Brokers & Costs · fees checked
What does your broker really cost you?
Put in your portfolio and how you trade. See the yearly cost at every major broker, in pounds or dollars, including currency charges on US shares.
No affiliate deals. Ever. We take no commission, referral fee or payment of any kind from any broker, and no broker can pay to change its ranking. Rankings are worked out automatically from published fees.
Your yearly cost at each broker
Star ratings, worked out automatically
Each broker is scored on cost, service, range, ease of use and safety. Cost comes from the calculator, run on a typical investor for each category. Nobody adjusts the stars by hand.
How the stars are worked out
Broker and platform articles
Plain-English comparisons and reviews from the blog. Fees in older articles may since have changed; the calculator always uses the latest fees.
Where the fees come from
Every fee is taken from the broker's own published charges, checked . We check them again every six months (next: ) and whenever a broker announces a change. Links below go to the broker's own fee page and carry no tracking or referral codes.
Education only, not financial advice. The figures are illustrations based on your inputs and the brokers' published fees, which can change. Check the broker's own terms before you decide. The cheapest broker is not always the right one for you: service, range and how you invest matter too. Capital at risk.