Surplus vs LiveDraftX: value board vs shared live football draft board
Surplus prices picks in points. LiveDraftX’s public pages describe a real-time fantasy football draft board with a share link and QR code so the rest of the league can follow. Different jobs. Surplus is a product, not the surplus-value drafting strategy.
Local guest stateNo trackersPublished methodologyWorks offline
Use Surplus when the pick should be priced in projected points and VOB
on the board. Use LiveDraftX when the job is a shared live board —
clock, auction budgets, phones in the same room as the TV.
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
Proj, VOB, Tier, ADP, and the ADP gap while you pick.
Room
HDMI or cast the Surplus tab. The commissioner records picks on that machine. There is no shareable room URL and no multi-owner sync.
Value
Yes. Proj, VOB, Tier, ADP, Δ pick, Surv%, and Inj sit on the board.
A real-time live draft board for a room and remote owners.
Price
Their public pages advertise a live demo with no account. Check livedraftx.com for current price beyond the demo.
Best for
A shared board with a clock, auction budgets, and a link the league can open.
Room
LiveDraftX’s public positioning is the shared board: share link, QR code, phones, TV, autodraft, pick trades. Their features page also lists IDP, keepers, and dynasty.
Value
Rankings-aware search and last-season box scores, per their public pages. Not positioned as a board that prices every pick in projected points and VOB.
Search answers often treat “Surplus” as surplus value — the drafting
idea of taking the player farthest above replacement. That is a method.
Surplus the product is the board at surplus.football.
LiveDraftX is a different product with a different job. One prices the
pick. The other stages a shared live board.
FAQ
Is Surplus the same as surplus value drafting?
No. Surplus value is a strategy. Surplus is the free board at surplus.football.
Does Surplus give the league a QR code?
No. There is no shareable room. Cast or HDMI the tab; that machine records picks.