Price, features and where each is stronger. Compiled October 15, 2026.
The short version. Both tools help you pick an F1 Fantasy team. F1 Fantasy Tools has the more generous free plan and a cheaper way in. F1 Grid IQ is a single plan, $5/month or $35/year ($2.92 a month billed yearly, less per month than their Pro and Pro Plus), built around budget-fitted optimizing, a rival-aware League Optimizer, season-long realistic hindsight, a published accuracy record, and simulations that arrive on a predictable schedule.
Details below, as of October 15, 2026. Prices are in each site's own currency.
| F1 Fantasy Tools | F1 Grid IQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Free | €0: Team Calculator, Weekly F1 Fantasy Simulations, Budget Builder, Live Scoring, Elite Data, Statistics, Hindsight, FAQ with AI assistant | $0, no account: race-by-race predictions with ranked drivers and constructors, public accuracy record, how it works, 2026 strategy research |
| Entry plan | Starter: €3/month (€2.50/month billed yearly) | None |
| Middle plan | Pro: €5/month (€4.50/month billed yearly) | Premium: $5/month or $35/year |
| Top plan | Pro Plus: €7.50/month (€6/month billed yearly) | None |
| Billed yearly, total | €30 / €54 / €72 for Starter / Pro / Pro Plus | $35 |
| Billed yearly, per month | €2.50 / €4.50 / €6 | $2.92 ($35 ÷ 12) |
Their prices are from f1fantasytools.com/pricing, read October 15, 2026; yearly totals are their per-month price times 12. We list no free trial; they list none either, but their free plan is always available. Check their site for current prices.
| Feature | F1 Fantasy Tools | F1 Grid IQ |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly simulations / predictions | Yes, free | Yes: ranked drivers and constructors free; projected points for every asset in Premium |
| Budget / price-change tool | Yes, free (Budget Builder) | Yes, Premium (budget tiers and odds) |
| Team optimizer | Yes: Team Calculator free; personal suggestions from Starter | Yes: budget-fitted squad, transfers and chips (Premium) |
| Recommendations that account for your transfers | Yes: takes transfers into account | Yes: counts free transfers and transfer-cost penalties (Premium) |
| Live scoring | Yes, free; real-time for your own teams from Pro | Yes, Premium |
| Chip timing advice (when to play each chip) | No | Yes: advises when to play each chip using past results and what is still ahead (Premium) |
| End-of-season recap | Season Summary (Pro): a personal summary of your season | Season Wrapped (Premium): a detailed, Spotify-style recap of your whole season, ready when the season ends |
| League analysis | Yes, Pro (League Analyzer) | Yes, Premium (league tools) |
| Find and track rivals | Yes, Pro Plus | Yes, Premium (League Optimizer) |
| Optimizer that plans around beating a specific rival | No | Yes, League Optimizer (Premium) |
| Hindsight | Best possible team for each past race, free | Season-long and realistic: follows one team through real transfers, budget and chips (free research pages) |
| Budget vs points guidance (when to optimize which) | No | Yes: the research is free; the specific recommendation will be part of the full-season team recommendation next season |
| Published, graded accuracy record | None found | Yes, public, race by race |
| When simulations update | No published schedule. In the few races we timed, 10 to 12 hours after ours, and the gap varied | Typically 30-60 minutes after FP2/FP3 (FP1/Sprint Qualifying on sprint weekends) |
| Top 500 player data and statistics | Yes, free (Elite Data, Statistics) | Not verified |
| Discord | Special role and private channel (Starter and up) | Open community Discord |
| Weekly prediction contest with giveaways | No | Yes, in our Discord |
| Team Planner, Simulation Builder | Listed as "coming later" (Pro Plus) | n/a |
"Not verified" means we could not confirm it from their public pages. It does not mean they lack it.
The points each tool's recommended team actually scored in the race, including its chosen 2× driver. Across these 10 races: F1 Grid IQ 2,798 points, F1 Fantasy Tools 2,586, a difference of +212 for F1 Grid IQ. We scored more in 6 races, the same in 1, and fewer in 3.
| Race | F1 Grid IQ | F1 Fantasy Tools | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austrian Grand Prix | 244 | 244 | 0 |
| British Grand Prix | 306 | 251 | +55 |
| Belgian Grand Prix | 285 | 227 | +58 |
| Hungarian Grand Prix | 263 | 189 | +74 |
| Dutch Grand Prix | 324 | 307 | +17 |
| Italian Grand Prix | 357 | 364 | −7 |
| Spanish Grand Prix | 157 | 179 | −22 |
| Azerbaijan Grand Prix | 255 | 232 | +23 |
| Bahrain Grand Prix | 331 | 306 | +25 |
| Singapore Grand Prix | 276 | 287 | −11 |
| Total (10 races) | 2,798 | 2,586 | +212 |
Italy, Spain and Singapore went to F1 Fantasy Tools, and Austria was level at 244. A single race is mostly luck, so the total across many races says more than any one result.
Our standardized grades for the 4 races where both tools were graded this way. A higher grade is better.
| Race | F1 Grid IQ grade | F1 Fantasy Tools grade |
|---|---|---|
| Belgian Grand Prix | 99.8 | 88.3 |
| Azerbaijan Grand Prix | 100 | 81.06 |
| Bahrain Grand Prix | 87.97 | 87.51 |
| Singapore Grand Prix | 84.07 | 82.01 |
Method and every race: F1 Fantasy model accuracy. We grade other tools using their publicly shown projections.
If you want a capable free plan, live scoring and a price-change tool without paying, or a low-cost entry plan.
If you manage a specific team under a real budget and transfer limit, want an optimizer that accounts for the rival you're trying to beat, and want to check a published accuracy record before you rely on the numbers.
It depends on which plan you compare. Monthly, F1 Grid IQ Premium is $5, about the same as F1 Fantasy Tools Pro at €5. Billed yearly, Premium works out to $2.92 a month ($35 a year), which is less per month than their Pro (€4.50) and Pro Plus (€6). Against their month-to-month prices, our yearly $2.92 is below even Starter at €3, though a yearly plan is a year-long commitment. Billed yearly against billed yearly, their Starter is €2.50 a month, which is about the same as ours and has fewer features. They also have a free plan with more included than ours. Prices are in each site's own currency and are not converted.
Yes. Plenty of F1 Fantasy players check more than one tool. They use different methods, so comparing them before a deadline is a reasonable way to decide.
We grade every tool, including F1 Fantasy Tools, with the same method after each race and publish the results on our model accuracy page. Across the 10 races we have compared, the team F1 Grid IQ recommended scored 2,798 points against 2,586 for theirs, and ours scored more in 6 races, the same in 1 and fewer in 3. That is still a modest sample, so treat it as a guide and not a verdict. We could not find a published accuracy record on their site as of October 15, 2026.
F1 Grid IQ simulations typically update within 30-60 minutes of FP2/FP3 (or FP1/Sprint Qualifying on sprint weekends). F1 Fantasy Tools does not publish a schedule for its updates.
No. F1 Grid IQ is independent and is not affiliated with F1 Fantasy Tools, Formula 1, the FIA or the official F1 Fantasy game.
See F1 Grid IQ's predictions for the next race.
Free F1 Fantasy predictions →Compiled October 15, 2026 from F1 Fantasy Tools' public pricing and home pages and from F1 Grid IQ's own published data. F1 Fantasy Tools and its plans can change; check their site for current details. F1 Grid IQ is independent and is not affiliated with F1 Fantasy Tools, Formula 1, the FIA or the official F1 Fantasy game.