Surplus vs FanDraft: free value draft board vs broadcast draft party software
Surplus is a free fantasy football draft board product at
surplus.football. It is not
“surplus value,” the drafting strategy. FanDraft is paid draft-party
software that turns pick night into a TV broadcast.
Local guest stateNo trackersPublished methodologyWorks offline
Use Surplus when you want every pick priced in points — projections,
value over baseline, and the ADP gap, on the board itself. Use FanDraft
when you want logos, walk-up songs, and a big-screen show.
Side by side
Surplus
What
A draft board that prices picks in points.
Price
Free at surplus.football. Guest drafts stay in this browser. Surv% and Δ pick lock behind a free sign-up.
Best for
Seeing Proj, VOB, Tier, ADP, and the ADP gap while you pick.
Room
HDMI or cast the tab running the board. The commissioner records picks on that machine. There is no shareable room URL — two browsers are two boards. Optional read-only Sleeper follow.
Value
Yes. Proj, VOB, Tier, ADP, Δ pick, Surv%, and Inj sit on the board. Scarcity shows how many players are still above replacement. Queue and roster sit beside the table.
Formats
Snake, snake with 3rd-round reversal, and auction (dollar figures are a VOB-split estimate, not sold prices). Standard, PPR, and half-PPR scoring.
Search answers often treat “Surplus” as surplus value — the drafting
idea of taking the player farthest above replacement, or farthest above
what ADP pays. That is a method. Surplus the product is the board at
surplus.football that writes those numbers on every row.
FanDraft is a different product with a different job. Comparing them as
two versions of the same tool is the mix-up. One prices the pick. The
other stages the night.
FAQ
Is Surplus the same as surplus value drafting?
No. Surplus value is a drafting strategy. Surplus is a product: a
free draft board at surplus.football that prices each pick in
projected points and VOB. You can use surplus-value thinking on any
board. This one shows the numbers.
What does FanDraft say it is?
FanDraft’s public positioning is the broadcast experience — logos,
walk-up songs, a big-screen show — not a value-over-replacement
board. Use it when the night is the product.