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Firstrade's service is on par with Robinhood's and a comparison of their fees shows that Firstrade's fees are similar to Robinhood's.
Account opening takes somewhat more effort at Firstrade compared to Robinhood, deposit and withdrawal processes are somewhat easier at Firstrade, while customer service quality is lower than Robinhood's.
Our experts rated the trading platform of Firstrade as somewhat worse than the platform of Robinhood, found that clients have access to about the same number of markets and products with Firstrade, while Robinhood provides less useful research and education.