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Every calculator, comparison and guide on this site, grouped by the question you are trying to answer rather than by when it was published. New tools get added here first.
1Understand the system
Start here if the Swiss system itself is the confusing part. Read these once and everything below makes more sense.
Start here
What to do first, second and third if you are new to investing in Switzerland.
- Anyone new to investing in Switzerland
- Wanting the order to do things in, not a lecture
Pension fund conversion rate
What the conversion rate on your pension certificate means, why it keeps falling, and how your fund compares to the rest.
- Anyone who files the certificate unread
- Working out what your pension will actually pay
Pillar 3a maximum contribution
The two 2026 figures, which one applies to you, the 31 December deadline, the new catch-up rules, and the deduction trap if you are taxed at source.
- Anyone paying into pillar 3a this year
- The self-employed, and anyone taxed at source
Average wealth in Switzerland
What Swiss households actually hold, median against mean, and why the two numbers tell opposite stories.
- Working out where you stand
- Anyone who has seen the average and panicked
2Work out a number
Tools that give you a figure for your own situation. All free, all run in the browser, all show their workings.
Swiss tax calculator
What you pay in income and wealth tax for 2026, split into federal, cantonal, communal and church, for any commune in Switzerland.
- Comparing communes before you move
- Checking what a deduction is actually worth
Pillar 3a calculator
What a 3a cash account costs you against a securities solution over twenty or thirty years, on your own contribution and time horizon.
- Anyone whose 3a money is sitting in cash
- Deciding whether switching provider is worth it
Compound interest calculator
What regular saving turns into once the returns start earning returns of their own.
- Setting a savings target you can actually hit
- Seeing what an extra ten years does
3Compare providers
Every fee in these was read from the provider’s own pricing page and carries the date it was checked. Not copied from another comparison site.
Pillar 3a providers
Every pillar 3a provider ranked on all-in cost, with the gap between a headline management fee and what you actually pay made explicit.
- Opening or moving a 3a account
- Anyone paying more than 0.5% and unsure why
Robo-advisors
The Swiss robo-advisors compared on the taxable product, which is priced differently from the same firm’s pillar 3a offering.
- Hands-off investing outside pillar 3a
- Anyone who does not want to pick funds
Trading platforms and brokers
What a trade actually costs on each broker you can open from Switzerland, and which one suits which situation.
- Buying shares or ETFs yourself
- Working out what a trade really costs
Crypto exchanges
The exchanges open to Swiss residents, ranked on real cost including the spread rather than the advertised headline fee.
- Buying bitcoin from Switzerland
- Anyone comparing on headline fees alone
4Free to download
The Swiss Investing Playbook
The first 90 days, as a book. What to set up, in what order, and what to ignore.
- Anyone who wants it all in one place
- Your first 90 days, in order
Something missing? These get built in the order readers ask for them. If the number you need is not on this page, saying so is the fastest way to change that.
Questions about these tools
Are the calculators free?
Yes, and the full result appears on the page. Nothing is hidden behind an email address. An email is only asked for if you want a saved copy of your own result as a file.
How current are the figures?
Every page carries the date its figures were checked, in the table header or the sources footer. Tax rates and pillar 3a limits are updated when the federal announcements land, which is autumn for the following year.
Why are some tools German only?
A few were built for the Swiss-German audience first, because that is where the demand for them showed up. They work the same whatever language you read them in, and English versions follow.
About this page. Everything listed here is maintained rather than published and forgotten. Comparison pages are re-checked against provider pricing pages on a schedule, calculators are updated when the underlying rates change, and every page states the date it was last verified. Page last reviewed 28 August 2026.