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HDFC SKY vs SAMCO (Compare HDFC SKY and SAMCO)

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Here we provide side by side comparison between HDFC SKY vs SAMCO, Below comparison of HDFC SKY vs SAMCO highlights the variations of Brokerage charges & services offered, Compare their ratings, brokerage & AMC charges, Investment choices, Customer Service, Demat Account, features, Platforms, and running offers.

One on One comparison of HDFC SKY vs SAMCO is given below:

HDFC SKY

SAMCO

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	HDFC SKY	SAMCO

About The Brokers

HDFC SKY :

HDFC SKY is the discount broking platform launched by HDFC Securities Ltd in 2023 — making it India's only bank-backed discount broker. >>> more

SAMCO :

"SAMCO delivers you the better trade experience with low cost, advanced technology (friendly in usage) and a benefit of membership across all leading stock market and >>> more

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HDFC SKY :

OVERVIEW

SAMCO :

OVERVIEW BROKERAGE PRODUCTS & SERVICES TRADING PLATFORM & TOOLS RATING

Type of Broker

HDFC SKY :

Discount Broker

SAMCO :

Discount Broker

Promo/offers

HDFC SKY :

N/A

SAMCO :

Special Offer: Get Free Trading and Demat Account Opening + 100% Brokerage Cash Back for 1st Month for trades using Mobile App. Open Instant Account online with SAMCO and start trading today.

Advantage

HDFC SKY :

✔ What HDFC SKY Does Well

✓	India's only bank-backed discount broker — HDFC Bank Group institutional safety
✓	Free access to 23 years of HDFC Securities research — equity, F&O, ETF recommendations
✓	US stocks — fractional shares from $1, Apple/Google/Amazon etc.
✓	MTF at 12% p.a. — lowest in India (0% first 30 days); competitors charge 18–21%
✓	Both CDSL and NSDL DP — unique among discount brokers
✓	3-in-1 account with HDFC Bank — seamless fund transfers
✓	InstaOptions + NxtOption — dedicated F&O platforms with option chain analytics
✓	TradingView at tv.hdfcsky.com — advanced charting integrated
✓	Open API for algo traders
✓	ETF brokerage free for 30 days after account opening

SAMCO :

✔ What SAMCO Does Well

✓	SEBI-registered Research Analyst — structured research recommendations across all timeframes
✓	SAMCO Prime free for ₹1 lakh networth holders — unlimited research-backed recommendations
✓	StockBasket — expert-curated mini portfolios with 5-year fee refund guarantee
✓	KyaTrade — real-time trade ideas with built-in stop loss and target levels
✓	RankMF — comprehensive MF ranking across 3,000+ funds with SmartSIP
✓	₹0 account opening; 100% brokerage cashback first month (mobile app)
✓	MTF (StockPlus) available — leveraged delivery trading
✓	Nest Trader desktop software — professional-grade execution terminal
✓	TradingView charting integrated
✓	Simple, unified ₹20 flat fee — easy to understand and plan around

Disadvantage

HDFC SKY :

✘ Where HDFC SKY Falls Short

✗	₹20 delivery brokerage — not free, unlike Zerodha, Groww, ProStocks, Shoonya
✗	AMC ₹240/yr from year 2 — Groww, Shoonya, ProStocks, Fyers, Alice Blue all ₹0 lifetime
✗	Auto square-off ₹50+GST per position
✗	NRI restrictions — US and Canada NRIs cannot open accounts
✗	Launched 2023 — newer platform with less operating history than Zerodha/Fyers
✗	Customer care hours Mon–Sat 9AM–5PM only (no evening/weekend support)
✗	Cannot maintain HDFC Securities + HDFC SKY accounts simultaneously (SEBI rule)
✗	US stock brokerage 5 cents/share (not flat fee) — costlier for high-price stocks
✗	Limited intraday access for NRIs

SAMCO :

✘ Where Samco Falls Short

✗	₹20 delivery brokerage — Zerodha, Groww, ProStocks, Shoonya all offer free delivery
✗	₹400/yr AMC from year 2 — highest among major discount brokers
✗	NRI accounts NOT available
✗	Call & Trade ₹20 per order (vs ₹0 at Shoonya, ProStocks)
✗	Auto square-off ₹20 per order
✗	Small active client base (70,158) vs Zerodha's 75+ lakh
✗	No branches — 100% online only
✗	Customer support response times reported as slow by users
✗	Back office (SAMCO Star) not integrated with trading platform
✗	Mobile app reported slower than web by some users

Why This

HDFC SKY :

SAMCO :

SAMCO offers Trade at Rs.20 per Order across all segments and irrespective of Order Size. Trade Stocks, Futures, Options, Commodities at Flat 20 per order only
Get Delivery Trades Funded: up to 4X Leverage
Samco Provides highest Leverage in the Industry: Get 80x Leverage to trade the NIFTY.
The first 20 Call-N-Trade orders are free
Free tools like Brokerage Calculator, SPAN Calculator, SAMCO Data Bank, Pledge Monitor and trading platform on web, desktop and mobile.
Special feature like Samco Rank MF, SAMCO Cash Plus, Samco Stock Plus , Samco Intra Plus , SAMCO Data bank, SAMCO Ratings Monitor

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HDFC SKY vs SAMCO Account Opening & AMC Charges

- and SAMCO Trading Account Opening Fee is Rs 0 (Free) . - and SAMCO Demat Account AMC is Rs 400 .

	HDFC SKY	SAMCO
Trading Account Opening Fee	Trading Account Opening Fee : -	Trading Account Opening Fee : Rs 0 (Free)
Demat Account Opening Fee	Demat Account Opening Fee : -	Demat Account Opening Fee : Rs 0 (Free)
Demat Account AMC	Demat Account AMC : -	Demat Account AMC : Rs 400
Trading Account AMC	Trading Account AMC : -	Trading Account AMC : Rs 0 (Free)
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HDFC SKY vs SAMCO Brokerage Charges

HDFC SKY Brokerage Charges SAMCO Brokerage Charges Equity Delivery is Rs 20 per trade or 0.50% (whichever is lower) and Equity Intraday is Rs 20 per trade or 0.05% (whichever is lower) and Equity Options is Rs 20 per trade .

	HDFC SKY	SAMCO
Plan Name	-	Plan Name : Fix Brokerage Plan
Equity Delivery	-	Equity Delivery : Rs 20 per trade or 0.50% (whichever is lower)
Equity Intraday	-	Equity Intraday : Rs 20 per trade or 0.05% (whichever is lower)
Equity Future	-	Equity Future : Rs 20 per trade or 0.05% (whichever is lower)
Equity Options	-	Equity Options : Rs 20 per trade
Currency Futures	-	Currency Futures : Rs 20 per trade or 0.05% (whichever is lower)
Currency Options	-	Currency Options : Rs 20 per trade
Monthly Fee	-	Monthly Fee : NA
Margin Trading	-	Margin Trading : -
Commodity Futures	-	Commodity Futures : Rs 20 per trade or 0.05% (whichever is lower)
Commodity Options	-	Commodity Options : -
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HDFC SKY vs SAMCO Exchange Transaction Charges

HDFC SKY Exchange Transaction Charges - and - . SAMCO Exchange Transaction Charges Equity Future is NSE Rs 200 per Cr (0.002%) | BSE Rs 100 per Cr (0.001%) and Equity Options is NSE Rs 5300 per Cr (0.053%) | BSE Rs 100 per Cr (0.001%) (on premium) .

	HDFC SKY	SAMCO
Equity Delivery	Equity Delivery : -	Equity Delivery : NSE Rs 345 per Cr (0.00345%) \| BSE Rs 345 per Cr (0.00345%) (each side)
Equity Intraday	Equity Intraday : -	Equity Intraday : NSE Rs 345 per Cr (0.00345%) \| BSE Rs 345 per Cr (0.00345%) (sell side)
Equity Future *	Equity Future : -	Equity Future : NSE Rs 200 per Cr (0.002%) \| BSE Rs 100 per Cr (0.001%)
Equity Options *	Equity Options : -	Equity Options : NSE Rs 5300 per Cr (0.053%) \| BSE Rs 100 per Cr (0.001%) (on premium)
Currency Futures *	Currency Futures : -	Currency Futures : NSE Rs 90 per Cr (0.0009%)
Currency Options	Currency Options : -	Currency Options : NSE Rs 3500 per Cr (0.035%) (on premium)
Commodity	Commodity : -	Commodity : Non-Agri Rs 260 (0.0026%) \| Agri Rs 175 per Crore
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HDFC SKY vs SAMCO Other Charges

HDFC SKY and . SAMCO Minimum Brokerage is 0.5% per executed order for Equity Delivery and 0.05% per executed order for other segments and Call & Trade is Rs 20 per executed order .

	HDFC SKY	SAMCO
Minimum Brokerage	Minimum Brokerage : -	Minimum Brokerage : 0.5% per executed order for Equity Delivery and 0.05% per executed order for other segments
Call & Trade	Call & Trade : -	Call & Trade : Rs 20 per executed order
Stamp Duty *	Stamp Duty : -	Stamp Duty : -
DP Charges (on sell side)	DP Charges (on sell side) : -	DP Charges (on sell side) : ₹10 + CDSL Charges
Other Miscellaneous Charges	Other Miscellaneous Charges : -	Other Miscellaneous Charges : -
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HDFC SKY vs SAMCO Features

HDFC SKY and SAMCO both offer a host of features, trading tools & platforms to their clients. Their comparative analysis is in the below table:

	HDFC SKY	SAMCO
Trading Platform	Trading Platform : -	Trading Platform : Samco Mobile App, Nest Trader, Samco Trade API, Kya Trade, RankMF, StockBasket, Samco Star
Placing orders through charts	Placing orders through charts : -	Placing orders through charts : Yes
Trading Alerts	Trading Alerts : -	Trading Alerts : Yes
Research and Advice / Trading Tips	Research and Advice / Trading Tips : -	Research and Advice / Trading Tips : No
Detailed Education Initiatives	Detailed Education Initiatives : -	Detailed Education Initiatives : No
Unique features & Offers	Unique features & Offers : -	Unique features & Offers : -
Referral Program	Referral Program : -	Referral Program : 1
Margin Against Shares (Equity Cash) *	Margin Against Shares (Equity Cash) : Yes	Margin Against Shares (Equity Cash) : Yes
Margin Against Shares (Equity F&O) *	Margin Against Shares (Equity F&O) : Yes	Margin Against Shares (Equity F&O) : Yes
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HDFC SKY vs SAMCO Demat Account Charges

A comparative table of various demat account charges between HDFC SKY and SAMCO is below:

	HDFC SKY	SAMCO
Depository Service Provider	Depository Service Provider : -	Depository Service Provider : CDSL
Account Opening Fee	Account Opening Fee : -	Account Opening Fee : Only Franking Charges
Advance Deposit	Advance Deposit : -	Advance Deposit : Nil
AMC	AMC : -	AMC : â‚¹400 for Individual. â‚¹800 for Corporate.
Dematerialisation Charges	Dematerialisation Charges : -	Dematerialisation Charges : â‚¹10 per Certificate plus Courier Charges â‚¹50 per request
Rematerialisation Charges	Rematerialisation Charges : -	Rematerialisation Charges : Actual CDSL charges plus Courier charges â‚¹50 per request.
Transaction Charges (Credit)	Transaction Charges (Credit) : -	Transaction Charges (Credit) : -
Transaction Charges (debit)	Transaction Charges (debit) : -	Transaction Charges (debit) : â‚¹10 per transaction in same DP & 0.02% per transaction or â‚¹25 whichever is higher for other DP
Pledge Creation Charges	Pledge Creation Charges : -	Pledge Creation Charges : â‚¹60 per ISIN
Pledge Creation Confirmation Charges	Pledge Creation Confirmation Charges : -	Pledge Creation Confirmation Charges : Nil
Pledge Invocation Charges	Pledge Invocation Charges : -	Pledge Invocation Charges : â‚¹60 per ISIN
Failed Instruction Charges	Failed Instruction Charges : -	Failed Instruction Charges : Nil
Other Charges	Other Charges : -	Other Charges : -
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HDFC SKY vs SAMCO Basic Details

HDFC SKY and and . SAMCO and Total Number of Clients is 90174 and .

	HDFC SKY	SAMCO
Year of Incorporation	Year of Incorporation : -	Year of Incorporation : -
Active Exchange Memberships	Active Exchange Memberships : -	Active Exchange Memberships : BSE, NSE, MCX
Demat Services	Demat Services : -	Demat Services : Yes
Website	Website : -	Website : www.samco.in
Contact Details	Contact Details : -	Contact Details : +91 22 2222 7777
Total Number of Clients	Total Number of Clients : -	Total Number of Clients : 90,174
Total Number of Branches	Total Number of Branches : -	Total Number of Branches : -
Products *	Products : -	Products : CashPlus,Option Fair Value Calculator,Risk Advisor,Data Bank,Stock Ratings
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HDFC SKY vs SAMCO Orders

Orders

	HDFC SKY	SAMCO
Cover Orders (CO)	Cover Orders (CO) : -	Cover Orders (CO) : Yes
Bracket orders / One Cancels Other (BO / OCO)	Bracket orders / One Cancels Other (BO / OCO) : -	Bracket orders / One Cancels Other (BO / OCO) : Yes
After Market Orders (AMO)	After Market Orders (AMO) : -	After Market Orders (AMO) : Yes
Buy Today Sell Tomorrow (BTST) *	Buy Today Sell Tomorrow (BTST) : Yes	Buy Today Sell Tomorrow (BTST) : Yes
Sell Today Buy Tomorrow (STBT) *	Sell Today Buy Tomorrow (STBT) : Yes	Sell Today Buy Tomorrow (STBT) : No
Good Till Cancelled (GTC) *	Good Till Cancelled (GTC) : Yes	Good Till Cancelled (GTC) : Yes
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HDFC SKY vs SAMCO Research and Advice / Trading Tips

Research and Advice / Trading Tips

	HDFC SKY	SAMCO
Equity Trading Recommendation *	Equity Trading Recommendation : -	Equity Trading Recommendation : No
Equity Investment Recommendation *	Equity Investment Recommendation : -	Equity Investment Recommendation : No
Recommendation basis risk Profile *	Recommendation basis risk Profile : -	Recommendation basis risk Profile : No
Comparison *	Comparison : -	Comparison : No
Free Tips *	Free Tips : -	Free Tips : No
Daily Market report *	Daily Market report : -	Daily Market report : No
ETF research *	ETF research : -	ETF research : No
Quarterly Results *	Quarterly Results : -	Quarterly Results : No
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HDFC SKY vs SAMCO Franchisee / Authorized Person related information

Franchisee / Authorized Person related information

	HDFC SKY	SAMCO
Availability for franchisee / AP	Availability for franchisee / AP : -	Availability for franchisee / AP : No
Investment required for Franchisee / AP	Investment required for Franchisee / AP : -	Investment required for Franchisee / AP : No
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HDFC SKY vs SAMCO Product & Services

HDFC SKY and SAMCO both offer a host of Products & Services for a better trading experience for their clients. Their comparative analysis is in the below table:

	HDFC SKY	SAMCO
Delivery Based Trading *	Delivery Based Trading : -	Delivery Based Trading : Yes
Margin Trading *	Margin Trading : -	Margin Trading : Yes
Call N Trade *	Call N Trade : -	Call N Trade : Yes
Trading in Both the exchanges *	Trading in Both the exchanges : -	Trading in Both the exchanges : Yes
Limit Order *	Limit Order : -	Limit Order : Yes
3-in-1 On-line Trading Account *	3-in-1 On-line Trading Account : -	3-in-1 On-line Trading Account : No
NRI Services *	NRI Services : -	NRI Services : No
SMS Alerts *	SMS Alerts : -	SMS Alerts : No
Offers Multiple Plan *	Offers Multiple Plan : -	Offers Multiple Plan : No
IPO Investment *	IPO Investment : -	IPO Investment : No
Portfolio Analysis *	Portfolio Analysis : -	Portfolio Analysis : Yes
Advanced Charting Features *	Advanced Charting Features : -	Advanced Charting Features : Yes
Brokerage Calculator *	Brokerage Calculator : -	Brokerage Calculator : Yes
Margin Calculator *	Margin Calculator : -	Margin Calculator : Yes
Stop Loss Order *	Stop Loss Order : -	Stop Loss Order : Yes
Bracket Orders & Trailing Stop Loss *	Bracket Orders & Trailing Stop Loss : -	Bracket Orders & Trailing Stop Loss : Yes
Equity Future & Option Trading *	Equity Future & Option Trading : -	Equity Future & Option Trading : Yes
Currency Future & Option Trading *	Currency Future & Option Trading : -	Currency Future & Option Trading : Yes
Market Trading *	Market Trading : -	Market Trading : Yes
Monthly & Yearly Plan *	Monthly & Yearly Plan : -	Monthly & Yearly Plan : No
Aumtomated Trading *	Aumtomated Trading : -	Aumtomated Trading : No
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HDFC SKY vs SAMCO Customer Services

HDFC SKY and SAMCO both offer a host of Customer service options to their clients to quickly solve their queries or grievances if any. Their comparative analysis is in the below table:

	HDFC SKY	SAMCO
Toll Free Number *	Toll Free Number : -	Toll Free Number : No
Live Chat Facility *	Live Chat Facility : -	Live Chat Facility : No
Email Facility *	Email Facility : -	Email Facility : Yes
Branch Offices *	Branch Offices : -	Branch Offices : No
Customer Care *	Customer Care : -	Customer Care : Yes
Community Service *	Community Service : -	Community Service : Yes
Relationship Manager *	Relationship Manager : -	Relationship Manager : No
24/7 Support *	24/7 Support : -	24/7 Support : No
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HDFC SKY vs SAMCO Other Investement

HDFC SKY and SAMCO both offer a lot of investment avenues apart from Stock trading on their platforms to their clients to make a better trading experience. Their comparative analysis is in the below table:

	HDFC SKY	SAMCO
Commodity Trading *	Commodity Trading : -	Commodity Trading : Yes
Investment in ETFs *	Investment in ETFs : -	Investment in ETFs : Yes
Investment in Mutual Funds *	Investment in Mutual Funds : -	Investment in Mutual Funds : No
Investment in Bonds *	Investment in Bonds : -	Investment in Bonds : No
Investment in Corporate Debt instruments *	Investment in Corporate Debt instruments : -	Investment in Corporate Debt instruments : No
Insurance Services *	Insurance Services : -	Insurance Services : No
Banking Services *	Banking Services : -	Banking Services : No
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HDFC SKY vs SAMCO Trading Platform

HDFC SKY and SAMCO both offer a host of Trading Platform for a better trading experience for their clients. Their comparative analysis is in the below table:

	HDFC SKY	SAMCO
Web Platform *	Web Platform : -	Web Platform : Yes
Android Mobile App *	Android Mobile App : -	Android Mobile App : Yes
Desktop Windows *	Desktop Windows : -	Desktop Windows : Yes
Desktop Mac *	Desktop Mac : -	Desktop Mac : No
I-Pad App *	I-Pad App : -	I-Pad App : No
Virtual Trading *	Virtual Trading : -	Virtual Trading : No
iPhone Mobile App *	iPhone Mobile App : -	iPhone Mobile App : Yes
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