Swissquote Vs. DEGIRO - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

Swissquote is a global broker and investment bank headquartered in Switzerland that offers traditional securities and CFD trading along with advanced research tools.

DEGIRO is a European leading stock broker providing access to more than 50 stock exchanges around the world with low commissions per trade and a simple to use platform.

• Traditional equity investors looking for a broad range of markets
• Experienced traders looking to benefit from their amazing research tools

• Investors from all experience levels looking to buy real shares, funds or ETFs for the long term
• Active traders that look to access the large variety of exchanges offered

• FCA (UK)
• ADGM (United Arab Emirates)
• FINMA (Switzerland)
• MFSA (Malta)
• HKMA (Hong Kong)

• BaFin (Germany)
• AFM (Netherlands)

• Outstanding asset offering with more than 60 exchanges across the world
• Amazing research and analysis tools for all trader levels
• Thematic investments with preconfigured product baskets
• Offers banking services along with debit card

• No conflicts of interest between DEGIRO and its customers
• Virtually unlimited asset offering from 50 exchanges across the globe
• Low fees when compared to traditional banking alternatives

• Their proprietary platform lacks many features and is not user friendly
• Their commissions are extremely high
• Overall everything feels complicated to use

• Credit card deposits are not available
• Simplistic platforms with not many features
• Fees are expensive when compared to commission free brokers

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• Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
• Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

• Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
• Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfer

• Bank Transfer
• Paypal

US, JP, SY, IR.

DEGIRO only provides services to citizens of Czech Republic, Spain, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, France, Netherlands, Finland and the United Kingdom. The rest of the countries worldwide are not able to use DEGIRO's services.

$10 per withdrawal.

For CFDs there are no commissions as the spreads are the cost. For other assets from $9 up to $210 based on transaction volume and depending on the exchange.

Yes and varies per asset and exchange, eg: If you were to purchase £2,000 worth of Apple shares at a price of $300 your total commission would have been £0.44.