AJ Bell Youinvest vs DEGIRO 2019

Our UK.StockBrokers.com team spent seven months and hundreds of hours assessing 12 different share dealing accounts for buying shares online in the UK. In total, 124 individual variables were assessed. For this review, we will compare AJ Bell Youinvest vs DEGIRO.

To start this comparison, first, we will take a look at the fees charged for dealing in the UK. It's important to note that not only is there the cost to place the trade, but most share dealing brokers also charge a monthly, quarterly, or annual management fee depending on the type and size of your portfolio. We assessed both to provide a single star rating for cost. DEGIRO is a better option with a 4.50 star rating over AJ Bell Youinvest's 3.50 star rating.

Cost aside, we can now turn our focus to popular tools and features investors prefer in the UK. Account access is certainly at the top of the list, and AJ Bell Youinvest provides its clients with ISA, ISA - Junior, SIPP and SIPP - Junior while DEGIRO provides clients access to none of these. Looking at charting, the number of drawing tools and total technical indicators made available are important as well as stock alerts. DEGIRO trails AJ Bell Youinvest by 1 total charting tools, with AJ Bell Youinvest offering 1 and DEGIRO offering 0. DEGIRO boasts an offering of 23 different indicators (for example, moving averages) compared to AJ Bell Youinvest's 10 available indicators. Neither offers basic stock alerts. Finally, for conducting research while share dealing, having access to mutual fund research reports is also helpful. AJ Bell Youinvest has fund research reports, DEGIRO doesn't.

Overall, between AJ Bell Youinvest and DEGIRO, AJ Bell Youinvest is the winner.

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