Compared from 608 real customer reviews

Merrill Edge Self-Directed vs Monarch vs Rocket Money

Side by side from 608 real reviews. Every count is the same as on each product’s page.

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A score out of 100 for how well reviewed a product is. It rises with positive reviews and with how many there are; negative and mixed reviews take points off.

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67 signal

79 reviews

79 signal

514 reviews

57 signal

15 reviews

In short

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Mint-style overview that many moved to from Mint, YNAB or Copilot; accounts that stop syncing.

Users mostly treat Rocket Money as a stand-in after Mint or Monarch, finding it fairly good though not quite as polished as Monarch.

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Specs

Type
Brokerage account
Fees
$0 online stock, ETF and option trades; no annual account fees (options contract and other fees may apply)
Minimum
No balance minimums
Type
Budgeting and net-worth app
Fees
Core $99.99 a year or $14.99/month; Plus $199 a year
Minimum
Not listed
Type
Budgeting and subscription app
Fees
Free plan; Premium is sliding-scale monthly pricing with a 7-day free trial; Premium+ is $15/month plus tax
Minimum
Not listed

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