Personal Capital vs Acorns

Personal Capital is a free advanced tools plus hybrid advisory service for people with over $100k in investments. How does it compare to Acorns? Read our comparison chart below.

Personal Capital offers free advanced financial tools and paid wealth management services.

While Acorns is geared towards young investors who have trouble saving. This investment app automatically rounds up and invests your spare change whenever you make a purchase. The service fee starts at $1/month for accounts under $5,000. There is no minimum to open.

Compare Personal Capital with Acorns, side-by-side. Read on for an in-depth look, including ratings, reviews, pros and cons.

	Personal Capital	Acorns


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	Benefits and Features
Stock Trading		Part of service fee. No add-on trading fees.
Annual Fee	0.89% for first $1 million, 0.79% for first $3 million, next $2 million 0.69%, next $5 million, 0.59%, and 0.49% over $10 million	$1/mo for Acorns; $2/mo for Acorns + Acorns Later; $3/mo for Acorns + Acorns Later + Acorns Spend
Minimum Deposit	$100,000	$0
Phone Support	Yes	Yes
Live Chat Support	No	No
Email Support	Yes	Yes
Human Advisors	Yes	No
Robo Advisor
Assets Under Management	$11.6 Billion	$1 Billion
Tax Loss Harvesting	Yes	No
Goal Tracker	Yes	Yes
Automatic Deposits	Yes	Yes
Online Platform	Yes	Yes
iPhone App	Yes	Yes
Android App	Yes	Yes
Banking		$3/mo for Acorns + Acorns Later + Acorns Spend checking. Free debit card, no minimum balance, no overdraft fees, and unlimited free or fee-reimbursed ATMs nationwide.
Mobile App		Yes
Single Stock Diversification	Yes	No
Fractional Shares	No	Yes
Taxable Accounts	Yes	Yes
401k Plans	Yes	No
IRA Accounts	Yes	Yes
Roth IRA Accounts	Yes	Yes
SEP IRA Accounts	Yes	Yes
Trust Accounts	Yes	No
529 Plans	Yes	No
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Price
Goal Tracker
Customer Service
Budgeting
Ease of Use
Investment Tracking
Retirement Planning
Annual Fee
Minimum Deposit
Pros & Cons	Pros: Retirement planner Free portfolio advice Robo plus human advisors Cons: $100,000 min for advisory service Higher fees than competitors	Pros: No minimum investment Invest with spare change Cash-back program Cons: Fees are high for small balances No tax benefits Limited investment options
Bottom Line	Free advanced tools plus hybrid advisory service for people with over $100k in investments... Read full review	Investment app that automatically invests your spare change. Good for young investors to get into the habit... Read full review

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What Others View	Betterment	Stash Betterment Robinhood
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Comments

Olivia Tabor
on April 9, 2019 7:02 AM said about Acorns:
I have both Acorns and Robinhood and even though they each serve a different purpose I don't have the freedom of stock purchase that I really like. I believe Acorns diversifies for my needs more effectively.

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