Stated as zero-fee investing but actually £8 more expensive on £1000 then my current Broker!

[Diversify (Radical Candor)]

Some historical context may be useful here:

Introducing our pricing model

We’re not a bank, so like everyone else it does cost us to convert funds and move money across borders. We want to be transparent about this and pass on a very good rate. Our 0.5% charge compares well to the 1%+ you would receive from other brokers (eg HL starts at 1.5%), plus many other brokers do not provide visibility on what the base rate is that the markup is charged on. We use the interbank/wholesale rate from Barclays as our baseline. We’ve also benchmarked against other UK fintechs. Rev…

Also, from the pricing model blog:

I think the issue for the OP is that this FX markup (which is a transaction cost) is distorting their frequent short term trading decisions, but for Freetrade they are building a model that caters for longer term, more infrequent, investment decisions.

Publication of the new Freetrade mission could be helpful here in the sense that this platform is not necessarily going to be the best for traders.