Which is cheaper, IDAU or VEA?

IDAU charges 0.30% a year and VEA charges 0.03%, so VEA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Are IDAU and VEA the same kind of fund?

No. IDAU is a buffer ETF and VEA is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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IDAU vs VEA: how they differ

IDAU and VEA are measured over different days, and VEA charges 0.03% against 0.30%.

Corgi International Developed Equities 15% Structured Buffer ETF - August Series and Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund.

IDAU and VEA on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	IDAU Corgi International Developed Equities 15% Structured Buffer ETF - August Series	VEA Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund
Where it sits	Buffer ETF	Core index fund
Issuer	Corgi	Vanguard
What it is	Defined outcome, 15% on EFA	Developed markets ex US
Total return, 1 year	not published	+24.5%
S&P 500 over the same days	not published	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	not available	+7.0 pts
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.03%
Holdings	not filed	3870

IDAU in plain words

The fund's price can fall 0.6% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, EFA can fall 0.6% from today's level to the point where the buffer begins. Protection left, in index points: 15.0% of the 15.0% buffer still sits below today's EFA level. 323 days remained on Sep 12, 2026. On Jul 31, 2027 the period ends and a new cap is set.

VEA in plain words

VEA is an index equity fund tracking the Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +24.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3870 positions, with the top ten at 13.2%.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, IDAU or VEA?: IDAU charges 0.30% a year and VEA charges 0.03%, so VEA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Are IDAU and VEA the same kind of fund?: No. IDAU is a buffer ETF and VEA is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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IDAU against VEA, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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