Interactive Investor vs Saxo Bank compared

Interactive Investor
Saxo Bank
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.
  • Research score
    3.0
    /5
  • Markets and products score
    3.2
    /5
  • Customer service score
    2.8
    /5
  • Research score
    5.0
    /5
  • Markets and products score
    5.0
    /5
  • Customer service score
    4.5
    /5
Recommended for
  • Beginners
    4.1
    /5
  • Equity
    4.3
    /5
  • Equity
    4.2
    /5
  • Forex
    4.4
    /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
4.7

Recommended for Beginners and investors focusing on the UK market

Overall Score
4.8

Recommended for Investors and traders looking for a great trading platform and solid research

Best forex broker

Country of origin

UK

Country of origin

Denmark

Fees

Fees score
3.5
Fees score
3.0
Fees summary

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

Fees summary

Average trading and non-trading fees, low 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
4.3
Deposit and withdrawal score
4.8
Number of base currencies

9

Number of base currencies

26

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
5.0
Account opening score
4.3
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Minimum deposit
*

$2000

*
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: personal ID / passport / driver's licence Proof of residence: ID card / insurance card / utility bill / bank statement

Trading platform

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

Markets and products

Markets and products score
3.2
Markets and products score
5.0
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: 67% 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.

Research, education

Research score
3.0
Research score
5.0
Charting quality

Poor

Charting quality

Great

Education score
5.0
Education score
4.5
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
2.8
Customer service score
4.5
Phone
Phone
Live chat
Live chat
Email
Email
24/7 availability
24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

£85,000

Investor protection amount

€100,000 for cash and €20,000 for securities for most European clients; £85,000 for UK clients; CHF 100,000 for Swiss clients; HKD 500,000 for securities at Hong Kong entity; no protection for clients from Singapore, Japan and Australia

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

2003

Foundation date

1992

Country of regulation

UK

Country of regulation

Denmark, UK, France, Italy, Switzerland, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia

Interactive Investor

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Saxo Bank

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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 Saxo Bank's and a comparison of their fees shows that Interactive Investor's fees are slightly lower than Saxo Bank's.

Account opening takes somewhat less effort at Interactive Investor compared to Saxo Bank, deposit and withdrawal processes are somewhat more complicated at Interactive Investor, while customer service quality is lower than Saxo Bank's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of Interactive Investor as somewhat worse than the platform of Saxo Bank, found that clients have access to less markets and products with Interactive Investor, while Saxo Bank provides better research and education.

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