Quick answer
Free gives you the entire live league site plus manual sync — it’s not a locked demo. You just do the clicking to update it.
Every FranchiseHuddle league starts free, and the free tier is genuinely useful. It isn’t a locked demo — the whole league site is live and viewable.
What you get for free
- The full league site — standings, schedules, rosters and depth charts, box scores, power rankings, trades and dynasty history, all viewable.
- Manual sync — the commissioner can trigger a sync by hand, with a cooldown between syncs, to pull the latest from EA.
- Team claiming and core league features — owners join, claim their teams, and use the league.
What free doesn’t do
The free tier keeps the automation off. That means:
- Sync doesn’t run on its own — someone has to click it.
- The self-updating Discord hub (auto-created channels, auto-posted scores and recaps) is off.
- AI news and recaps aren’t generated automatically.
Free is the right way to start: get your league set up, connect EA, invite owners, and see the whole thing working — all without paying. When you want the updates to stop needing you, that’s when paid earns its keep.
Moving to paid
Whenever you’re ready, unlock the automation from your league’s billing settings. Nothing about your league changes except that the manual work turns off — see Paid plans: what automation unlocks.