IG vs Interactive Investor compared

IG
Interactive Investor
76% of retail CFD accounts lose money

IG

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.
  • Customer service score4.6/5.0
  • Markets and products score4.7/5.0
  • Trading platform combined score5.0/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • forex 3.95/5
You can open an account at IG

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.
  • Customer service score2.8/5.0
  • Markets and products score3.2/5.0
  • Trading platform combined score3.9/5.0
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
4.6

Recommended for Traders of any experience level looking for an easy-to-use trading platform

Overall Score
4.7

Recommended for Beginners and investors focusing on the UK market

Country of origin

UK

Country of origin

UK

Fees

Fees score
3.5
Fees score
3.5
Fees summary

High trading fees, average non-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
4.5
Deposit and withdrawal score
4.3
Number of base currencies

6

Number of base currencies

9

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
4.2
Account opening score
5.0
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Time to open account

1-3 days

Time to open account

1 day

Required documents

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

Required documents
*

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

*

Trading platform

Web platform score
5.0
Web platform score
4.3
Mobile platform score
5.0
Mobile platform score
3.8
Desktop platform score
-
Desktop platform score
-

Markets and products

Markets and products score
4.7
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
CFD disclaimer

Disclaimer: 76% 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. CFDs are not provided for US clients. Forex trading involves risk. Losses can exceed deposits.

Research, education

Research score
3.5
Research score
3.0
Charting quality

Great

Charting quality

Poor

Education score
5.0
Education score
5.0
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
4.6
Customer service score
2.8
Phone
Phone
Live chat
Live chat
Email
Email
24/7 availability
24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

£85,000 in the UK, €20,000 in the rest of Europe excl. Switzerland, no protection in the US and many other countries

Investor protection amount

£85,000

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

1974

Foundation date

2003

Country of regulation

UK, EU, Switzerland, USA, Singapore, Japan, South Africa, UAE, Australia, New Zealand

Country of regulation

UK

IG

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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.

IG's service is on par with Interactive Investor's and a comparison of their fees shows that IG's fees are similar to Interactive Investor's.

Account opening takes somewhat more effort at IG compared to Interactive Investor, deposit and withdrawal processes are about the same quality at IG, while customer service quality is better than Interactive Investor's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of IG as somewhat better than the platform of Interactive Investor, found that clients have access to more markets and products with IG, while Interactive Investor provides somewhat lower-quality research and education.

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