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Hargreaves Lansdown vs Interactive Investor 2019
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Is Hargreaves Lansdown better than Interactive Investor? After scoring UK share dealing accounts on over 100 different variables, Interactive Investor is better than Hargreaves Lansdown. Interactive Investor lacks advanced charting and watchlists, but provides transparent pricing, brilliant fundamental research (provided by Morningstar) for stocks, funds, investment trusts, and ETFs, and exceptional automated technical analysis (provided by Recognia).
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Overall Rating
| Feature | Hargreaves Lansdown | Interactive Investor |
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| Hargreaves Lansdown Review | Interactive Investor Review |
Trading Fees
| Feature | Hargreaves Lansdown | Interactive Investor |
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Share Trading: 0-9 Deals/ Month |
£11.95 | £7.99 |
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Share Trading: 10-19 Deals/ Month |
£8.95 | £3.99 |
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Share Trading: 20+ Deals/ Month |
£5.95 | £3.99 |
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Annual Custody Fee: £0 - £250,000* |
0.45% | £119.88 |
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Bonds - Government (Gilts) - Fee |
£11.95 | £7.99 |
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ETFs - Fee |
£11.95 | £7.99 |
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Investment Trusts - Fee |
£11.95 | £7.99 |
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Telephone Dealing Fee* |
£20.00 | £40.00 |
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| Winner | check_circle |
Platforms & Tools
| Feature | Hargreaves Lansdown | Interactive Investor |
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Desktop Platform (Windows) |
No | No |
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Web Platform |
Yes | Yes |
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iPhone App |
Yes | Yes |
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Android App |
Yes | Yes |
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Stock Alerts |
Yes | Yes |
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Charting - Indicators / Studies |
20 | 11 |
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Charting - Drawing Tools |
1 | 0 |
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Charting - Notes |
No | No |
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Charting - Display Corporate Events |
Yes | No |
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Charting - Stock Overlays |
Yes | Yes |
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| Winner | check_circle |
Research
| Feature | Hargreaves Lansdown | Interactive Investor |
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Research - Shares |
Yes | Yes |
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Research - CFDs |
Yes | Yes |
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Research - Funds |
Yes | Yes |
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Fund Research - Research Reports |
Yes | Yes |
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Research - ETFs |
Yes | Yes |
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Research - Bonds |
Yes | Yes |
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Portfolio Allocation Breakdown |
Yes | Yes |
| Research | ||
| Winner | check_circle |
Investments
| Feature | Hargreaves Lansdown | Interactive Investor |
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Share Trading |
Yes | Yes |
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CFD Trading |
Yes | Yes |
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Funds |
Yes | Yes |
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ETFs |
Yes | Yes |
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Bonds - Corporate |
Yes | Yes |
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Bonds - Government (Gilts) |
Yes | Yes |
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Investment Trusts |
Yes | Yes |
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Spread Betting |
Yes | Yes |
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Banking Services |
No | No |
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Advisor Services |
Yes | No |
| Offering of Investments | ||
| Winner | check_circle |
Education
| Feature | Hargreaves Lansdown | Interactive Investor |
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Has Education - Share Trading |
Yes | Yes |
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Has Education - Funds |
Yes | Yes |
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Has Education - Retirement |
Yes | No |
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Client Webinars |
No | No |
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Client Webinars (Archived) |
No | No |
| Education | ||
| Winner | check_circle |
Overall
| Feature | Hargreaves Lansdown | Interactive Investor |
| Hargreaves Lansdown Review | Interactive Investor Review | |
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| Winner | check_circle |
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 Hargreaves Lansdown vs Interactive Investor.
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. Interactive Investor's score is 4.00 stars versus Hargreaves Lansdown's 3.50 stars.
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 Interactive Investor supports ISA, ISA - Junior, SIPP and Spread Betting while Hargreaves Lansdown supports ISA, ISA - Junior, SIPP, SIPP - Junior and Spread Betting. Looking at charting, the number of drawing tools and total technical indicators made available are important as well as stock alerts. Hargreaves Lansdown offers its clients access to 1 charting tools while Interactive Investor has 0 charting tools, a difference of 1. Hargreaves Lansdown boasts an offering of 20 different indicators (for example, moving averages) compared to Interactive Investor's 11 available indicators. Both Hargreaves Lansdown and Interactive Investor offer basic stock alerts. Finally, for conducting research while share dealing, having access to mutual fund research reports is also helpful. Both Hargreaves Lansdown and Interactive Investor offer fund research reports.
Overall, between Hargreaves Lansdown and Interactive Investor, Interactive Investor is the winner.
Hargreaves Lansdown Review
Interactive Investor Review
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. Interactive Investor's score is 4.00 stars versus Hargreaves Lansdown's 3.50 stars.
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 Interactive Investor supports ISA, ISA - Junior, SIPP and Spread Betting while Hargreaves Lansdown supports ISA, ISA - Junior, SIPP, SIPP - Junior and Spread Betting. Looking at charting, the number of drawing tools and total technical indicators made available are important as well as stock alerts. Hargreaves Lansdown offers its clients access to 1 charting tools while Interactive Investor has 0 charting tools, a difference of 1. Hargreaves Lansdown boasts an offering of 20 different indicators (for example, moving averages) compared to Interactive Investor's 11 available indicators. Both Hargreaves Lansdown and Interactive Investor offer basic stock alerts. Finally, for conducting research while share dealing, having access to mutual fund research reports is also helpful. Both Hargreaves Lansdown and Interactive Investor offer fund research reports.
Overall, between Hargreaves Lansdown and Interactive Investor, Interactive Investor is the winner.
Hargreaves Lansdown Review
Interactive Investor Review
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