Charles Stanley Direct vs Revolut compared

Charles Stanley Direct
Revolut
Charles Stanley Direct
4.4
Revolut
4.4
Key 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.
  • Customer service score
    5.0
    /5
  • Markets and products score
    1.5
    /5
  • Research score
    3.5
    /5
  • Customer service score
    1.1
    /5
  • Markets and products score
    2.2
    /5
  • Research score
    2.8
    /5
Recommended for
  • Beginners
    3.6
    /5
  • Beginners
    3.6
    /5
You can't open an account in United States
You can open an account in United States
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Basic data of broker

Overall score
4.4

Recommended for Beginners and buy-and-hold investors focusing on the UK market

Overall score
4.4

Recommended for Beginners looking for low stock trading and a great mobile-only trading platform

Country of origin
Broker's country of establishment

UK

Country of origin
Broker's country of establishment

UK

Fees

Fees score
3.2
Fees score
3.7
Fees summary
BrokerChooser's qualitative summary on the broker's prices

Low trading and non-trading fees

Fees summary
BrokerChooser's qualitative summary on the broker's prices

Low trading and non-trading fees, free stock and ETF trading

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
3.5
Number of base currencies
How many account currencies you can choose from

1

Number of base currencies
How many account currencies you can choose from

1

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
4.6
Account opening score
5.0
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
The minimum amount you have to deposit for using the account
£20 minimum deposit required for debit cards and £50 for bank transfers
*

$24.8

*
Minimum deposit
The minimum amount you have to deposit for using the account
No minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Time to open account
BrokerChooser estimation on time needed to access account after all documents are provided by customer

1-3 days

Time to open account
BrokerChooser estimation on time needed to access account after all documents are provided by customer

1 day

Required documents
Documents required for opening an account
No documents needed if you have a UK passport or driver's license and they manage to match you electronically to the data you provide
*

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

*
Required documents
Documents required for opening an account
No documents needed if they manage to match you electronically to the data you provide
*

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

*

Trading platform

Web platform score
3.5
Web platform score
-
Mobile platform score
3.7
Mobile platform score
4.4
Desktop platform score
-
Desktop platform score
-

Markets and products

Markets and products score
1.5
Markets and products score
2.2
Stocks
Stocks are available
Stocks
Stocks are available
Only stocks from NYSE, Nasdaq and IEX
*
*
Fractional shares
Fractional shares are available
Fractional shares
Fractional shares are available
$1 is the minimum
*
*
ETFs
ETFs are available
ETFs
ETFs are available
Forex
Forex is available
Forex
Forex is available
Funds
Funds are available
Funds
Funds are available
Bonds
Bonds are available
Bonds
Bonds are available
Options
Options are available
Options
Options are available
Futures
Futures are available
Futures
Futures are available
Crypto
Crypto is available in any form (e.g. as a CFD or ETF)
Crypto
Crypto is available in any form (e.g. as a CFD or ETF)
CFDs
Any CFD is available, e.g. stock CFD or commodity CFD
CFDs
Any CFD is available, e.g. stock CFD or commodity CFD

Research, education

Research score
3.5
Research score
2.8
Charting quality

Mid-range

Charting quality

Poor

Education score
2.0
Education score
1.0
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
5.0
Customer service score
1.1
Phone
You can reach the broker by phone
Phone
You can reach the broker by phone
Live chat
Live chat is available
Live chat
Live chat is available
Email
Email support is available
Email
Email support is available
24/7 availability
At least one customer support channel, i.e. live chat, phone or email, is available even on the weekend
24/7 availability
At least one customer support channel, i.e. live chat, phone or email, is available even on the weekend

Security

Investor protection amount
The protection amount depends on the country where you opened your account. In the US, forex trading and commodity-related contract (e.g. futures or options) are generally not covered.

£85k

Investor protection amount
The protection amount depends on the country where you opened your account. In the US, forex trading and commodity-related contract (e.g. futures or options) are generally not covered.

EU clients: €22k for cash and low amount for securities; UK clients:$500k for securities; US clients: $500k (securities up to $500k, cash up to $250k)

Investor protection
Amount of the investor protection provided by the broker

£85k

Investor protection
Amount of the investor protection provided by the broker
EU clients: €22k for cash and low amount for securities; UK clients:$500k for securities; US clients: $500k (securities up to $500k, cash up to $250k)
*

$500k (up to $250k on cash) to US clients. Check the description to see all protection.

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Banking background
Whether the broker has a banking background
Banking background
Whether the broker has a banking background
Listed on stock exchange
The broker is listed on a stock exchange
Listed on stock exchange
The broker is listed on a stock exchange
Foundation date

1985

Foundation date

2015

Country of regulation
Which countries' regulators oversee the broker

UK

Country of regulation
Which countries' regulators oversee the broker

UK, DriveWealth (Revolut's execution partner) is regulated in the US

Charles Stanley Direct

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Revolut

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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.

Charles Stanley Direct's service is on par with Revolut's and a comparison of their fees shows that Charles Stanley Direct's fees are slightly higher than Revolut's.

Account opening takes somewhat more effort at Charles Stanley Direct compared to Revolut, deposit and withdrawal processes are about the same quality at Charles Stanley Direct, while customer service quality is much better than Revolut's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of Charles Stanley Direct as somewhat better than the platform of Revolut, found that clients have access to slightly less markets and products with Charles Stanley Direct, while Revolut provides somewhat lower-quality research and education.

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