AJ Bell Youinvest vs Markets.com compared

AJ Bell Youinvest
Markets.com
79.9% of retail CFD accounts lose money

AJ Bell Youinvest

Key score differences
We took 8 criteria of our comparison (fee, account opening, customer service, markets&product, research, trading platform, deposit&withdrawal) and listed the angles with the greatest difference here below.
  • Markets and products score3.4/5.0
  • Research score3.3/5.0
  • Deposit and withdrawal score3.8/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • beginners 3.94/5
  • equity 4.19/5
You can't open an account at AJ Bell Youinvest

Markets.com

Key score differences
We took 8 criteria of our comparison (fee, account opening, customer service, markets&product, research, trading platform, deposit&withdrawal) and listed the angles with the greatest difference here below.
  • Markets and products score2.1/5.0
  • Research score4.5/5.0
  • Deposit and withdrawal score5.0/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • forex 3.88/5
You can't open an account at Markets.com
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Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.6

Recommended for Beginners and investors with small and medium portfolios focusing on the UK market

Overall Score
3.8

Recommended for Traders looking to venture into CFD trading

Country of origin

UK

Country of origin

Cyprus

Fees

Fees score
3.1
Fees score
2.0
Fees summary

Average trading fees, low non-trading fees, low fund fees

Fees summary

High trading fees, average non-trading fees

Stock and ETF fees

Forex fees

Fund fees

Bond fees

Options fees

Futures fees

Crypto fees

CFD fees

Non-trading fees

Deposit and withdrawal

Deposit and withdrawal score
3.8
Deposit and withdrawal score
5.0
Number of base currencies

1

Number of base currencies

11

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
5.0
Account opening score
5.0
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Minimum deposit
*

$100

*
Time to open account

1 day

Time to open account

1 day

Required documents
*

Proof of identity: passport / driver's license Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill

*
Required documents

Proof of identity: ID / passport / driver's license / National ID / Government ID containing photo, full name, date of birth, expiration date Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill / internet bill / landline phone / tv service

Trading platform

Web platform score
3.7
Web platform score
3.8
Mobile platform score
4.2
Mobile platform score
4.3
Desktop platform score
-
Desktop platform score
3.4

Markets and products

Markets and products score
3.4
Markets and products score
2.1
Stocks
Stocks
Fractional shares
Fractional shares
ETFs
ETFs
Forex
Forex
*
*
Funds
Funds
Bonds
Bonds
Options
Options
Futures
Futures
Crypto
*
*
Crypto
*
*
CFDs
CFDs
CFD disclaimer

Disclaimer: 79.9% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Research, education

Research score
3.3
Research score
4.5
Charting quality

Poor

Charting quality

Great

Education score
3.5
Education score
5.0
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
5.0
Customer service score
5.0
Phone
Phone
Live chat
Live chat
Email
Email
24/7 availability
24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

£85,000

Investor protection amount

€20,000 in Europe, £85,000 in the UK, no protection in South Africa, Australia and other countries

Banking background
Banking background
Listed on stock exchange
Listed on stock exchange
Foundation date

1995

Foundation date

2008

Country of regulation

UK

Country of regulation

Cyprus, UK, Australia, South Africa, British Virgin Islands

AJ Bell Youinvest

For detailed information and hands-on experience, read our review of this broker.

Markets.com

For detailed information and hands-on experience, read our review of this broker.

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Everything you find on BrokerChooser is based on reliable data and unbiased information. We combine our 10+ years finance experience with readers feedback. Read more about our methodology.

AJ Bell Youinvest's service is slightly better than Markets.com's and a comparison of their fees shows that AJ Bell Youinvest's fees are slightly lower than Markets.com's.

Account opening takes about the same effort at AJ Bell Youinvest compared to Markets.com, deposit and withdrawal processes are more complicated at AJ Bell Youinvest, while customer service quality is similar to Markets.com's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of AJ Bell Youinvest as being of the same quality as the platform of Markets.com, found that clients have access to more markets and products with AJ Bell Youinvest, while Markets.com provides better research and education.

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