Davy Select vs Interactive Investor compared

Davy Select
Interactive Investor

Davy Select

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.
  • Trading platform combined score1.2/5.0
  • Account opening score2.5/5.0
  • Fees score1.1/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • beginners 1.64/5
You can't open an account at Davy Select

Interactive Investor

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.
  • Trading platform combined score3.9/5.0
  • Account opening score5.0/5.0
  • Fees score3.5/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • beginners 4.12/5
  • equity 4.32/5
You can't open an account at Interactive Investor
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Basic data of broker

Overall Score
3.0

Recommended for Investors focusing on Irish and UK markets

Overall Score
4.7

Recommended for Beginners and investors focusing on the UK market

Country of origin

Ireland

Country of origin

UK

Fees

Fees score
1.1
Fees score
3.5
Fees summary

High trading fees

Fees summary

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

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
2.3
Deposit and withdrawal score
4.3
Number of base currencies

3

Number of base currencies

9

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
2.5
Account opening score
5.0
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit

$495

Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Time to open account

>3 days

Time to open account

1 day

Required documents

Proof of identity: national ID / passport / driver's license Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill / driver's license / credit card statement

Required documents
*

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

*

Trading platform

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

Markets and products

Markets and products score
3.1
Markets and products score
3.2
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
3.5
Research score
3.0
Charting quality

Poor

Charting quality

Poor

Education score
3.5
Education score
5.0
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
4.5
Customer service score
2.8
Phone
Phone
Live chat
Live chat
Email
Email
24/7 availability
24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

€20,000

Investor protection amount

£85,000

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

1926

Foundation date

2003

Country of regulation

Ireland

Country of regulation

UK

Davy Select

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Interactive Investor

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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.

Davy Select's service is weaker than Interactive Investor's and a comparison of their fees shows that Davy Select's fees are higher than Interactive Investor's.

Account opening takes considerably more effort at Davy Select compared to Interactive Investor, deposit and withdrawal processes are more complicated at Davy Select, while customer service quality is better than Interactive Investor's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of Davy Select as much less user-friendly than the platform of Interactive Investor, found that clients have access to about the same number of markets and products with Davy Select, while Interactive Investor provides somewhat lower-quality research and education.

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