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Exness vs XM

Side-by-side broker intelligence across regulation, spreads, fees, platforms, and overall model score. Category winners use transparent heuristics and should be treated as editorial guidance, not investment advice.

Exness rating

4.7

XM rating

4.5

Score gap

6 pts

Matchup

Head to head

Winners by category

Pricing & spreads
Exness leadsEdge for Exness (101.8 vs 87.6).
Regulation breadth
XM leadsEdge for XM (73.0 vs 46.0).
User experience
Exness leadsEdge for Exness (74.1 vs 70.3).
Editorial composite
Exness leadsEdge for Exness (106.1 vs 99.5).

Full comparison table

Rating

Exness

4.7

XM

4.5

Model score

Exness

92

XM

86

Regulation

Exness

FSCA (South Africa), FSA (Seychelles), CBCS (Curaçao), FSC (BVI), FSC (Mauritius)

XM

ASIC (Australia), CySEC (Cyprus), DFSA (Dubai), FSC (Belize)

Spreads

Exness

Spreads start from 0.0 pips on Raw & Zero accounts, and from 0.3 pips on Standard accounts. Ultra-fast market execution backed by proprietary algorithmic order routing and stop-out protection.

XM

Spreads start from 0.6 pips on XM Ultra Low accounts. 99.35% of orders executed in under 1 second with no requotes or order rejections.

Fees

Exness

Standard & Cent accounts are commission-free with low spread-only pricing. Raw Spread and Zero accounts offer zero-pip spreads with commissions starting from $3.50 per lot per side.

XM

XM Ultra Low Account: Spread-only pricing from 0.6 pips with zero commissions. Standard & Micro Accounts: Spreads start from 1.0 pips with no commission. Shares Account: Commission-based equity trading.

Platforms

Exness

MetaTrader 4 (MT4), MetaTrader 5 (MT5), Exness Terminal, Exness Trade App

XM

MetaTrader 4 (MT4), MetaTrader 5 (MT5), XM App

Account types

Exness

Standard, Standard Cent, Raw Spread, Zero, Pro, Swap-Free (Islamic)

XM

Micro, Standard, XM Ultra Low, Shares Account, Swap-Free (Islamic), Demo

Min deposit

Exness

$10

XM

$5