5paisa: India's first exchange-listed discount broker, flat Rs 20 per order across equities, derivatives, currencies and commodities.
Acorns: Subscription investing app that rounds up card purchases into ETF portfolios, plus IRAs, banking and kids' debit cards.
AJ Bell: Salford-based UK investment platform offering SIPPs, ISAs and share dealing to direct and advised investors; LSE-listed as AJB.
Ally Invest: Self-directed brokerage, robo-portfolios and managed advice from Ally Financial, built on its 2016 acquisition of TradeKing.
Angel One: Mumbai-based, NSE and BSE-listed broker serving 38.6 million registered retail clients through its trading app and Smart API.
Barclays Direct Investing: Barclays' UK share-dealing, ISA and SIPP platform, renamed from Smart Investor to Direct Investing in 2026 with no annual platform fee.
Betterment: New York robo-advisor running automated ETF portfolios, IRAs and a cash account for over 1 million retail customers.
BUX: Amsterdam-based mobile investing app for stocks, ETFs and automated plans, wholly owned by ABN AMRO since 2024.
Charles Schwab: US retail brokerage and bank offering commission-free stock and ETF trading plus custody services for independent RIAs
Charles Stanley Direct: Execution-only online investment platform run under the Charles Stanley brand, owned by Raymond James Wealth Management since 2022.
CommSec: Australia's largest online broker by market share, with near 3 million customers, wholly owned by Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
DEGIRO: Execution-only Dutch broker giving retail investors flat-fee access to stocks, ETFs, bonds, options and futures on 45+ global exchanges.
E*TRADE (Morgan Stanley): US online brokerage owned by Morgan Stanley, offering commission-free trading, banking, and direct crypto trading since 2026.
Fidelity Investments (Brokerage): Privately held US brokerage offering $0-commission trading, zero-expense-ratio index funds, and retirement plan administration.
Firstrade: US discount broker offering $0-commission stocks, ETFs, options, mutual funds, fixed income and crypto trading.
Freetrade: UK app offering commission-free share dealing, ISAs and SIPPs, founded 2016 and acquired by FTSE 100 group IG in 2025.
Groww: India's largest stockbroker by active NSE clients; listed on NSE/BSE in November 2025 as Billionbrains Garage Ventures.
Halifax Share Dealing: UK retail broker offering share dealing, Stocks and Shares ISA and SIPP accounts under the Halifax bank brand within Lloyds Banking Group.
Hargreaves Lansdown: Bristol-based direct-to-investor platform holding over £172bn for more than 2 million UK retail clients.
HDFC Securities: HDFC Bank's Mumbai brokerage arm, pairing full-service research with a flat Rs 20/order app, HDFC Sky, for younger investors.
ICICI Direct: Full-service Indian broking platform of ICICI Securities, linking a bank, trading and demat account with 4x margin funding.
IG Group: UK spread betting and CFD broker, grown by acquisition into US options (tastytrade), UK stocks (Freetrade), crypto (Independent Reserve).
Interactive Investor: UK flat-fee direct-to-consumer investment platform for shares, funds, ISAs and SIPPs, majority owned by Aberdeen Group since 2022.
M1 Finance: Chicago fintech combining automated "Pie" portfolio investing, margin lending and cash accounts in one app, aimed at buy-and-hold investors.
Merrill Edge: Bank of America's brokerage arm offering zero-commission stock, ETF and options trading integrated with BofA bank accounts.
Monex Group: Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed financial group operating online brokerages in Japan and the US (TradeStation) plus crypto exchange Coincheck.
Public.com: US brokerage offering commission-free stocks, options, bonds, crypto, and Treasuries, paying options rebates instead of selling order flow.
Questrade: Toronto based discount brokerage offering zero-commission stock and ETF trading, expanding into banking via its newly chartered Questbank.
Rakuten Securities: Tokyo-based online broker, majority Rakuten-owned (Mizuho holds 49%), with over 14 million retail brokerage accounts as of April 2026.
Saxo Bank A/S: Danish licensed bank whose SaxoTraderGO and SaxoInvestor platforms give clients trading access to 70,000+ global instruments.
SBI Securities: Japan's top online brokerage by individual stock trading value, offering equities, FX, funds and NISA accounts under SBI Holdings.
Scalable Capital: Munich neobroker and ECB-licensed bank running its own exchange, EIX, with Boerse Hannover for commission-free stock and ETF trading.
Selfwealth: Melbourne-based flat-fee share trading platform for ASX, US and Hong Kong shares, acquired by Singapore's Syfe in May 2025.
SoFi Invest: Brokerage arm of SoFi Technologies offering commission-free stock, ETF, options and crypto trading, plus a no-fee robo-advisor.
TD Ameritrade: US discount brokerage, founded 1975, best known for the thinkorswim trading platform; fully absorbed into Charles Schwab by mid 2024.
Upstox: Indian discount broker offering flat per-order pricing on equities, F&O, commodities and currencies, plus IPO and mutual fund investing.
Vanguard Brokerage Services: Retail brokerage arm of client-owned Vanguard Group, offering commission-free stock, ETF, bond and mutual fund trading since 2020.
Wealthfront: Automated investing platform managing over $95 billion for 1.4 million clients, now trading on Nasdaq as WLTH.
Wealthsimple: Toronto robo-advisor turned all-in-one Canadian fintech, spanning commission-free trading, tax filing and chequing accounts.
Webull: Commission-free US brokerage for stocks, options, ETFs and crypto, built around advanced charting tools favored by active traders.
Zerodha: Bootstrapped since 2010, Zerodha pioneered India's flat-fee discount brokerage model and built its own Kite trading platform in-house.
