FBS vs Pepperstone compared

FBS
Pepperstone
75.2% of retail CFD accounts lose money
74-89% of retail CFD accounts lose money
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.
  • Trading platform combined score
    3.9
    /5
  • Research score
    4.5
    /5
  • Fees score
    4.1
    /5
  • Trading platform combined score
    3.5
    /5
  • Research score
    4.8
    /5
  • Fees score
    4.3
    /5
Recommended for
  • Forex
    4.1
    /5
  • Forex
    4.1
    /5
You can't open an account in United States
You can't open an account in United States

*Data marked with an asterisk contain additional info, expand the relevant sections below to see details.

Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.3

Recommended for Investors and CFD traders familiar with the MetaTrader trading platforms

Overall Score
4.4

Recommended for Forex traders looking for great account opening and customer service

Country of origin

Cyprus

Country of origin

Australia

Fees

Fees score
4.1
Fees score
4.3
Fees summary

Low trading and non-trading fees

Fees summary

Low non-trading fees and average forex 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
4.5
Deposit and withdrawal score
4.3
Number of base currencies

2

Number of base currencies

9

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
*

$0.99

*
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Time to open account

1 day

Time to open account

1 day

Required documents

Proof of identity: national ID / passport Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill

Required documents

Proof of identity: ID / passport Proof of residency: utility bill

Trading platform

Web platform score
3.2
Web platform score
2.8
Mobile platform score
4.3
Mobile platform score
3.8
Desktop platform score
3.7
Desktop platform score
3.4

Markets and products

Markets and products score
2.1
Markets and products score
2.2
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: 75.2% 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.

CFD disclaimer

Disclaimer: 74-89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Research, education

Research score
4.5
Research score
4.8
Charting quality

Mid-range

Charting quality

Great

Education score
5.0
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

€20,000 for EEA residents, no protection for other customers

Investor protection amount

£85,000 for UK clients, €20,000 for EU clients, no protection in other countries

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

2009

Foundation date

2010

Country of regulation

Cyprus, Australia, Belize

Country of regulation

UK, Germany, Cyprus, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Bahamas, Kenya

FBS

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

Pepperstone

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.

FBS's service is on par with Pepperstone's and a comparison of their fees shows that FBS's fees are similar to Pepperstone's.

Account opening takes about the same effort at FBS compared to Pepperstone, deposit and withdrawal processes are about the same quality at FBS, while customer service quality is similar to Pepperstone's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of FBS as being of the same quality as the platform of Pepperstone, found that clients have access to about the same number of markets and products with FBS, while Pepperstone provides just about the same quality of research and education.

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