At the same time I started my Betterment account, I also signed up for Wealthfront to compare the two offerings. Initially, Betterment crushed the experience and design compared to Wealthfront. With the addition of Path, and other investing features, I've noticed an improvement in their design standards.
Using the same strategy (Betterment 90% Stock / 10% Bond and Wealthfront Risk Score 9.0), my portfolios have performed roughly the same from Nov 2014 to now, but Betterment did better while charging me fees (my Wealthfront portfolio is below the point where they are charging me right now):
Betterment: ☝️️ 10.6% time…See more
