Passfolio vs Robinhood compared

Passfolio
Robinhood

Passfolio

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 score4.9/5.0
  • Research score2.3/5.0
  • Deposit and withdrawal score2.8/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • beginners
You can't open an account at Passfolio

Robinhood

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 score2.3/5.0
  • Research score3.3/5.0
  • Deposit and withdrawal score1.8/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • beginners
  • equity
You can open an account at Robinhood
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Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.6

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

Overall Score
4.5

Recommended for Beginners and buy-and-hold investors focusing on the US stock market

Country of origin
Broker's country of establishment

USA

Country of origin
Broker's country of establishment

USA

Fees

Fees score
4.2
Fees score
4.6
Fees summary
BrokerChooser's qualitative summary on the broker's prices

Free stock and ETF trading, average non-trading fees

Fees summary
BrokerChooser's qualitative summary on the broker's prices

Low trading and non-trading fees, free US 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
2.8
Deposit and withdrawal score
1.8
Number of base currencies
How many account currencies you can choose from

1

Number of base currencies
How many account currencies you can choose from

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
The minimum amount you have to deposit for using the account
No minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Minimum deposit
The minimum amount you have to deposit for using the account
$0 for the Standard account and $2,000 for Robinhood Gold
*

$0

*
Time to open account
BrokerChooser estimation on time needed to access account after all documents are provided by customer

1 day

Time to open account
BrokerChooser estimation on time needed to access account after all documents are provided by customer

1 day

Required documents
Documents required for opening an account

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

Required documents
Documents required for opening an account

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

Trading platform

Web platform score
3.8
Web platform score
4.5
Mobile platform score
4.8
Mobile platform score
5.0
Desktop platform score
-
Desktop platform score
-

Markets and products

Markets and products score
2.2
Markets and products score
2.9
Stocks
Stocks are available
Stocks
Stocks are available
Only available for US markets
*
*
Fractional shares
Fractional shares are available
$1 is the minimum
*
*
Fractional shares
Fractional shares are available
$1 is the minimum
*
*
ETFs
ETFs are available
ETFs
ETFs are available
Only available for US markets
*
*
Forex
Forex is available
Forex
Forex is available
Funds
Funds are available
Funds
Funds are available
Bonds
Bonds are available
Bonds
Bonds are available
Options
Options are available
Options
Options are available
Only available for US markets
*
*
Futures
Futures are available
Futures
Futures are available
Crypto
Crypto is available in any form (e.g. as a CFD or ETF)
Crypto
Crypto is available in any form (e.g. as a CFD or ETF)
Exchange
*
*
CFDs
Any CFD is available, e.g. stock CFD or commodity CFD
CFDs
Any CFD is available, e.g. stock CFD or commodity CFD

Research, education

Research score
2.3
Research score
3.3
Charting quality

Poor

Charting quality

Poor

Education score
2.5
Education score
0.5
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
4.9
Customer service score
2.3
Phone
You can reach the broker by phone
Phone
You can reach the broker by phone
Live chat
Live chat is available
Live chat
Live chat is available
Email
Email support is available
Email
Email support is available
24/7 availability
At least one customer support channel, i.e. live chat, phone or email, is available even on the weekend
24/7 availability
At least one customer support channel, i.e. live chat, phone or email, is available even on the weekend

Security

Investor protection amount
The protection amount depends on the country where you opened your account. In the US, forex trading and commodity-related contract (e.g. futures or options) are generally not covered.

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

Investor protection amount
The protection amount depends on the country where you opened your account. In the US, forex trading and commodity-related contract (e.g. futures or options) are generally not covered.

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

Banking background
Whether the broker has a banking background
Banking background
Whether the broker has a banking background
Listed on stock exchange
The broker is listed on a stock exchange
Listed on stock exchange
The broker is listed on a stock exchange
Foundation date

2018

Foundation date

2013

Country of regulation
Which countries' regulators oversee the broker

USA

Country of regulation
Which countries' regulators oversee the broker

USA

Passfolio

For detailed information and hands-on experience, read our review of this broker.

Robinhood

For detailed information and hands-on experience, read our review of this broker.

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.

Passfolio's service is on par with Robinhood's and a comparison of their fees shows that Passfolio's fees are similar to Robinhood's.

Account opening takes about the same effort at Passfolio compared to Robinhood, deposit and withdrawal processes are somewhat easier at Passfolio, while customer service quality is much better than Robinhood's.

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

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