DEGIRO vs IG compared
Your expert:
Adam Nasli
Your expert:
Tamás Gyuriczki
DEGIRO
IG
Score:
4.6
/5Score:
4.5
/5Popularity: 15K
Popularity: 28K
Not available in United States
Available in United States
Updated: Feb 2025
Updated: Feb 2025
Investing involves risks
70% of retail CFD accounts lose money
Key differences
- Research score2.5/5
- Deposit and withdrawal score2.6/5
- Fees score4.4/5
- Research score4.8/5
- Deposit and withdrawal score4.4/5
- Fees score3.6/5
Recommended for
- Beginners
- Equity
- Forex
- CFD
- Beginners
- Equity
- Forex
- CFD
Fees
Fees score
Fees score
4.4
/53.6
/5US stock fee
US stock fee
$2.1
•
$10.0
•
EURUSD spread
EURUSD spread
N/A
0.6
US stock index options
US stock index options
$7.5
•
$10.0
•
S&P 500 CFD spread
S&P 500 CFD spread
N/A
0.4
Withdrawal fee
Withdrawal fee
$0
•
$0
•
Deposit fee
Deposit fee
$0
•
$0
•
Inactivity fee
Inactivity fee
no
no
Safety
Top-tier regulators
Top-tier regulators
BaFin in Germany
FCA in the UK, BaFin in Germany, and ASIC in Australia
Foundation date
Foundation date
2008
1974
Investor protection
Investor protection
yes
•
yes
•
Deposit and Withdrawal
Minimum deposit
Minimum deposit
$0
•
$0
•
Bank transfer for deposit
Bank transfer for deposit
yes
yes
Bank transfer for withdrawal
Bank transfer for withdrawal
yes
yes
Credit/debit for deposit
Credit/debit for deposit
no
yes
Credit/debit for withdrawal
Credit/debit for withdrawal
no
yes
PayPal for deposit
PayPal for deposit
no
yes
Wise for deposit
Wise for deposit
no
yes
Revolut for deposit
Revolut for deposit
no
yes
Other electronic wallets
Other electronic wallets
no
no
•
Platform and Experience
Mobile platform score
Mobile platform score
4.5
/55.0
/5Web platform score
Web platform score
4.0
/55.0
/5MT4 available
MT4 available
no
yes
MT5 available
MT5 available
no
no
Customer service score
Customer service score
2.7
/52.4
/5Account opening score
Account opening score
5.0
/54.4
/5Everything 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.
DEGIRO's service is on par with IG's and a comparison of their fees shows that DEGIRO's fees are slightly lower than IG's.
Account opening takes somewhat less effort at DEGIRO compared to IG, deposit and withdrawal processes are more complicated at DEGIRO, while customer service quality is similar to IG's.
Our experts rated the trading platform of DEGIRO as somewhat worse than the platform of IG, found that clients have access to about the same number of markets and products with DEGIRO, while IG provides better research and education.
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