Who’s eligible
Any PlayFab title that ships on XBOX is eligible for Foundation Mode benefits.What’s included
The following services are included in Foundation Mode:Identity
Live service management
Game data stream
Multiplayer
Community
Player progression
Economy
What’s not included
The following features aren’t part of Foundation Mode benefits. Paid features outside the included set require usage-based billing; linking a Partner Center product alone doesn’t enable them.- Economy: User-generated content (UGC), including
CreateDraftItem,PublishDraftItem, UGC-scopedSearchItems, and UGC file upload flows. - Multiplayer: Multiplayer Servers for dedicated hosting, including server allocation and management APIs.
- Live service management: CloudScript (classic), Segmentation, Experimentation (Targeted Configuration), Churn Prediction, and content delivery network (CDN) features. Use the included PlayFab function invocations through Azure Functions instead of CloudScript (classic).
- Game data stream: Custom telemetry events and Telemetry Keys, Event Archive, Rules, Actions, Webhooks, Player Search, and cross-region or Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Data Connections. Only same-region Data Connections are included.
- Legacy APIs: Economy v1, Statistics v1, and Leaderboards v1. Use the modern replacements included in Foundation Mode.
PlayFab function invocations are included, but the underlying Azure Functions compute is billed separately through your Azure subscription. See Azure Functions pricing.
Service limits
The foundational service set doesn’t have monthly usage caps. API rate limits and service-specific operational limits still apply. Many API rate limits apply per API and per player, restricting how often a player can call an endpoint. To review your title’s current limits, open the title in Game Manager and select Settings > Limits. For details about how API limits are applied, see API rate limits.Benefits and usage-based billing
A payment instrument isn’t required when your title uses only the included PlayFab services. Paid features and capacity outside XBOX Partner benefits require usage-based billing. Your title keeps its included benefits when you enable usage-based billing; usage outside those benefits is charged according to the applicable meters and rates. If usage-based billing isn’t enabled, requests to APIs unavailable under your title’s benefits return a permissions error and don’t complete. Those rejected requests don’t record usage or incur charges. For an explanation of how benefits and usage-based billing work together, see Title states and transitions.Get access
Link your new PlayFab title to a qualifying Partner Center product to receive Foundation Mode benefits.Before you begin
You need:- A PlayFab developer account signed in with a Microsoft Entra ID account.
- A new PlayFab title for a game that you’re shipping or planning to ship on XBOX.
- A Partner Center account with access to the qualifying product you want to link.
Create a Partner Center account
If you don’t already have a Partner Center account, create one before linking your product.- Go to the XBOX developer onboarding hub.
- Follow the steps to create your developer account.
- Complete the account verification process.
Link your Partner Center product
- Sign in to Game Manager with your Microsoft Entra ID account.
- Select your PlayFab title.
- Follow Link a Partner Center product to a PlayFab title to associate the qualifying product with your title.