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Robinhood vs Fidelity for auto-investing in VOO
Side by side from each company's own fee and help pages, checked 2026-10-21.
The short answer
- On published numbers alone, neither is clearly cheaper for a $500 weekly plan; check the unpublished items below.
| Robinhood | Fidelity | |
|---|---|---|
| Recurring fee | $0 commission on stocks and ETFs | Recurring investments are free; $0 commission for online US stock and ETF trades (a limited list of ETFs carries a $100 service fee) |
| Spread | Not applicable / not published for stock orders | Not applicable / not published |
| Minimum | Not stated on the recurring-investments help page | $1 to $100,000 per recurring stock/ETF/basket investment |
| Frequencies | Every market day, every week, every 2 weeks, or every month | You choose amount, frequency and day; the public page does not list the exact frequency options |
| Fractional | Yes | Yes |
| ETF auto-buy | Yes | Yes |
| IRA support | Yes | Yes |
| Last checked | 2026-10-21 | 2026-10-21 |
Not advice. Yearly cost = published fee + published spread × 52 buys. Try your own plan in Should I switch?