# Trading 212 vs. Freetrade KPIs **URL:** \ **Category:** šŸ’¬ Trading 212 chat\ **Created:** [April 15, 2020, 10:08am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468 "2020-04-15T10:08:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Datahog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@Datahog](https://community.trading212.com/u/Datahog)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 10:08am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/1 "2020-04-15T10:08:45Z")
Freetrade is planning a new crowdfunding round and Iā€™d like to compare the KPIs. Any input is welcome, especially on daily active users. Hereā€™s what Iā€™ve found so far. **New users** Trading 212: 100,000/week Freetrade: 2000 - 6000/week Sources: ![Screenshot 2020-04-15 at 12.23.01](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trading212/original/2X/3/33e135a0a310a0cc9b741bcc5e8e3d79a636d7e3.png) ![f370e5a4fd931814693b380c8e44b77575201816](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trading212/original/2X/f/f370e5a4fd931814693b380c8e44b77575201816.jpeg) **New net deposits** Trading 212: More than Ā£100,000,000 per month Freetrade: couldnā€™t find anything Source: ![Screenshot 2020-04-15 at 12.29.52](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trading212/original/2X/9/9dabd2c9259040f7b8d0cb2924e704a33f1d920b.png) **Brand Searches** ![34fca131b8fd13123da253a48b19dfb70f74d898](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trading212/original/2X/3/34fca131b8fd13123da253a48b19dfb70f74d898.png) ---
**Author:** ![nickspacemonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nickspacemonkey](https://community.trading212.com/u/nickspacemonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/2 "2020-04-15T10:42:51Z")
I like that Freetrade exists. But they are such a small startup with very little progression on the platform. Their biggest update was to allow instant buys. Big freaking deal for us. Also these rounds of crowdfunding create shills that only promote the platform because they are invested in the company, not based on itā€™s merits. Itā€™s good that it exists because it challenges the notion of paying such high commision from the traditional brokers. Itā€™s filling a large gap in the market for more ordinary people. But if it remains this uncompetitive, with a continual need to seek funding, I donā€™t see how it can survive. Healthy competition is good for us, the consumer, but it seems that there is only one company leading the way in Europe šŸ˜‰. The business model of T212 has a much more professional business structure, generating their own private profits. I like it when a company says ā€œwe donā€™t need any fundingā€ and have 0 debts. They have also been rolling out substantial improvements to their platform, with more to follow this month. Props to T212, it canā€™t be easy to shake up an industry all by yourself. Also shows what an incredible job theyā€™ve been doing. Edit: If a traditional broker like Fidelity, II, IG or a bank decides that they want a piece of this and go commission free, Freetrade will be dead in the water. Their only USP at that point would maybe be a nice UI on their phone only app. Their only USP now is that they are the only alternative to T212 if you want less features and want to pay money for your isa ā€œbecause it makes you feel betterā€. T212 will still maintain itā€™s edge with fractional shares and soon the ā€œPie updateā€. Moving broker would provide little benefit. The only one being, access to markets like Japan and Korea, which will hopefully come anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Athanasios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Athanasios](https://community.trading212.com/u/Athanasios)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/3 "2020-04-15T12:40:23Z")
indeed T212 is so far ahead and itā€™s like robinhood & m1finance combined which means its perfect and will be the best in europe ---
**Author:** ![Scrooge\_McCodf](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/scrooge_mccodf/32/18951_2.png) [@Scrooge\_McCodf](https://community.trading212.com/u/Scrooge_McCodf)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/4 "2020-04-15T13:19:45Z")
Think Freetradeā€™s CEO said only 50% are active users. ---
**Author:** ![AlexK](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/alexk/32/369_2.png) [@AlexK](https://community.trading212.com/u/AlexK)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 6:52am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/5 "2020-04-16T06:52:29Z")
Interesting summary. Unfortunately, we canā€™t share our exact DAU metric but itā€™s a 6-digit number. The app downloads ranking is also a very fundamental metric. Since March Trading 212 has been the #2 or #3 financial app for iOS for the most of the time. ![Screenshot 2020-04-16 at 9.29.56](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trading212/original/2X/e/e58c24228fadfc9a1d08880185b557eb7f936c73.png) ![Screenshot 2020-04-16 at 9.30.20](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trading212/original/2X/6/6ecc73b3dec83ad488009403b1336bc42756a8af.png) ---
**Author:** ![Datahog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@Datahog](https://community.trading212.com/u/Datahog)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/6 "2020-04-17T04:33:30Z")
Thank you AlexK. I will update the comparison with Trading 212 DAU\>100,000 which is the lowest 6 digit number. ---
**Author:** ![ukcz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9fc348/32.png) [@ukcz](https://community.trading212.com/u/ukcz)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/7 "2020-04-24T23:17:44Z")
I just checked Play Store to see if the pie feature was available and saw T212 shows 5+ million downloads. Checked freetrade to compare, 50+ thousand ---
**Author:** ![Datahog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@Datahog](https://community.trading212.com/u/Datahog)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 10:07am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/10 "2020-05-06T10:07:03Z")
@AlexK could you please confirm the Trading 212 web traffic estimation from [similarweb.com](http://similarweb.com)? ![Screenshot 2020-05-06 at 12.50.07](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trading212/original/2X/9/90ca38c1f78867d0ea9d64d63e378239006b2010.png) ---
**Author:** ![AlexK](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/alexk/32/369_2.png) [@AlexK](https://community.trading212.com/u/AlexK)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 9:38am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/11 "2020-05-07T09:38:58Z")
We canā€™t share the exact numbers but the trend is correct. ---
**Author:** ![HolfolioBen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f05b48/32.png) [@HolfolioBen](https://community.trading212.com/u/HolfolioBen)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/12 "2020-05-13T21:42:00Z")
Who owns Trading212? Is it a subsidiary of Interactive Brokers? (thatā€™s what they are saying on the Freetrade forum) ---
**Author:** ![Antidev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@Antidev](https://community.trading212.com/u/Antidev)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/13 "2020-05-13T22:14:37Z")
As far as I know T212 is no more of a subsidiary of Interactive brokers than FreeTrade is a subsidiary of DriveWealth. Both platforms utilise external infrastructure. Again, as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![laguiar](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/laguiar/32/275_2.png) [@laguiar](https://community.trading212.com/u/laguiar)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/14 "2020-05-13T22:52:21Z")
KPIs are such depressing StartUps metrics that needs to flood their platforms with tons of thousand users. That being said, T212 looks the best (and promising) platform that I managed to find for trading European and American stocks living in Germany. I spoke with someone from M1 and unfortunately they arenā€™t not coming to Europe any time soon. I still have same hopes on N26 join the party in a near future. Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![eu42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@eu42](https://community.trading212.com/u/eu42)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/15 "2020-05-13T23:12:35Z")
N26 had an ā€œinvestā€ feature which is discontinued due to low demand. I doubt they would enter this area anytime soon but who knows. [https://support.n26.com/en-de/app-and-features/savings-and-invest/update-on-n26-invest](https://support.n26.com/en-de/app-and-features/savings-and-invest/update-on-n26-invest) ā€œWe made this decision as we feel the product no longer serves the needs of the majority of our current customers.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![laguiar](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/laguiar/32/275_2.png) [@laguiar](https://community.trading212.com/u/laguiar)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/16 "2020-05-13T23:27:03Z")
Itā€™s was a workaround partnership with another company when they were on the very beginning of N26, just to have something to offer you know, even if it was no attractive at all to anyone. ---
**Author:** ![AlexK](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/alexk/32/369_2.png) [@AlexK](https://community.trading212.com/u/AlexK)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/17 "2020-05-14T04:06:23Z")
Trading 212 is 100% owned by its two founders. We use Interactive Brokers for execution which gives us access to almost all global exchanges. Thanks to that weā€™ll be able to grow our stock universe to 10,000 stocks by the end of 2020. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/alpha/32/3105_2.png) [@Alpha](https://community.trading212.com/u/Alpha)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/18 "2020-05-14T07:21:53Z")
> [@laguiar](#): > > I managed to find for trading European and American stocks living in Germany. Just curious, but did you try Trade Republicā€¦ German neobroker? If so, whatā€™d you think of their service? ---
**Author:** ![HolfolioBen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f05b48/32.png) [@HolfolioBen](https://community.trading212.com/u/HolfolioBen)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 7:24am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/19 "2020-05-14T07:24:40Z")
Thanks, I think Iā€™ve inadvertently stepped on the T212/Freetrade turf war without meaning to! Very impressive how much T212 has achieved without needing any outside capital! ---
**Author:** ![laguiar](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/laguiar/32/275_2.png) [@laguiar](https://community.trading212.com/u/laguiar)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 8:47am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/20 "2020-05-14T08:47:11Z")
> [@Alpha](#): > > Just curious, but did you try Trade Republic I didnā€™t try them to be honest, some colleagues at work like them and to be honest, since they are a Berlin based company, I can try to reach someone for a talk šŸ˜„ I will have a look again to see what is their current features matrix and whatā€™s coming, for sure, at least for taxes they may provide something way easier for German residents. ---
**Author:** ![AlexK](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/alexk/32/369_2.png) [@AlexK](https://community.trading212.com/u/AlexK)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 9:07am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/21 "2020-05-14T09:07:36Z")
Expect some great news about our operations and expansion in Germany soon. ---
**Author:** ![Antidev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@Antidev](https://community.trading212.com/u/Antidev)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468/22 "2020-05-14T09:54:44Z")
Apologies @HolfolioBen I hope I didnā€™t come across as territorial. I was just trying to provide context. [Next page](https://community.trading212.com/t/trading-212-vs-freetrade-kpis/4468.md?page=2)