DEGIRO vs Interactive Brokers (IBKR) comparison

Both platforms cover Brokerage, Portfolio, Watchlist, Advanced Order Types, Smart/Direct Routing, and Order Book / Level II workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

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Both DEGIRO and Interactive Brokers (IBKR) support web and mobile access, making it easy to keep tabs on research away from the desk.

DEGIRO differentiates itself with Access to 45+ global exchanges across ~30 countries, covering shares, ETFs, bonds, options, and futures. Orders route either Direct-to-Market or via Morgan Stanley's Smart Order Router, depending on venue., Supported order types include Market, Limit, Stop Loss, Stop Limit, and Day/GTC. Trailing Stop is only available on Xetra and Frankfurt., and Market data: real-time quotes available through monthly subscriptions per exchange; otherwise quotes are usually delayed by 15 minutes. Users can toggle real-time feeds in account settings., whereas Interactive Brokers (IBKR) stands out for Platforms: Client Portal (web), Trader Workstation (TWS) and IBKR Desktop (desktop), IBKR Mobile / GlobalTrader (mobile), plus IBKR APIs; feature availability differs by platform/product., Supported instruments include stocks/ETFs, options (incl. combos), mutual funds, futures (incl. futures options), spot FX, bonds, physical metals, structured products and CFDs., and Execution features include IB SmartRouting plus a large library of order types/algos and conditional/bracket-style order workflows across platforms..