Interactive Investor vs Passfolio compared

Interactive Investor
Passfolio
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.
  • Customer service score
    2.8
    /5
  • Deposit and withdrawal score
    4.3
    /5
  • Markets and products score
    3.2
    /5
  • Customer service score
    4.9
    /5
  • Deposit and withdrawal score
    2.8
    /5
  • Markets and products score
    2.2
    /5
Recommended for
  • Beginners
    4.1
    /5
  • Equity
    4.3
    /5
  • Beginners
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Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.7

Recommended for Beginners and investors focusing on the UK market

Overall Score
4.6

Recommended for Beginners and long-term investors focusing on the US stock market

Country of origin

UK

Country of origin

USA

Fees

Fees score
3.5
Fees score
4.2
Fees summary

Average trading fees, low non-trading fees, no withdrawal fee

Fees summary

Free stock and ETF trading, average non-trading 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
4.3
Deposit and withdrawal score
2.8
Number of base currencies

9

Number of base currencies

1

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

*
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Time to open account

1 day

Time to open account

1 day

Required documents
*

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

*
Required documents

Proof of identity: national ID / passport / driver's license / residence permit

Trading platform

Web platform score
4.3
Web platform score
3.8
Mobile platform score
3.8
Mobile platform score
4.8
Desktop platform score
-
Desktop platform score
-

Markets and products

Markets and products score
3.2
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

Research, education

Research score
3.0
Research score
2.3
Charting quality

Poor

Charting quality

Poor

Education score
5.0
Education score
2.5
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
2.8
Customer service score
4.9
Phone
Phone
Live chat
Live chat
Email
Email
24/7 availability
24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

£85,000

Investor protection amount

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

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

2003

Foundation date

2018

Country of regulation

UK

Country of regulation

USA

Interactive Investor

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Passfolio

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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.

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

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

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

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