Comdirect vs Robinhood compared

Comdirect
Robinhood
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.
  • Fees score
    2.2
    /5
  • Account opening score
    2.8
    /5
  • Markets and products score
    5.0
    /5
  • Fees score
    4.6
    /5
  • Account opening score
    5.0
    /5
  • Markets and products score
    2.9
    /5
Recommended for
  • Beginners
    3.3
    /5
  • Beginners
  • Equity
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
4.2

Recommended for Investors speaking German and focusing on European securities

Overall Score
4.5

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

Country of origin

Germany

Country of origin

USA

Fees

Fees score
2.2
Fees score
4.6
Fees summary

High trading fees, low non-trading fees, no withdrawal fee

Fees summary

Low trading and non-trading fees, free US 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
3.5
Deposit and withdrawal score
1.8
Number of base currencies

12

Number of base currencies

1

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
2.8
Account opening score
5.0
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Time to open account

>3 days

Time to open account

1 day

Required documents
*

Proof of identity: personal ID / passport / driver's licence / video identification Proof of residence: utility bill / bank statement / video identification

*
Required documents

Proof of identity: SSN and ID / passport / driver's license

Trading platform

Web platform score
4.4
Web platform score
4.5
Mobile platform score
4.7
Mobile platform score
5.0
Desktop platform score
3.5
Desktop platform score
-

Markets and products

Markets and products score
5.0
Markets and products score
2.9
Stocks
Stocks
*
*
Fractional shares
Fractional shares
*
*
ETFs
ETFs
*
*
Forex
Forex
Funds
Funds
Bonds
Bonds
Options
Options
*
*
Futures
Futures
Crypto
*
*
Crypto
*
*
CFDs
CFDs

Research, education

Research score
4.0
Research score
3.3
Charting quality

Great

Charting quality

Poor

Education score
5.0
Education score
0.5
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
3.9
Customer service score
2.3
Phone
Phone
Live chat
Live chat
Email
Email
24/7 availability
24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

€100,000 for cash deposits and €20,000 for securities

Investor protection amount

$500,000 (securities up to $500,000, cash up to $250,000)

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

1994

Foundation date

2013

Country of regulation

Germany

Country of regulation

USA

Comdirect

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Robinhood

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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.

Comdirect's service is on par with Robinhood's and a comparison of their fees shows that Comdirect's fees are higher than Robinhood's.

Account opening takes more effort at Comdirect compared to Robinhood, deposit and withdrawal processes are more seamless at Comdirect, while customer service quality is better than Robinhood's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of Comdirect as somewhat worse than the platform of Robinhood, found that clients have access to more markets and products with Comdirect, while Robinhood provides somewhat lower-quality research and education.

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