Power Pages is Microsoft's way of putting a website in front of Dataverse, and it is priced per site, not per person: NZ$323.60 a month for 100 logged-in users or NZ$121.30 a month for 500 anonymous visitors, on Microsoft's NZ price list. For a 5 to 20 person firm that means one client portal, and only when the portal reads and writes your data. Under about ten client logins there are cheaper ways, and a brochure site should stay on a normal web host.
What is the NZ price and what does it include?
| Plan | NZD per site per month, paid yearly | Capacity | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Authenticated users | NZ$323.60 | 100 logged-in users a month per site | 2 GB Dataverse database, 16 GB file, content delivery network |
| Anonymous users | NZ$121.30 | 500 anonymous visitors a month per site | 0.5 GB database, 4 GB file, CDN |
| Pay-as-you-go (Azure billing) | USD 4 per authenticated user, USD 0.30 per anonymous user, per month | Whoever actually turns up | Same site, metered; suits a portal three clients use in a busy month and nobody uses in a quiet one |
| Trial | $0 for 30 days | Enough to build the portal and show it to two clients | Everything |
Source: microsoft.com/en-nz Power Pages pricing, September 2026. Users are counted per site per month; a client who logs in six times in June is one user. The capacity packs stack across sites and add to the Dataverse pool the tenant already has, which for most firms this size is the least of the numbers on this page.
What would a small firm use it for?
- A client portal: log in, see your jobs, approve a quote, download the invoice, upload the signed variation. Reads and writes the same Dataverse tables the office app uses.
- A supplier or subcontractor portal: timesheets, compliance documents, purchase orders, without giving them a Microsoft 365 seat.
- A public form that does more than email you: a booking, an application, a warranty claim that creates a record and starts a flow.
- A members or tenants area for a body corporate, a club, a training provider.
The common thread is data going in and out of Dataverse from people who are not your staff. If nobody outside the firm needs to write to the data, you do not need Power Pages.
What are the cheaper alternatives and their limits?
| Need | Cheaper route | What it costs | Where it runs out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Send clients documents, they only read | SharePoint library shared externally, or a Teams shared channel | $0 on top of Microsoft 365 | The moment a client needs to edit or submit anything structured |
| Two to five clients need to update jobs | The internal Power App shared with them as guest users | NZ$32.40 a month per guest (Power Apps Premium) | About ten guests, when NZ$324 of licences buys the whole site instead; and guests need a Microsoft account you invite |
| A public form that creates a record | Microsoft Forms plus a Power Automate flow into a SharePoint list or Dataverse | $0 on standard connectors; NZ$24.30 for the flow's owner if Dataverse is the target and they have no Premium licence | Files, logins, or the visitor needing to see anything back |
| Job status for a customer | An automated email or SMS from a flow when status changes | $0 to a few dollars a month | When customers want to look, not be told |
The guest-user route is the one most firms under 20 staff should try first. It reuses the app you already built, the client gets the same screens the office uses, filtered by security role to their own rows, and the licence follows the client, not the site. It stops making sense at roughly ten clients, or the day a client refuses to create a Microsoft account. That is when Power Pages earns its NZ$323.60, and when the licensing side of the internal app, covered in what a custom Power App costs and Dataverse pricing in NZ, becomes the smaller number.
What does the build cost on top of the plan?
A portal is a front end on tables you already have, or should have. If the office app and the Dataverse tables exist, a client portal with login, a job list, quote approval and document upload lands in my $4,000 to $8,000 band over two to four weeks. If the data is still in a spreadsheet or an Access file, the portal is the second project; the first is getting the data into Dataverse, and that is the $8,000 to $18,000 job. Security roles and web roles get designed, not defaulted: a portal that shows client A the jobs of client B is the expensive mistake here, and Dataverse security roles is where that design starts.
The licence question underneath this price, staff against clients, is in Power Pages licences for clients logging in.
When should you not use Power Pages?
- A brochure site with a contact form. NZ$121.30 a month for what any NZ host does for NZ$20, with better design tools.
- Fewer than ten client logins and clients who are happy with a Microsoft account. Guest access to the app.
- Clients who only ever need to read. A shared library.
- A form that ends in an email. Microsoft Forms.
The site fee multiplied out for 50, 100 and 500 users, plus the pack sizes, is on Power Pages pricing in NZ.
What a "user" actually means inside that NZ$323.60 or NZ$121.30 figure, and where the bundled Dataverse storage runs out, is covered in full in Power Pages capacity: authenticated vs anonymous users.
Common questions
How much does Power Pages cost in NZ?
On Microsoft's NZ price list (checked September 2026) a Power Pages site is NZ$323.60 a month for up to 100 authenticated users, or NZ$121.30 a month for up to 500 anonymous users, both paid yearly. Pay-as-you-go through Azure bills per user instead, at USD 4 per authenticated user and USD 0.30 per anonymous user a month. Each paid plan includes its own Dataverse capacity: 2 GB database and 16 GB file for the authenticated plan, 0.5 GB and 4 GB for anonymous.
Is Power Pages included in Microsoft 365?
No. Microsoft 365 includes SharePoint sites for staff, and Power Apps rights for internal apps on standard connectors. A public or client-facing website with logins is Power Pages, and it is a separate subscription per site. The 30-day trial is free.
What is the cheapest way to give clients a portal on the Microsoft stack?
For a handful of clients, a Power App shared with them as guests in your Microsoft 365 tenant costs a Power Apps Premium licence per guest (NZ$32.40 a month) and no Power Pages fee at all; at four or five clients that beats NZ$323.60. For sending things rather than letting clients edit, a SharePoint document library shared externally costs nothing. Power Pages wins from about ten client logins up, or when the visitors are not people you can invite.
Can Power Pages replace my website?
It can host one, and the anonymous plan at NZ$121.30 a month is priced for that. For a brochure site with a contact form it is expensive next to any NZ web host, and the design tooling is built for forms and lists, not for a marketing site. Use it when the site needs to read and write Dataverse: bookings, job status, portal logins. Keep the brochure site where it is.
Where to start
Tell me how many clients need to log in and what they need to do when they get there. One free 30-minute call and you know whether it is guest access, a form and a flow, or a Power Pages site, with the monthly number and the build price.