The Finder Share Trading Platform Awards 2025 recognises the best share trading platforms in Australia. To determine the "best" share trading platforms for Australians, our experts analysed 40 platforms for more than 75 features.
The highest-scoring platform for each category has been named the winner, followed by the runners-up, which both receive highly commended.
Here are the winners for 2025.
CMC Invest has been named Australia's best overall share trading platform for 2025 for the fifth consecutive year in a row. It wins the top marks thanks to its $0 brokerage deal for Australian and global stocks and its impressive range of stock and ETF filters and research tools.
CMC Invest has been named Australia's best overall share trading platform for 2025 for the fifth consecutive year in a row. It wins the top marks thanks to its $0 brokerage deal for Australian and global stocks and its impressive range of stock and ETF filters and research tools.
Highly commended
Webull comes highly commended thanks to its strong feature set and ultra-low fees across ASX and US markets. It's also a top pick for mobile trading, auto-investing and active traders.
Webull comes highly commended thanks to its strong feature set and ultra-low fees across ASX and US markets. It's also a top pick for mobile trading, auto-investing and active traders.
Moomoo comes highly commended for its competitive fees and low cost access to ASX, US and Hong Kong markets. It's also packed with research tools and offers access to Australia's smaller CBOE exchange.
Moomoo comes highly commended for its competitive fees and low cost access to ASX, US and Hong Kong markets. It's also packed with research tools and offers access to Australia's smaller CBOE exchange.
Interactive Brokers is the winner of Finder's Best Global Stocks Trading Platform award, offering unmatched market access and a low FX conversion fee of just 0.03%. It also provides low brokerage rates across global markets and advanced tools for professionals.
Interactive Brokers is the winner of Finder's Best Global Stocks Trading Platform award, offering unmatched market access and a low FX conversion fee of just 0.03%. It also provides low brokerage rates across global markets and advanced tools for professionals.
Highly commended
CMC Invest comes highly commended for international trading, delivering $0 brokerage for both ASX and international shares along with a suite of powerful research tools. It's a great platform for both beginners and experienced investors.
CMC Invest comes highly commended for international trading, delivering $0 brokerage for both ASX and international shares along with a suite of powerful research tools. It's a great platform for both beginners and experienced investors.
Totality Invested also comes highly commended for global trades due to its wide range of international markets, low fees and advanced trading features. It's particularly well-suited to active or experienced traders.
Totality Invested also comes highly commended for global trades due to its wide range of international markets, low fees and advanced trading features. It's particularly well-suited to active or experienced traders.
Moomoo is the winner of Finder's Best Australian Equities Trading Platform for 2025, charging just $3 for CHESS-sponsored trades and offering strong ASX coverage. It also stands out for its local exchange access to the CBOE and its in-depth market insights.
Moomoo is the winner of Finder's Best Australian Equities Trading Platform for 2025, charging just $3 for CHESS-sponsored trades and offering strong ASX coverage. It also stands out for its local exchange access to the CBOE and its in-depth market insights.
Highly commended
CMC Invest comes highly commended for ASX trading, offering $0 brokerage on ASX equity buy orders and powerful filtering tools to make finding and tracking investments easier. It's a strong all-rounder.
CMC Invest comes highly commended for ASX trading, offering $0 brokerage on ASX equity buy orders and powerful filtering tools to make finding and tracking investments easier. It's a strong all-rounder.
Tiger Brokers comes highly commended for Australian equities trading thanks to its low $3 brokerage for ASX stocks and its user-friendly mobile app. It also offers auto-investing features and smart trade assistance via AI.
Tiger Brokers comes highly commended for Australian equities trading thanks to its low $3 brokerage for ASX stocks and its user-friendly mobile app. It also offers auto-investing features and smart trade assistance via AI.
Webull is the winner of Finder's Best Active Share Traders Platform for 2025, offering extended trading hours, margin trading and advanced analysis tools. It's a great match for frequent traders looking for flexibility and performance.
Webull is the winner of Finder's Best Active Share Traders Platform for 2025, offering extended trading hours, margin trading and advanced analysis tools. It's a great match for frequent traders looking for flexibility and performance.
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Interactive Brokers comes highly commended for active traders due to its institutional-grade features and low costs for high-volume trading. It's a top choice for experienced or professional investors.
Interactive Brokers comes highly commended for active traders due to its institutional-grade features and low costs for high-volume trading. It's a top choice for experienced or professional investors.
Moomoo is highly commended for day trading, combining low trading fees with sophisticated charting and research tools. It also supports US options and OTC trades for broader flexibility.
Moomoo is highly commended for day trading, combining low trading fees with sophisticated charting and research tools. It also supports US options and OTC trades for broader flexibility.
Tiger Brokers earned the top score for Finder's Best Casual Share Trading Platform award, offering low brokerage for ASX and US stocks, and an intuitive mobile app ideal for newcomers. Its auto-investing and fractional stock access add further appeal.
Tiger Brokers earned the top score for Finder's Best Casual Share Trading Platform award, offering low brokerage for ASX and US stocks, and an intuitive mobile app ideal for newcomers. Its auto-investing and fractional stock access add further appeal.
Highly commended
Webull comes highly commended for casual investors thanks to its clean mobile interface and low-cost access to US and Australian (CHESS) equities. It's a good option for casual and active traders alike.
Webull comes highly commended for casual investors thanks to its clean mobile interface and low-cost access to US and Australian (CHESS) equities. It's a good option for casual and active traders alike.
Sharesies is highly commended for this category, offering fractional investing, recurring investments and a simple interface. It's especially beginner-friendly and well-suited to those just starting out.
Sharesies is highly commended for this category, offering fractional investing, recurring investments and a simple interface. It's especially beginner-friendly and well-suited to those just starting out.
Webull is this year's winner of the Best Auto-Investing Share Trading Platform category, with a flexible auto-invest feature that lets users schedule investments into their preferred assets. It's also strong in tools and research.
Webull is this year's winner of the Best Auto-Investing Share Trading Platform category, with a flexible auto-invest feature that lets users schedule investments into their preferred assets. It's also strong in tools and research.
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Tiger Brokers comes highly commended as an auto-investing platform, offering recurring investments into fractional US shares. It's low-cost and ideal for those following a DCA strategy.
Tiger Brokers comes highly commended as an auto-investing platform, offering recurring investments into fractional US shares. It's low-cost and ideal for those following a DCA strategy.
Sharesies is highly commended as one of the few platforms that lets you set up recurring investments into Australian equities alongside US and NZ shares. It's mobile app is easy to use and it has no minimum order amount, making it a great option for new investors.
Sharesies is highly commended as one of the few platforms that lets you set up recurring investments into Australian equities alongside US and NZ shares. It's mobile app is easy to use and it has no minimum order amount, making it a great option for new investors.
Interactive Brokers is the winner of Finder's Best US Stocks Trading Platform award, offering incredibly low fees for US trades, $0 ETF trades and best-in-market FX conversion. It's perfect for those focused on the US market.
Interactive Brokers is the winner of Finder's Best US Stocks Trading Platform award, offering incredibly low fees for US trades, $0 ETF trades and best-in-market FX conversion. It's perfect for those focused on the US market.
Highly commended
Webull comes highly commended for US stock trading, delivering low-cost trades, extended trading hours and great tools for analysing US equities. It's a solid choice for both casual and active US investors.
Webull comes highly commended for US stock trading, delivering low-cost trades, extended trading hours and great tools for analysing US equities. It's a solid choice for both casual and active US investors.
CMC Invest is highly commended for US equities access, with its $0 brokerage feature and impressive stock screening tools. It's a standout for value-focused investors trading across US markets.
CMC Invest is highly commended for US equities access, with its $0 brokerage feature and impressive stock screening tools. It's a standout for value-focused investors trading across US markets.
Webull is the top score for Finder's Best Mobile Share Trading App award, thanks to its intuitive design and range of powerful tools for trading and analysis on the go. It supports multiple markets and is highly rated by users.
Webull is the top score for Finder's Best Mobile Share Trading App award, thanks to its intuitive design and range of powerful tools for trading and analysis on the go. It supports multiple markets and is highly rated by users.
Highly commended
CMC Invest comes highly commended for mobile trading, offering a user-friendly interface and access to live charts and trade data. It's a great all-rounder that works just as well on mobile as desktop.
CMC Invest comes highly commended for mobile trading, offering a user-friendly interface and access to live charts and trade data. It's a great all-rounder that works just as well on mobile as desktop.
Moomoo is highly commended in this category, with a well-designed platform, low fees and easy access to Australian and global markets. It also includes comprehensive research tools.
Moomoo is highly commended in this category, with a well-designed platform, low fees and easy access to Australian and global markets. It also includes comprehensive research tools.
CMC Invest is Finder's best low cost share trading platform, offering $0 brokerage for both ASX and global shares and ETFs. It combines value with advanced features rarely found in low-fee platforms.
CMC Invest is Finder's best low cost share trading platform, offering $0 brokerage for both ASX and global shares and ETFs. It combines value with advanced features rarely found in low-fee platforms.
Highly commended
Interactive Brokers comes highly commended for low cost trading, with extremely competitive pricing including US$1 brokerage US trades and $6.60 for ASX stocks. Its low FX fees make it a go-to for global investing.
Interactive Brokers comes highly commended for low cost trading, with extremely competitive pricing including US$1 brokerage US trades and $6.60 for ASX stocks. Its low FX fees make it a go-to for global investing.
Webull comes highly commended with its low-to-no brokerage costs and extensive range of tradable assets. It's an affordable entry point for many investors.
Webull comes highly commended with its low-to-no brokerage costs and extensive range of tradable assets. It's an affordable entry point for many investors.
Betashares Direct is Finder's best ETF investing platform for 2025, offering $0 brokerage on all ASX-listed ETFs alongside an auto-invest feature. It's ideal for those following a dollar-cost averaging strategy into ETFs.
Betashares Direct is Finder's best ETF investing platform for 2025, offering $0 brokerage on all ASX-listed ETFs alongside an auto-invest feature. It's ideal for those following a dollar-cost averaging strategy into ETFs.
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Webull comes highly commended for ETF investing, offering commission-free trading on a selection of US ETFs alongside solid research tools. It's a flexible, low-cost way to build an ETF portfolio.
Webull comes highly commended for ETF investing, offering commission-free trading on a selection of US ETFs alongside solid research tools. It's a flexible, low-cost way to build an ETF portfolio.
CMC Invest is highly commended for ETFs, combining $0 brokerage on ASX purchase orders of up to $1,000, with impressive ETF filtering options and charting tools. It's a smart pick for ETF-focused investors.
CMC Invest is highly commended for ETFs, combining $0 brokerage on ASX purchase orders of up to $1,000, with impressive ETF filtering options and charting tools. It's a smart pick for ETF-focused investors.
Interactive Brokers is the winner of Finder's Best Options Share Trading Platform category this year, with its low-cost access to Australian, US and other global options markets. Interactive Brokers is also a top scorer for trade features and active traders.
Interactive Brokers is the winner of Finder's Best Options Share Trading Platform category this year, with its low-cost access to Australian, US and other global options markets. Interactive Brokers is also a top scorer for trade features and active traders.
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Webull comes highly commended for options trading, with its broad US options coverage, risk analysis tools and low trading fees. It's particularly useful for intermediate and advanced traders.
Webull comes highly commended for options trading, with its broad US options coverage, risk analysis tools and low trading fees. It's particularly useful for intermediate and advanced traders.
CMC Invest is highly commended as an options trading platform, offering Australian exchange traded options for a low price point, alongside margin trading, technical analysis charts and conditional orders.
CMC Invest is highly commended as an options trading platform, offering Australian exchange traded options for a low price point, alongside margin trading, technical analysis charts and conditional orders.
Interactive Brokers has been named the best platform for share trading features at this year's Finder Awards, offering a full suite of advanced tools, global market access and top-tier trading functionality. It's ideal for serious investors and professionals.
Interactive Brokers has been named the best platform for share trading features at this year's Finder Awards, offering a full suite of advanced tools, global market access and top-tier trading functionality. It's ideal for serious investors and professionals.
Highly commended
Totality comes highly commended for trade features due to its advanced charting, customisation tools and deep market access. It's well-tailored for experienced users.
Totality comes highly commended for trade features due to its advanced charting, customisation tools and deep market access. It's well-tailored for experienced users.
CMC Invest is also highly commended, with useful stock and ETF screeners, portfolio tools and a clean, efficient interface. It combines ease of use with powerful insights.
CMC Invest is also highly commended, with useful stock and ETF screeners, portfolio tools and a clean, efficient interface. It combines ease of use with powerful insights.
Finder's Share Trading Awards recognise market-leading providers across different categories for value and utility. Winners and highly commended providers are ranked using our proprietary Finder Score where platforms are tested for their fees, customer experience and features. We assessed 40 platforms for more than 75 features, to determine the winners in each category.
Our share trading platform award winners are based on extensive research by our expert authors and insights team.
We looked across Australia's most popular share trading platforms, assessing 40 platforms for more than 75 features.
Some winners may be partners but this never influences our decisions. All winners were selected based on a clear methodology and met our editorial standards.
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