Robinhood vs Fidelity

Robinhood is a free option to trade stocks with limited bells and whistles for investors. How does it compare to Fidelity? Read our comparison chart below.

Robinhood offers $0 stock trades by cutting out physical offices and manual account management. Only basic stock trading can be performed on the mobile app. There is no minimum deposit or maintenance fee, though there is an optional paid premier customer tier starting at $6/month.

While Fidelity offers stock trades at $4.95 per trade, 93 commission free ETFs, and more than 180 branch locations. There is no minimum deposit.

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

	Robinhood	Fidelity
	SPECIAL OFFER Invite Friends, Get Free Stocks - Learn More Read Robinhood Review	SPECIAL OFFER Get 500 Free Trades for 2 Years - Learn More Read Fidelity Review
	Benefits and Features
Stock Trading	$0	$4.95 per trade
Options Trading		$4.95 per online trade, plus $0.65 per contract
Minimum Deposit	$0	$0
Mutual Fund Trading		$0 transaction fee for Fidelity funds $0 on purchase for NTF (no transaction fee) non-Fidelity funds. ($49.95 on redemption if held less than 60 days) $49.95 on purchase for non-Fidelity funds; $0 on redemption. (Certain funds may have a $75 transaction fee).
Commission Free ETFs	all U.S. listed ETFs	357 including 28 Fidelity factor, sector, stock, and bond ETFs and 329 iShares® ETFs
Broker Assisted Trades	$10	$32.95 per trade for representative-assisted trades.
Customer Service	Monday-Friday 9am - 6pm ET	(800) 343-3548
Inactivity Fee	$0	$0
Maintenance Fee	$0	$0 account service fee
Banking	No	Fidelity Cash Management Account includes reimbursed ATM fees, no monthly fee, no minimum balance requirement, FDIC insurance, mobile check deposit, free billpay and free checkwriting.
Mobile App	Yes
Desktop App	Yes	Active Trader Pro (requires you trade 36 times or more in a rolling 12 month period)
Locations	No	More than 180
Online Community	No
Seminars	No
Virtual Trading	No
	CreditDonkey® Reviews
Stock Trading
Options Trading
Mobile App
Commissions and Fees
Ease of Use
Research
Mutual Fund Trading
Banking
Pros & Cons	Pros: Commission-free stock trading on a mobile platform No minimum investment required Cons: No retirement accounts Limited research No bond trading No mutual fund trading	Pros: Research reports Beginner-friendly tools Mobile app Cons: Restricted platform
Bottom Line	Free option to trade stocks with limited bells and whistles for investors... Read full review	Comprehensive online broker with in-depth research... Read full review
	Invite Friends, Get Free Stocks Free Cryptocurrency Investing Free Options Investing	Get 500 Free Trades for 2 Years Get 300 Free Trades
Blank fields may indicate the information is not available, not applicable, or not known to CreditDonkey. Please visit the product website for details. Robinhood: Pricing information from published websites as of 07/20/2019. Fidelity: Pricing information from published website as of 07/20/2019.

Which is Better: Robinhood or Fidelity?

Still need help deciding which investing is better? Read the in-depth reviews below. You may also be interested in comparing Robinhood or Ally Invest.

In short: Robinhood's stock trading and commissions and fees are impressive. Fidelity's research is excellent.

Articles on Robinhood

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