The best UK stock brokers
for the way you invest.

The largest DIY investment platform in the UK and the default choice for a reason: every account type, a very wide range of shares, funds, trusts and ETFs, proper telephone support and more research than anyone else. You pay for that polish, particularly on funds, and there are no fractional shares.

Covers the same ground as HL with a plainer interface and a lower bill for most portfolio sizes. All the mainstream accounts, a broad investment range and a sound reputation. Its Dodl app offers a simpler, cheaper version for people who want a short menu.

The flat-fee platform: a fixed monthly subscription instead of a percentage of your assets, which gets cheaper relative to the portfolio the bigger it grows. A wide range including international markets, free regular investing, and a website that does the job without fuss.

Commission-free dealing, fractional shares and "pies" that invest a monthly amount across a basket of holdings at target weights, with dividend reinvestment. A public API means your portfolio can feed a tracker automatically. The app also offers CFDs, which are a different, leveraged product and not for long-term investors.

A clean, app-first broker with commission-free dealing and fractional shares. The free plan covers a general account; the paid plans add the ISA and SIPP and reduce currency costs. Deliberately narrow, which is the point: buy a handful of shares and funds and hold them without distraction.

The professional's broker made available to private investors: access to exchanges across the world, very low commissions and currency conversion at close to the market rate. The platform is powerful and not friendly; the mobile app is better than the desktop software for most people.

Best known for spread betting and CFDs, IG also runs a proper share-dealing service with an ISA and a SIPP, a large international range and strong charting. Commission falls for frequent dealers and a quarterly custody fee is waived by activity, which rewards people who trade.

Commission-free shares and ETFs, crypto in the same app, and the social features it is known for: see what other investors hold and copy them. The account is held in US dollars, so there is a conversion cost on the way in and out, and the social layer is as much a risk as a feature if you follow the wrong people.

A long-established fund platform with a strong SIPP, clear retirement planning tools and good guidance content. Share dealing is available but it is the funds and the pension where Fidelity is strongest, and the service fee is capped for people holding shares and ETFs rather than funds.

Vanguard's own platform sells Vanguard funds and ETFs and nothing else. For an investor who wants a global tracker or a LifeStrategy fund in an ISA or a SIPP, that is the whole job done at a low cost, with no temptation to tinker. A minimum monthly fee applies to smaller accounts.