Compare Stocks & Shares ISA platform fees with clear, consistent maths
Every platform charges in its own way, which makes fees hard to compare. We estimate them all the same way, based on how you invest.
We make no recommendations: only a consistent presentation of cost data taken from platform disclosures. Information only, not financial advice.
The same investor could pay £6 or £530 a year, depending on the platform.
Estimated for our example investor. Yours will differ.
Ways to compare fees
Fee calculator
Your yearly cost on every platform, split into platform fee, dealing and FX.
Platform charges
Each platform's published fees: tiers, caps, dealing, FX and what it can hold.
Compare two platforms
Two platforms side by side, with their published fees and what each can hold.
Data sources
The official charges page behind every platform's figures, and when the data was last updated.
How we estimate
What you tell us
Your portfolio value, trades a year and average trade size, your mix of shares, ETFs and funds, and how much you buy in the US.
What we count
Platform fees as each provider publishes them, dealing on every trade, and FX on US shares and ETFs. Overseas trades count as US trades, and funds as priced in pounds.
Same maths for everyone
One set of assumptions for every platform, so each estimate is worked out on the same footing. Read the full method.
Recent changes
- Fee dataOverseas trades are now priced as US trades, which is what most UK investors buy abroad. Interactive Investor charges its UK rate for US shares, Interactive Brokers charges a US$1 minimum, and Charles Stanley Direct is priced at its phone rate, since most US shares can't be bought online there.
- Fee dataRe-checked every platform's fees against its official pages. Barclays has dropped its platform fee, Fidelity's FX fee is now banded, Vanguard ETFs are dealt free through batch dealing, XTB charges custody above €250,000, and Interactive Brokers, IG, CMC Invest, Prosper and Freetrade Basic have updated features.
- Fee dataAdded IG. Hargreaves Lansdown cut its shares and ETFs fee to 0.35% with a £150 cap and its dealing to £6.95 (£3.95 from 20 trades a month), and now charges £1.95 to deal funds. Interactive Investor moved to its Core, Plus and Premium plans. Lightyear updated its pricing.