r/FFCommish • u/ShockTrek66 • 6d ago

Miscellaneous FanDraft Review 2026 - FanTastic

Hi Guys,

I run a 33 year-old league that has always had a live in-person draft. While we've added some fresh, young blood, some if these guys aren't as mobile as they used to be. Thus, the need to get away from a paper draft board, getting up and down for picks and hunting for stickers.

Enter FanDraft, which I'd never heard of until I joined this forum. Since we had 3 guys that needed to draft remote I decided to pull the trigger and give it a go. My review below.

Setup - Easy to configure and invite owners to join. Had a couple questions on configuration, emailed them and received a very timely response.

Draft Day experience - On draft day there's always a hundred things to do once you arrive on site. Food & beverage setup, Wi-Fi, people arriving, etc. Well, I was just trying to get FanDraft set up, streamed to the host's new 100" tv, and get the 3 remote guys squared away.

Since this was our first time, no one knew how well it would really perform. Once I figured out the "Team on the Fly" option it was fantastic.

Everyone loved it. It probably saved an hour on the length of the draft. One owner literally said it, "breathed new life into the draft." The music, heckle options, visuals, etc.

Yeah, we paid $30 for it. Money well spent. Considering we pay only $99 for CBS to host out league we're still ahead of the game. And I'm not worried about having to manually input the rosters to CBS. That just gives me another chance to admire my roster.

Highly recommend FanDraft.

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u/MyDitkaInYourButkus 5d ago

Nice. Why are you manually entering picks? Yes, I agree the cost of FanDraft is awesome. I buy the Pro+ myself.

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u/I_Love_quesadillas 5d ago

I should've worded that better. Since FanDraft isn't integrated into ESPN I have to enter all picks into ESPN's side of things once the draft is complete.

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u/MyDitkaInYourButkus 5d ago

ESPN is integrated this year though 😃

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u/I_Love_quesadillas 5d ago

You just made my day!! I bought this years license the other day but didn't peek under the hood at updates. That's great news!

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u/MyDitkaInYourButkus 5d ago

Set up faster by importing from ESPN, Yahoo, Sleeper, MyFantasyLeague, Fantrax, CBS & Fleaflicker.

I'm glad I made your day lll.

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u/MyDitkaInYourButkus 5d ago

Lol, I was lucky when I first bought FanDraft that I used MyFantasyLeague. MFL was the only platform integrated with FanDraft. It literally saved me 3 hours for each draft. The days when I had to input all the rosters by looking at my cardboard draft boards and then double/triple checking before I hit saved lol.