Basic data of broker
Recommended for Beginners and investors looking for free US stocks/ETFs and a simple, easy to use trading platform
Recommended for Traders and investors (including beginners) focusing on the Indian market and looking for low fees
Australia
India
Fees
Low trading and average non-trading fees
Low trading and non-trading fees, low stock and ETF 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
1
1
Deposit type
Withdrawal type
Account opening
$50
$0
1 day
>3 days
Australian ID for Australian clients. No documents needed for UK clients.
Photograph, Aadhar Card, Pan card details, Bank Statements, Signature specimen
Trading platform
Markets and products
Research, education
Poor
Great
Customer service
Security
$500k (securities up to $500k, cash up to $250k)
No investor protection
$500k (securities up to $500k, cash up to $250k)
No investor protection
2017
2010
Australia, UK
India
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Stake's service is on par with Zerodha's and a comparison of their fees shows that Stake's fees are slightly higher than Zerodha's.
Account opening takes much less effort at Stake compared to Zerodha, deposit and withdrawal processes are somewhat more complicated at Stake, while customer service quality is lower than Zerodha's.
Our experts rated the trading platform of Stake as being of the same quality as the platform of Zerodha, found that clients have access to about the same number of markets and products with Stake, while Zerodha provides better research and education.