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7 to 14
days to go live on white-label
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5.5M
managers in Dream11's IPL season
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200K
players at once
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1
business day for your estimate
Work out your team and timeline
Answer eight questions to see the team and the timeline for your launch. No prices on this page: the full estimate comes by email.
How the estimate works
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1
Answer eight questions
Formats, route, sports, platforms, launch month, operations, scale and real money. One screen, under a minute.
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2
See your team and timeline
The roles, the head-count and the weeks to launch, checked against your launch month: on track, tight or not possible.
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Get the estimate by email
Leave your email and our team sends the full estimate within one business day. No automated quote.
What drives the cost of a fantasy sports app
Six answers decide the size of the team and the length of the build. These are the same six the calculator uses.
White-label or custom
White-label reuses a proven engine, so it launches in weeks and is licensed. Custom is built for your product, which takes longer and needs a larger team.
Formats and sports
Each extra format or sport adds scoring rules, data mapping and testing: roughly half a backend developer, half a QA engineer and a week.
Where fans play
Embedding in your site or a web app is fastest. iOS and Android apps add mobile developers and app store review time.
Peak players at once
Above 100,000 players at the same moment, the platform needs dedicated DevOps and security work for load, caching and failover.
Running the season
A fully operated season adds a season team: shared in the off-season, three people in standard weeks and four in peak weeks.
Real money or free-to-play
Real-money play brings licensing, payments and compliance into scope. Free-to-play games usually avoid most of it.
Timelines at a glance
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White-label
Web or embedded
1 to 2
weeks
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White-label
With iOS and Android apps
3 to 4
weeks
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Custom
Web or embedded
4
weeks
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Custom
With iOS and Android apps
11
weeks
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Large programme
3+ formats or sports
16 to 26
weeks
For one format and one sport; custom timelines are approximate. Each extra format or sport adds about a week.
Fantasy sports app cost: questions
How much does it cost to develop a fantasy sports app?
It depends on five things: white-label or custom, how many formats and sports, where fans play (embedded, web or apps), the peak number of players, and whether we run the season for you. The calculator above turns those answers into a team and a timeline, and our team emails you the full estimate within one business day.
How long does it take to build a fantasy sports app?
A white-label game on the web or embedded in your site goes live in 1 to 2 weeks, or 3 to 4 weeks with iOS and Android apps. A custom web build takes about 4 weeks and a custom app build about 11 weeks. Large programmes with three or more formats or sports take 16 to 26 weeks. Each extra format or sport adds about a week.
Why does the calculator show a team and timeline, not a price?
Because the price depends on things a form cannot see: your markets, your data feed, your launch window and how much of the season we run. A person reads your answers and writes the estimate, so it reflects your launch rather than an average.
What happens after I send my answers?
Your answers go to our team, who write the estimate and email it to you within one business day. There is no automated quote. If the timeline is tight, we will say so and suggest the fastest route.
Do I need a gambling licence for a fantasy sports app?
A free-to-play game with no stake usually does not. Real-money play needs a licence in most markets. The licence is yours; we guide you through it and build to whatever structure your counsel specifies.
White-label or custom: which should I choose?
White-label is the fastest way to launch and is licensed, so you run the season while we run the engine. Custom is built to your product and markets. If you are not sure, choose "Not sure" above and the calculator shows both side by side. Read more in White-Label vs Custom Fantasy Sports Platforms.
Rather talk it through?
A 30-minute call with the team that has built and run fantasy seasons at scale.
