What do I get with Premium?

With Premium at Betterment, you get 1:1 access to advisors whenever you need, deep financial planning across your assets, exclusive content, and easy transitions on top of the same great advice and optimized technology through our digital platform. Our CFP® team has more control over your portfolio and dashboard in Premium to make adjustments that fit your individual needs. Our CFP® team excels at holistic goals-based financial planning. They learn what you want to accomplish, crafting a strategy that lets you prepare, grow, and achieve your goals. You can get advice on which accounts to use, help with a backdoor Roth IRA conversion, transfer assets tax-efficiently, build a retirement plan, and more. We'll also offer guidance on assets held outside of Betterment and collaborate with your CPA or attorney. Additionally, you get a Cash Reserve preferred rate—an additional 0.25% APY* on top of the variable rate along with 20% off estate planning with Trust & Will.¹ While we are not CPAs and cannot file your taxes, we can advise on maximizing your tax efficiency from an investment management and planning perspective. All of this comes at a 0.65% annual fee, still at a fraction of the cost of a traditional advisor, with no hidden fees.

What are the eligibility requirements and flexibility?

Premium requires a minimum of $100,000 in assets with Betterment to upgrade and maintain eligibility in the plan. Assets can be in your IRA, HSA and Investing accounts (Taxable and Crypto). Premium is here to help you for the long term. However, there is no restriction on adjusting your plan. We understand that changes and significant life events can happen. If you'd like to get started with Premium and determine it's not the right fit for you, you can opt out at any time and still use many of Betterment's advanced technology to support your financial goals.

What are the qualifications of the advisors?

With Premium, you access a small group of CFP®s who work together rather than a dedicated advisor. Our advisors are salaried, never commissioned and licensed by the CFP Board; featured on financial news sources like The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and CNBC. Licensed from the CFP Board. Every Financial Planner at Betterment has passed the official CFP® exam, and continues to complete 30 hours per year of ongoing education. Also, only 1 in 3 advisors in the U.S. are officially CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals, a certification that requires over 6,000 hours of professional experience. Salaried, never commissioned. Our CFP® professionals are salaried only, so they focus on helping you achieve your goals—not their cut. Certified as a fiduciary. Since Betterment is a fiduciary, so are our advisors. That means they're legally responsible to act with your best interest in mind.

Put a team of advisors in your corner with Betterment Premium

Our CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals are here to offer on-demand guidance and build a personalized plan to help you accomplish what you want with your money.

Money is complex. We’re here to simplify it.

Let our team of advisors analyze and consolidate your financial life into one clear picture. They’ll then tailor their advice to help you achieve your goals, from buying a home to investing for retirement.

$100K
minimum investing balance requirement*

0.65%
annual fee

Simplified dashboard showing retirement, college fund, dream home, taxes, and vacation goals on track, and emergency fund goal achieved.

A plan to cover every angle.

Work with our CFP® professionals to bring all aspects of your financial life (including assets outside Betterment) into a consolidated, comprehensive plan.
Technology optimized.

Our financial tools can automatically monitor and fine-tune your plan through portfolio rebalancing, tax-smart strategies, and more.
A team of experts at the ready.

Connect with our advisors via email or phone to help navigate changing priorities, adjust your plan as needed, or answer any question, big or small.
Additional Premium perks.

Get a Cash Reserve preferred rate—an additional 0.25% APY* on top of the variable rate along with 20% off estate planning with Trust & Will.¹

Corbin Blackwell

CFP®
Kyle McBrien

CFP®
Sara Kalsman

CFP®
Nick Holeman

CFP®, MSBA, EA, CDAA

As a CFP®, my goal is to have every client walk away with a clear understanding of how they should be invested and how much they should be saving in order to achieve their financial goals. It's to take their complex financial life, and simplify it.

Nick Holeman, CFP®, MSBA, EA, CDAA
Director of Financial Planning, Betterment

Always acting in your best interest.

As a fiduciary, every CFP® on our Premium Team is legally bound to put your interests first, so you can feel secure working together.

Salaried only, never motivated by commission or quotas.
Licensed from CFP Board with required ongoing education.
No upsell, recommends strategies best suited to your situation.
Featured on financial news sources like The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and CNBC.

I have met 3-4 times with Betterment financial advisors to discuss several significant life events in the next 0-5 years (two kids going to college, retirement). I find them very knowledgeable and helpful. I get very detailed follow-up emails which are invaluable.

Craig E.
"Working with the advisors has always been helpful when I need answers to questions or to work things through. They have helped set me up with a solid plan that helps me feel like my financial life is in order."

Michael M.
"I am no longer using my accounts with Vanguard, and Acorns because of the ease and overall confidence I have with Betterment."

James M.

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Frequently asked questions:

With Premium at Betterment, you get 1:1 access to advisors whenever you need, deep financial planning across your assets, exclusive content, and easy transitions on top of the same great advice and optimized technology through our digital platform. Our CFP® team has more control over your portfolio and dashboard in Premium to make adjustments that fit your individual needs.

Our CFP® team excels at holistic goals-based financial planning. They learn what you want to accomplish, crafting a strategy that lets you prepare, grow, and achieve your goals.

You can get advice on which accounts to use, help with a backdoor Roth IRA conversion, transfer assets tax-efficiently, build a retirement plan, and more. We'll also offer guidance on assets held outside of Betterment and collaborate with your CPA or attorney.

Additionally, you get a Cash Reserve preferred rate—an additional 0.25% APY* on top of the variable rate along with 20% off estate planning with Trust & Will.¹

While we are not CPAs and cannot file your taxes, we can advise on maximizing your tax efficiency from an investment management and planning perspective.

All of this comes at a 0.65% annual fee, still at a fraction of the cost of a traditional advisor, with no hidden fees.
Premium requires a minimum of $100,000 in assets with Betterment to upgrade and maintain eligibility in the plan. Assets can be in your IRA, HSA and Investing accounts (Taxable and Crypto).

Premium is here to help you for the long term. However, there is no restriction on adjusting your plan. We understand that changes and significant life events can happen. If you'd like to get started with Premium and determine it's not the right fit for you, you can opt out at any time and still use many of Betterment's advanced technology to support your financial goals.
With Premium, you access a small group of CFP®s who work together rather than a dedicated advisor.

Our advisors are salaried, never commissioned and licensed by the CFP Board; featured on financial news sources like The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and CNBC.
- Licensed from the CFP Board. Every Financial Planner at Betterment has passed the official CFP® exam, and continues to complete 30 hours per year of ongoing education. Also, only 1 in 3 advisors in the U.S. are officially CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals, a certification that requires over 6,000 hours of professional experience.
- Salaried, never commissioned. Our CFP® professionals are salaried only, so they focus on helping you achieve your goals—not their cut.
- Certified as a fiduciary. Since Betterment is a fiduciary, so are our advisors. That means they're legally responsible to act with your best interest in mind.

Put a team of advisors in your corner with Betterment Premium

Money is complex. We’re here to simplify it.

A plan to cover every angle.

Technology optimized.

A team of experts at the ready.

Additional Premium perks.

Advice for where you and your money meet.

Meet your CFP® Premium Team:

Corbin Blackwell

Kyle McBrien

Sara Kalsman

Nick Holeman

Always acting in your best interest.

Frequently asked questions:

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