FPLXI vs FPL Review
FPL Review is the serious analyst's toolkit: a strong projection model and a solver you configure yourself. FPLXI takes the same maths and makes the decision for you, then shows you its marks.
No card required · Free team rating from your FPL ID · Prices and features checked August 2026
FPL Review's Massive Data model and planner are a fixture of the analytical end of FPL. Free users get projections. A Patreon membership, around €3.90 a month when we checked, unlocks the full Massive Data model, custom solver settings, editable penalties and horizons stretching many gameweeks ahead. If you know what an objective function is and want to tune one, it is superb value and there is nothing quite like it.
FPLXI is for the manager who does not want to configure a solver. The model predicts five gameweeks ahead and the optimiser decides. You get a squad rating, the biggest weakness in your team, the transfers that gain the most predicted points with alternatives, your best legal XI, captain, vice and bench order, and an explanation you could repeat to your mini-league. £19.99 once for the season.
Same family of maths, opposite views about who should hold the controls.
FPLXI and FPL Review, side by side
| Feature | FPLXI Predictions, optimiser and a published accuracy record | FPL Review Projections and a solver for managers who like driving the optimiser themselves |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Yes. A full team rating plus one recommendation refresh every gameweek, from your FPL ID or a screenshot of your squad. | Yes. Projections are free to browse. The full Massive Data model and custom solver need the Patreon. |
| Cost for a full season | £19.99 once for the 2026/27 season. That was the early bird price when we checked, and it goes up after the GW3 deadline. | Around €3.90 a month on Patreon when we checked, so roughly €35 to €47 across a season. |
| Subscription that renews itself | No. One payment for the season. No auto-renew, no card kept on file, nothing to cancel. | Yes. A monthly Patreon membership you can pause or cancel. |
| Advice built from your actual squad | Yes. Every recommendation starts from the 15 players you own, not from a generic best team. | Yes. The planner solves from your squad, under your own constraints. |
| Points predicted several gameweeks ahead | Yes. Our own machine-learning model gives every player a points prediction per gameweek, five gameweeks ahead, rebuilt daily. | Yes. Massive Data projections, with horizons far longer than five gameweeks on the paid tier. |
| Transfers ranked by points gained | Yes. Ranked by the predicted points they gain, with alternatives and the reasoning written out in plain English. | Yes. A real solver producing multi-week plans. Arguably more powerful, if you drive it. |
| Usable without understanding optimisation | Yes. Import a squad, read a rating out of 100 and a ranked move written in plain English. | No. Penalties, horizons and solver settings reward expertise. The learning curve is rather the point. |
| Explanations in plain English | Yes. Every recommendation states the reasoning in words as well as the number. | No. Output is numeric. The interpretation is yours to make. |
| Prediction accuracy published every gameweek | Yes. Every prediction is locked at the deadline and scored against real results on a public page, whether you have paid or not. | Partly. Model quality gets discussed openly in the community, but there is no single public scorecard a newcomer can check. |
| Chip and multi-week planning | Partly. You can plan transfers in a sandbox and mark moves as made, but there is no chip-strategy planner. | Yes. Long-horizon planning with editable penalties is the flagship feature. |
| Live rank and in-play tracking | No. No live rank, no bonus tracking, no effective ownership. FPLXI is for the hours before the deadline. | No. Not what it is for either. This is a planning tool. |
| Time to a decision | Minutes. Import your squad, read the rating, take the top-ranked move. | Minutes to an evening, depending on how much you tune. |
FPL Review is not our product and its plans change. Checked August 2026, so verify anything that decides your purchase.
Stay with FPL Review if
- You enjoy driving a solver and tuning penalties and horizons yourself.
- You want to plan eight or more gameweeks ahead, not five.
- You want maximum modelling power per pound and you know how to use it.
- Wildcard and chip solving under your own constraints is how you play.
Pick FPLXI if
- You want a decision, not a solver to configure.
- You want the reasoning in words you can act on in two minutes.
- You want an accuracy record you can check before paying anything.
- One payment for the season beats a rolling membership for you.
Moving across
Nothing to import: your FPL ID is enough. If FPL Review's planner already works for you, FPLXI probably will not out-plan it over a long horizon, and that is a genuine limitation of a five-gameweek model rather than a recommendation. Where we win is the fifteen minutes before a deadline when you want the best legal move and a sentence explaining it, without opening a solver.
Questions people actually ask
Is FPLXI an FPL Review alternative?
For the outcome, yes. Both end in a transfer, a captain and an XI. For the method, no: FPL Review hands you a configurable solver, FPLXI hands you the solved answer and the reason for it.
How far ahead does FPLXI predict?
Five gameweeks per player, rebuilt daily. FPL Review's paid tier can plan much further ahead, which is a real advantage if long-horizon planning is how you play.
How much is FPL Review?
Projections are free to view. The full Massive Data model and custom solver were around €3.90 a month through Patreon when we checked in August 2026. Check their site before deciding.
Can I check FPLXI's model before paying?
Yes. The model page shows predicted against actual points for every gameweek in public, paid or not, and the free tier rates your squad and gives you a full recommendation refresh each gameweek.
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