Low costs and great service shouldn't be a tradeoff.

• Online equity trade price structure
• Schwab

  One flat fee for all trade sizes
• Hargreaves Lansdown

  Fee decreases with higher number of trades
• Interactive Investor

  One flat fee for all trade sizes
• Saxo

  Percentage based on trade value
• Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)

  Fee decreases with trade size

• Online listed equity trade commission
• Schwab

  US$0

  per trade¹
• Hargreaves Lansdown

  £6.95 per trade, if 0 - 19 trades last month
  £3.95 per trade, if 20+ trades last month
• Interactive Investor

  £3.99 per trade (Core / Plus)
  £2.99 per trade (Premium)
• Saxo

  Classic: 0.08%
  Platinum: 0.05%
  VIP: 0.03%
  Minimum US$1 per trade
• Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)

  US$0.0035 per share (for <=300K shares/month) down to US$0.0005 per share (for >100M shares/month)

• Monthly account maintenance fee
• Schwab

  US$0
• Hargreaves Lansdown

  £$0
• Interactive Investor

  £5.99 (Core)
  £14.99 (Plus)
  £39.99 (Premium)
• Saxo

  Annual custody fee: 0.12% for Classic and Platinum, 0.08% for VIP
• Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)

  US$0

• Satisfaction Guarantee²
• Schwab

  ✓
• Hargreaves Lansdown

  -
• Interactive Investor

  -
• Saxo

  -
• Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)

  -

• If you buy 2,500 shares of a U.S.-based stock, then sell them a year later.
• Schwab

  US$0
• Hargreaves Lansdown

  £13.90 (if 0 - 19 trades last month)
  £7.90 (if 20+ trades last month)
• Interactive Investor

  £7.98 (Core / Plus ) £5.98 (Premium)
• Saxo

  US$40 (Classic)
  US$25 (Platinum)
  US$15 (VIP)
• Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)

  US$17.50