Fidelity vs Vanguard compared

Fidelity

Vanguard

Fidelity

4.8

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Vanguard

4.5

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Key differences

Research score
4.5
/5
Deposit and withdrawal score
3.8
/5
Markets and products score
4.0
/5

Research score
3.0
/5
Deposit and withdrawal score
2.4
/5
Markets and products score
2.7
/5

Recommended for

Beginners
4.1
/5
Equity
4.6
/5

Beginners
4
/5
Equity
4.3
/5

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Basic data of broker

Overall Score

4.8

Recommended for Investors and traders looking for solid research and great trading platforms

Overall Score

4.5

Recommended for Long-term investors looking for great ETF and mutual fund selection

Country of origin

USA

Country of origin

USA

Fees

Fees score

3.7

Fees score

4.3

Fees summary

Low trading and non-trading fees, high fund fees

Fees summary

Average trading fees, low 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

2.4

Number of base currencies

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score

4.2

Account opening score

4.2

Account opening fully online

Minimum deposit

Time to open account

1-3 days

Time to open account

1-3 days

Required documents

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

Required documents

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

Trading platform

Web platform score

4.5

Web platform score

3.4

Mobile platform score

5.0

Mobile platform score

4.4

Desktop platform score

4.3

Desktop platform score

Markets and products

Markets and products score

4.0

Markets and products score

2.7

Stocks

Fractional shares

ETFs

Forex

Funds

Bonds

Options

Futures

Crypto

CFDs

Research, education

Research score

4.5

Research score

3.0

Charting quality

Great

Charting quality

Poor

Education score

5.0

Education score

3.5

Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score

3.9

Customer service score

4.5

Phone

Live chat

24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

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

Investor protection amount

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

Banking background

Listed on stock exchange

Foundation date

1946

Foundation date

1975

Country of regulation

USA

Country of regulation

USA

Fidelity

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Vanguard

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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.

Fidelity's service is on par with Vanguard's and a comparison of their fees shows that Fidelity's fees are slightly higher than Vanguard's.

Account opening takes about the same effort at Fidelity compared to Vanguard, deposit and withdrawal processes are more seamless at Fidelity, while customer service quality is somewhat lower than Vanguard's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of Fidelity as somewhat better than the platform of Vanguard, found that clients have access to more markets and products with Fidelity, while Vanguard provides less useful research and education.

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