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 

  Fee decreases with client tier
• Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)

  Fee decreases with trade size

• Online listed equity trade commission
• Schwab

  US$0

  per trade¹
• Hargreaves Lansdown

  £11.95 for 0-9 deals £8.95 for 10-19 deals

   £5.95 for 20 or more deals per trade
• Interactive Investor

  £3.99

   per trade
• Saxo 

  US$0.015

  per share for Classic accounts

  US$0.010 per share for Platinum accounts

  US$0.005 per share for VIP accounts

  
  

  Minimum US$1
  
• Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)

  US$0.0005 to US$0.0035

  per share (for <=300K shares/month) Minimum US$0.35 per trade. Maximum 1% of trade value

• Monthly account maintenance fee
• Schwab

  US$0
• Hargreaves Lansdown

  £$0
• Interactive Investor

  £11.99

  per month 
• Saxo 

  US$0
• 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

  £23.90
• Interactive Investor

  £11.97
• Saxo

  US$75 for Classic accounts

  US$50 for Platinum accounts

  US$25 for VIP accounts
• Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)

  US$17.50