Circle vs. Interactive Brokers

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Circle
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Circle, headquartered in Boston, is a financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness stablecoins and public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications worldwide. The vendor states Circle's platform has supported over 100 million transactions worth tens of billions of dollars, with nearly 10 million retail customers, over a thousand businesses, while storing and securing more than $5 billion in digital currency assets. Circle's transactional services,…
$49
per month
Interactive Brokers
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Interactive Brokers helps Investors globally in stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds and funds from a single integrated account . Accounts can be funded in multiple currencies and trade assets denominated in multiple currencies. with access market data 24 hours a day and six days a week.N/A
Pricing
CircleInteractive Brokers
Editions & Modules
Basic
$49
per month
Professional - billed annually
$89
per month
Professional - billed monthly
$99
per month
Business - billed annually
$199
per month
Business - billed monthly
$219
per month
Enterprise - billed annually
$360
per month
Enterprise - billed monthly
$399
per month
Custom Pricing
Speak to Sales
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CircleInteractive Brokers
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsInteractive Brokers offers different pricing structures for Commissions, Margin and Interest Rates accounts, Market Data and Broker Fees.
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User Ratings
CircleInteractive Brokers
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
CircleInteractive Brokers
Likelihood to Recommend
Circle
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Interactive Brokers
Interactive Brokers is appropriate for retail equity investing and pension accounts holding - totally appropriate. Institutional accounts and proprietary trading group accounts - appropriate for those managing risks themselves because there is no automatic or supervised control and you trade at your own discretion. Not appropriate - is you look for crypto trading with instruments not accepted by regulator authorities as featured instruments with acceptable risk, to make sustainable and regulated investments with the main aim to preserve capital. All not regulated instruments are not appropriate and it is good and professional.
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Pros
Circle
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Interactive Brokers
  • Large financial instruments are available for trading - options, forex, derivatives, USTs
  • All main international exchanges are available to allocate
  • Fast and stable user interface
  • Fast connectivity
  • Python and Java API
  • Applications from Vendors
  • Data feed on demand could be added
  • Fast funds transfers and account set up
  • Supported all types of account: retail, trading group, retirenment, institutional
  • Fast quotes update without viable delay even for retail
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Cons
Circle
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Interactive Brokers
  • Simplification of design (classic multy window to plain colorful palette Z-focused)
  • Choise of routes for order flow with clear comission cost
  • International bonds inclusion
  • Consider offering of CDS derivatives for ICE products
  • ESG selection - CO2 allowances instruments
  • Crypto wallets as a cource of margin connectivity are interesting for hybryd account
  • Sponsorship for FINRA licenses for non-institutional customers
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Likelihood to Renew
Circle
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Interactive Brokers
We use it and do not plan to switch. It fits all our current needs.
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Alternatives Considered
Circle
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Interactive Brokers
Reliable connection, fast interface, rapid data updates, lower comission costs that is all features coinsided at one place for Interactive Brokers trader workstation. Even account types offering is wider to include also trading group accounts not only retail, IRA 401. Interactive Brokers makes easy to enter the prop business or serve large family office needs as an adviser or discretionary mandate trader (EU)
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Return on Investment
Circle
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Interactive Brokers
  • Scalability - easy managed exposure of any size
  • ROI is sustainable, no exponencial growth but we get what is expected, not less SP500 return + KPI %
  • Comission flow is very low as compared to 3 - 4 years before the date
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