microsoft website shows only the free Developer and Premium plans (as illustrated below). This gives the impression that these are the only available licensing types, which isn't the case.

As of January 2025, the cheapest way to license a canvas app is to purchase per-app licenses for each user.

This license type is detailed in the PDF licensing guide, which is the most comprehensive resource for licensing questions. At present, the cost of a per-app license is $5 per user per month.

Here's a screenshot from the guide that describes the current plans.

Because the main licensing page doesn't show the cost of all available plans, how do we determine the price of a per app/per user license and make a purchase?

The answer is to log into the Microsoft 365 admin center. From here, we can go to the Billing > Purchase services page and search for the option to purchase a "Power Apps per app plan". 

The screenshot below shows the current price of £4.10 per month (since I'm based in the UK).