These gold IRA company comparisons each add the setup fee and 10 years of administration and storage for both dealers, then say which costs less on fees. The markup on the metal is quoted per order and sits outside these totals. Figures come from published or third-party fee figures checked on April 17, 2026. These are list fees before any waiver, and several dealers waive fees on larger rollovers.
Advantage Gold comparisons
We set Advantage Gold, our paid partner and our top pick for first-time buyers, against 8 other dealers on minimum, fees, guidance and who each one fits.
- Advantage Gold vs American Hartford Gold Which do people pick? $200 apart in 10-year fees
- Advantage Gold vs Augusta Precious Metals Which do people pick? $250 apart in 10-year fees
- Advantage Gold vs Birch Gold Group $250 apart in 10-year fees
- Advantage Gold vs Goldco Which do people pick? $200 apart in 10-year fees
- Advantage Gold vs Lear Capital $1,230 apart in 10-year fees
- Advantage Gold vs Noble Gold Investments $280 apart in 10-year fees
- Advantage Gold vs Patriot Gold Group $1,675 apart in 10-year fees
- Advantage Gold vs Rosland Capital $350 apart in 10-year fees
The comparisons
42 more pairs, ordered by how far apart the two companies land on 10 years of fees.
- Oxford Gold Group vs Patriot Gold Group $1,925 apart in 10-year fees
- Goldco vs Patriot Gold Group $1,875 apart in 10-year fees
- Lear Capital vs Oxford Gold Group $1,480 apart in 10-year fees
- American Hartford Gold vs Patriot Gold Group $1,475 apart in 10-year fees
- Goldco vs Lear Capital $1,430 apart in 10-year fees
- Augusta Precious Metals vs Patriot Gold Group $1,425 apart in 10-year fees
- Birch Gold Group vs Patriot Gold Group $1,425 apart in 10-year fees
- Patriot Gold Group vs Preserve Gold $1,425 apart in 10-year fees
- Noble Gold Investments vs Patriot Gold Group $1,395 apart in 10-year fees
- Patriot Gold Group vs Rosland Capital $1,325 apart in 10-year fees
- American Hartford Gold vs Lear Capital $1,030 apart in 10-year fees
- Monetary Gold vs Oxford Gold Group $1,000 apart in 10-year fees
- Augusta Precious Metals vs Lear Capital $980 apart in 10-year fees
- Birch Gold Group vs Lear Capital $980 apart in 10-year fees
- Lear Capital vs Preserve Gold $980 apart in 10-year fees
- Goldco vs Monetary Gold $950 apart in 10-year fees
- Lear Capital vs Noble Gold Investments $950 apart in 10-year fees
- Monetary Gold vs Patriot Gold Group $925 apart in 10-year fees
- Lear Capital vs Rosland Capital $880 apart in 10-year fees
- Advantage Gold vs Monetary Gold $750 apart in 10-year fees
- Oxford Gold Group vs Rosland Capital $600 apart in 10-year fees
- American Hartford Gold vs Monetary Gold $550 apart in 10-year fees
- Goldco vs Rosland Capital $550 apart in 10-year fees
- Noble Gold Investments vs Oxford Gold Group $530 apart in 10-year fees
- Augusta Precious Metals vs Monetary Gold $500 apart in 10-year fees
- Augusta Precious Metals vs Oxford Gold Group $500 apart in 10-year fees
- Birch Gold Group vs Monetary Gold $500 apart in 10-year fees
- Birch Gold Group vs Oxford Gold Group $500 apart in 10-year fees
- Monetary Gold vs Preserve Gold $500 apart in 10-year fees
- Oxford Gold Group vs Preserve Gold $500 apart in 10-year fees
- Goldco vs Noble Gold Investments $480 apart in 10-year fees
- Lear Capital vs Monetary Gold $480 apart in 10-year fees
- Monetary Gold vs Noble Gold Investments $470 apart in 10-year fees
- American Hartford Gold vs Oxford Gold Group $450 apart in 10-year fees
- Augusta Precious Metals vs Goldco $450 apart in 10-year fees
- Birch Gold Group vs Goldco $450 apart in 10-year fees
- Goldco vs Preserve Gold $450 apart in 10-year fees
- Lear Capital vs Patriot Gold Group $445 apart in 10-year fees
- American Hartford Gold vs Goldco $400 apart in 10-year fees
- Monetary Gold vs Rosland Capital $400 apart in 10-year fees
- Advantage Gold vs Oxford Gold Group $250 apart in 10-year fees
- Advantage Gold vs Preserve Gold $250 apart in 10-year fees
Pairs we did not publish
16 of the 66 possible pairings are not here. Those two companies land within 10% of each other on 10 years of fees, so a page comparing them on cost could only restate two schedules without reaching a conclusion.
That they are close on cost is itself worth knowing, because it means the choice between them turns on something this data does not cover. The pairs held back are American Hartford Gold and Augusta Precious Metals; American Hartford Gold and Birch Gold Group; American Hartford Gold and Noble Gold Investments; American Hartford Gold and Preserve Gold; American Hartford Gold and Rosland Capital; Augusta Precious Metals and Birch Gold Group; Augusta Precious Metals and Noble Gold Investments; Augusta Precious Metals and Preserve Gold; Augusta Precious Metals and Rosland Capital; Birch Gold Group and Noble Gold Investments; Birch Gold Group and Preserve Gold; Birch Gold Group and Rosland Capital; Goldco and Oxford Gold Group; Noble Gold Investments and Preserve Gold; Noble Gold Investments and Rosland Capital; Preserve Gold and Rosland Capital.