Free league
$0/ forever
The whole league, live and public. You keep the site current by triggering the sync yourself.
- Fully-viewable league site
- Rosters, stats, standings & schedule
- Basic Discord bot
- Manual sync (with a cooldown)
Free league — pay only to automate
Free to run. Pay to put it on autopilot.
Every league starts free and fully viewable, with manual sync. Unlock the hands-off automation for $20 per title year, or $5 per season. Cancel anytime.
Turns on the automation
Paid unlock
$20/ title-year
Best value — one payment covers the whole title year. Or pay $5 per season if you'd rather go game to game.
- Everything in Free, plus:
- Hands-off scheduled sync
- Self-updating Discord hub & channels
- AI recaps, headlines & Players of the Week
Everything, unlocked
Pro
$40/ title-year
Or $10 per season. Everything in Automation, plus the immersion features that make a league unforgettable.
- Everything in Automation, plus:
- Rookie Draft — async, timed, graded
- Season Yearbook & season story
- Win-probability lines on Pick'em
- GM profiles & all-time head-to-head
- Self-narrating league & shareable graphics
Per title-yearbest value
Covers the whole game cycle
One payment unlocks your tier for every season you play on that title year. If your league runs more than one season per title, this is the cheaper path — on both Automation and Pro.
Per seasonpay-as-you-go
One franchise season at a time
Prefer to pay game to game? Unlock your tier for a single season. Run several seasons on a title and the title-year plan would've been cheaper — but the choice is yours, on either tier.
Both paid options unlock the exact same features — the only difference is how you'd rather pay. The free league never expires; upgrading is always optional.
A different axis — for owners
The league pays for the league. An owner pays for themselves.
Everything above is your commissioner's call, once, for all 32 clubs. GM Pro is the other axis: bought by an owner, on their own account, for their own team — and it follows them into every league they play in. No plan required, and nobody has to approve it.
For one owner, every league
GM Pro
$3.99/ month
Or $11.99 per franchise season — recurring, renewing every four months. Cancel from the app any time.
- Your own team hype channel & AI hype writer
- Breakout Radar on your roster
- A weekly scouting report on your next opponent
- Private Trade Analyzer & free-agent alerts
- Rivalry Pack — name a rival, keep the series
One-time
Story Credits
$2.99/ 3 credits
Or $6.99 for 10. One credit commissions one long-form story about a player, team, matchup or rivalry — in one of seven themes, written from your league's real record. Gift one if you like.
One-time
Owner keepsakes
$2.99/ Legacy Card
Your GM Legacy Card — career record, titles, best season, the edge on your rival. The Team Yearbook Poster is $3.99. Print-ready, from your own league's data, bought per league.
None of it changes anything inside the game — the connection to your franchise is read-only, so GM Pro reports and recommends and your commissioner still applies. See the owner page →
Add-ons
One-time extras, no subscription.
Grab these à la carte from inside the app whenever you want them — they don't need a paid plan.
One-time
Champion Banner
$4.99/ once
A print-ready championship banner and title card for your season winner — raise it in your server and on the wall.
One-time
Season Awards Pack
$4.99/ once
A printable poster of the season's hardware — MVP, Rookie of the Year, and your league's superlative winners, all on one card.
One-time
All-Time Record Book
$9.99/ once
Your dynasty's champions, season by season, as one keepsake poster — the whole history of the league in a single frame.
One-time
Playoff Bracket Poster
$4.99/ once
A shareable, print-ready playoff bracket that fills in as the road to the title plays out — every round, every result.
One-time
Season Yearbook Poster
$9.99/ once
The whole season on one print-ready card — champion, final standings, and the year's awards. The print companion to your digital Yearbook.
One-time
Draft Night Board
$4.99/ once
A shareable, print-ready draft-board poster of your rookie draft — every first-round pick on one card.
Monthly add-on
Give your league its own beat writer.
Beat Writer files a long-form column on the week's action every week — grounded in your real box scores, in a voice you pick — straight to a dedicated Discord newsroom channel and the in-app feed. A recurring add-on, separate from your plan; turn it on or off from inside the app.
$10/ month
Refer & earn
Bring a league, both of you win.
Enter a referral or creator code at checkout and your first payment is discounted — and whoever referred you earns a reward. Every commissioner has a code to share.
Questions
The details, in plain English.
What do I actually get for free?
A real, fully-viewable league site and a basic Discord. Rosters, stats, standings, schedules — all live and public. The commissioner can trigger a sync manually (with a cooldown). You just do the clicking yourself.
What does the Automation tier unlock?
Hands-off scheduled sync (no more clicking), the self-updating Discord hub with weekly and per-matchup channels, and AI-written recaps, headlines, and Players of the Week. It's the core of running a league that keeps itself current.
What's in Pro?
Everything in Automation, plus the immersion features: the app-native Rookie Draft, the Season Yearbook, win-probability lines on Pick'em, GM profiles & all-time head-to-head, the self-narrating league (Game of the Week, clinch alerts, rivalries), and shareable matchup, award, and champion graphics.
What's the difference between title-year and season billing?
Same features, different cadence — and it applies to both paid tiers. Per title-year covers the whole title cycle in one payment (the best value if your league runs multiple seasons on a title). Per season is pay-as-you-go for a single franchise season.
What are the add-ons?
One-time, print-ready keepsakes you buy à la carte — no subscription needed. A Champion Banner and title card for your winner, a Season Awards Pack of the year's hardware, an All-Time Record Book of every champion, a Playoff Bracket Poster, a Season Yearbook Poster, and a Draft Night Board. Each is generated from your league's own data and downloads straight from the app.
What is the Beat Writer add-on?
A monthly add-on that gives your league its own AI beat writer. Every week it files a long-form column on the week's action — grounded in the real box scores, in a voice you pick — to a dedicated Discord newsroom channel and the in-app news feed. It's a recurring subscription, separate from your plan, and you can cancel anytime.
Is there anything an owner buys for themselves?
Yes, and it's a separate axis from the plans above. GM Pro is bought by an individual owner, on their own account, for their own team — a hype channel with its own AI writer, Breakout Radar on their roster, a weekly scouting report on their next opponent, a private Trade Analyzer, free-agent alerts, and the Rivalry Pack. $3.99 a month or $11.99 per franchise season (recurring, renewing every four months), and it follows the owner into every league they play in. There are also Story Credits (3 for $2.99, 10 for $6.99) and owner keepsakes — the GM Legacy Card at $2.99 and the Team Yearbook Poster at $3.99. See the owner page.
Does an owner need the league to be on a paid plan?
No. GM Pro, Story Credits and the owner keepsakes are bought on a member's own account and don't depend on the league's plan — and buying them doesn't upgrade the league, either. The commissioner's plan and an owner's own purchases are deliberately kept apart.
Does GM Pro give an owner an advantage in the game?
It gives them a better read, never a better team. FranchiseHuddle's connection to your franchise is read-only — nothing it sells can change a rating, a trait, or a result. Breakout Radar recommends and the commissioner applies, by hand; the Trade Analyzer is a private read that never proposes anything, and real trades still go through the league's normal open, mutual-consent, voted flow.
Can I buy GM Pro for my whole league?
Yes — league seats, $1.99 per seat per month, bought from Plan & Billing by the head commissioner and billed to the league rather than to each member. Buy enough for everybody and nobody has to be chosen; buy fewer and you assign them, with nobody losing a seat silently. A seat covers that member in your league — a subscription they buy themselves follows them everywhere. See the owner page.
Is there a referral discount?
Yes. Enter a referral or creator code at checkout and your league gets a discount on its first payment — and the person who referred you earns a reward. Every commissioner has a code to share; see the affiliate program.
Do I have to pay before I can try it?
No. You create the free league first and get a working site and Discord immediately. Upgrade to Automation or Pro from inside the app whenever it's worth it to you.
Which consoles are supported?
Xbox Series X|S, PS5, and PC, plus the last-gen consoles — whichever platform your franchise plays on.
Is this affiliated with EA or the NFL?
No. FranchiseHuddle is an independent app by Media Lion and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by EA or the NFL.
Your league is two minutes from running itself.
Create a free league, connect EA, and watch the site and Discord update themselves. Upgrade to hands-off automation whenever you're ready.