UK Broker Comparison

Trading 212 have no platform or trading fees, meaning you can invest in ETFs priced in GBP without Trading 212 charging you a penny. Use bank transfer for free deposits.

InvestEngine will charge you nothing if you use their DIY account option. They have no platform, trading or deposit/withdrawal fees, and they only offer funds in GBP (£) so no FX fees are impossible.

IBKR charge a minimum £3 per month activity fee. Certain funds/ETFs are free to invest into, but their complex fee structure can be very confusing for users to understand.

You can avoid HL's trading fees (up to £11.95 per trade) when investing monthly via direct debit into ETFs, funds, shares and selected investment trusts. Account fees still apply.

AJ Bell offer a discounted trading fee of £1.50 with their regular investing service (min £25 per month). Stocks & Shares ISA account fees are also capped at £3.50 per month when investing in ETFs.

You need Freetrade's Standard account (£59.88 per year or £5.99 if paying monthly) for access to a Stocks & Shares ISA.

You can get around IG's £24 quarterly account fee by placing 3+ trades every quarter — a monthly investment is enough for this. This leaves an £8 trading fee based on once-monthly ETF purchase.

Fidelity's account fees (0.35%) are capped at £7.50 per month on ETFs and shares within ISAs. There's also a £1.50 monthly trading fee with their regular investing service (£7.50 fee for trades otherwise).

ii offer a free regular investing service when investing a minimum of £25 per month. This leaves just a £4.99 monthly account fee until you reach a £50,000 balance, then £11.99 monthly thereafter.

iWeb charge £5 per trade. They also charge £100 to open an account, but this fee seems to be being waived in an ongoing offer.

Vanguard take a flat 0.15% annual account fee, capped at £375/year.

The Aviva Share Charge, which includes ETFs, is capped at £45-per-year in Stocks & Shares ISAs. There's an additional £7.50 trading fee on top of this.

Dodl has a 0.15% annual fee for all account types, regardless of how you invest, with no trading fees. This fee is uncapped.

Chip's Basic (free) plan is cheapest for balances under £26,000. ChipX (paid annually) is cheapest for balances over this figure.

A £10.50 quarterly fee for first direct's Shares Account is needed for ISA access. There's also a £10.50 trading fee. You must also be a first direct current account customer.

Saxo charge a minimum trading fee of £3 (or 0.12%, whichever is higher) on regular accounts (reduced % for VIP accounts). Plus a 0.12% custody fee.

You can avoid platform and trading fees when investing into Charles Stanley's Multi-Asset Funds via monthly direct debit, but our listed charges apply when choosing your own ETF.

Legal & General charges a flat, uncapped 0.25% account fee, which is a lot on larger balances.

Annual fees are cheaper when investing in Bestinvest's ready-made portfolios or US shares, though this incurs high FX fees.

Yearly platform fee of 0.35% up to £200,000, then 0.2% thereafter.

For the cheapest investment settings, use the 'Fixed' management style and 'Classic' focus, but it's still relatively expensive compared to other brokers.

Fixed allocation funds have a 0.45% annual fee up to £100k balance, then 0.25% beyond.

0.4% annual fee (the only fee that applies) reduces by 0.01% per year until it reaches 0.25% after 15 years.

£1 monthly fee is actually free for the first 3 months, so deduct £3 for first year figures.

eToro's partnership with Moneyfarm gives access to a limited range of active, robo-adviser style investments at a relatively high uncapped price.

Annual fee of 0.6% applies and cannot be made cheaper.

0.4% uncapped platform fee applies to all investments, which is realtively high.

1.2% Annual Management Charge is the cheapest option Wesleyan offers. The uncapped fees here are extremely high.