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Top 10 Discount Stock Brokers in India 2018

Top 10 Discount Brokers in India 2018 (Most Popular)

An authentic list of top discount brokers in India 2018 by the number of active clients. Zerodha is the top most stock broker among all the brokers. Zerodha is followed by discount brokers like 5paisa, upstox and Samco.

There are 3 top discount brokerage firms who have over 1 lakh active customers. The year wise list of top 10 discount stock brokers in India helps you find the big discount brokers.

Top 10 Discount Brokers 2018

Rank Broker Active Clients Request Callback Review Compare
ProStocks-Open Account ProStocks Review
1Zerodha887,267Open Account Zerodha Review
2Angel One414,831Open Account Angel One Review
35paisa101,043Open Account 5paisa Review
4Upstox92,781Open Account Upstox Review
5Master Trust41,710Master Trust Review
6SAMCO38,901Open Account SAMCO Review
7Tradingo26,916Open Account Tradingo Review
8TradeSmart21,722Open Account TradeSmart Review
9SAS Online12,445Open Account SAS Online Review
10Tradeplus8,997Open Account Tradeplus Review

Brokers in India are classified into two types based on the services they offer and the fee they charge:

  1. Full-service Broker (Top 10 Full-service Brokers)
  2. Discount Broker

The discount brokers (flat fee brokers or budget brokers) are online stock brokers offering low-cost brokerage services. They are technology driven brokers with low operations cost. Most discount brokers do not offer add-ons like research, advisory (trading tips), PMS, Wealth Management, dedicated relationship manager and local branch support. This allows them to offer trading at a very low brokerage charges.

The discount brokerage firms charge over 60% lower brokerage fees in comparison to full-service brokers. They offer free online trading software to all the customers.

The most popular discount brokers include Zerodha, 5paisa and upstox.

Most discount brokers including Zerodha and Upstox offer brokerage free equity delivery trading and direct mutual funds. For all other segments, they charge a flat rate brokerage i.e. Rs 20 per executed order irrespective to the size of the trade.

A discount broker like 5paisa also offers free research and advisory to all customers.

Some discount stock brokers like ProStocks also offer fixed monthly unlimited trading plans. These plans allow the customer to trade literally unlimited time in a month for a fixed low monthly cost.

Zerodha is the most famous discount broker with over 10 lakh customers. They are the most popular broker in India with excellent product and services.

Note:

  • The data for this report is compiled from BSE and NSE stock exchanges.
  • The best broker ranking is updated every month.
  • Click on the broker name to read broker review.

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