Hi,
I am using share khan demat account.The experience with sharekhan is good.I personally feel there is competition only between sharekhan and ICICIDIRECT.I will list the difference between the two brokerage houses.
sharekhan:
1)Live streaming quotes (this is not available in ICICI DIRECT as to my knowledge)
2)Low brokerage charges,min brokerage charge is 20rs,intraday 0.1 and 0.5 for delivery.
3)can apply for IPO online.
4)Cannot able to purchase mutual funds from sharekhan site.
5)Streaming quotes requires JVM (This is a very big headache)
6)No BTST(buy today sell tommorow ,in sharekhan you cant sell a share today which you bought yesterday)
7)You have to open a bank account with the banks mentioned in share khan site.
8)Can trade in both BSE and NSE
9)Commodities trading is available
10)Customer support is good
11)No monthly charges
12)Annual monthly charges is 330rs
ICICI direct
1)Brokerage charges are high - intraday .3 and .75 delivery(only a slght difference compared to share khan)
2)No live streaming quotes
3)BTST is available,this facility is available only in icicidirect.(This is useful one)
4)Can apply for ipo online
5)Can apply for mutual fund online and can sell mutual funds online(This is facility is really useful,where it lags in sharekhan)
6)While opening demat account,three accounts are opened ,the saving bank account,trading account and demat account and you have to maintain minimum of rs5000 in case if it is not a salaried account-----our 5000rs sleeps without earning any money)
7)Other banks account cannot be linked with the icici trading account(in share khan more than one bank can be linked with the trading account)
8)Can trade in BSE AND NSE
9)Commodity trading is available
10)No monthly charges
11)Annual maintenace charges is 540rs
Conclusion:
1)The things i like in ICICI DIRECT is,to apply and sell mutual funds units online without the interruption of agents
2)BTST(buy today and sell tommorow)
3)Indians 2nd biggest bank
4)After hours trading(can place a buy or sell order after the market is closed,so that it will be executed in the next day)
The sharekhan lags the above mentioned points,If the sharekhan is able to provide these facilities in future,you can opt for sharekhan
But personally i feel,ICICI DIRECT is best ,since you get all the facilities under one umbrella even though their brokerage is little higher than sharekhan!!!!
cheers,
vj