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Every provider in Switzerland, compared
Robo-advisors, pillar 3a, brokers and crypto. Every platform you can open from Switzerland, ranked on what it actually costs you over a year.
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Written by someone who paid to learn the hard way.
An advisor once quietly wrapped an insurance policy into my pillar 3a. It took 20% of every contribution on a contract with 35 years to run, and would have cost me over 117K by the time I retired. I found it, cancelled it, and built this blog so it doesn’t happen to you.
I open the account and fund it myself
Every platform here is one I have signed up to with my own money and actually used. The screenshots in the reviews come from those accounts, not from a provider’s media kit.
I fact check all the fees and costs
Several Swiss banks do not disclose enough for anyone to work out what their investments really cost. I am the one who digs through the hidden PDFs to find out.
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If the best answer earns me nothing, it still goes first, and I will say plainly when you do not need the product at all. Affiliate relationships are disclosed on the page itself rather than buried in a footer. Read the full rules.
Explore my comparisons:
Four categories to consider when we talk about investing in Switzerland. Each one ranks providers on what they actually cost you over a year, not on the headline rate they advertise.
Top rated in each category:
The provider that currently scores highest in each of the four comparisons. These are starting points, not the whole answer: the right choice depends on how much you are investing and how involved you want to be.
| Provider | Rating | Typical cost | Category | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| True WealthTrue Wealth AG, Zurich | ★4.8 | 0.37% to 0.62% a year | Robo-advisors | Read review |
| finpensionfinpension AG, Lucerne | ★4.7 | 0.39% a year | Pillar 3a | Read review |
| Interactive BrokersInteractive Brokers (U.K.) Ltd | ★4.8 | From 0.05% a trade | Online trading | Compare |
| RelaiRelai AG, Zurich | ★4.7 | From 1.0% a purchase | Crypto | Read review |
Costs are what a typical retail customer pays, taken from each provider’s own pricing page. Where a provider charges on a sliding scale the lowest tier is shown. A percentage charged on your portfolio and a fee charged per trade are not directly comparable, so open the full comparison before deciding.
More reviews in each category: robo-advisors, pillar 3a, online trading, crypto, or see every review.
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No sponsored placements and no provider sign-off. Here is the work the ratings rest on, stated plainly enough that you can check it yourself.
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