The cheapest AI ETFs
See 15 funds ranked by the annual fee the fund charges. Updated Oct 20, 2026. A fee is one fact, not a verdict. Funds on one theme can hold different companies, and the holdings are on the theme page.
| # | Ticker | Fund | Fee ↑ | Net assets | Weight in S&P 500 companies | Total return, 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WISE | Themes Generative Artificial Intelligenc | 0.35% | $34m | 32.4% | −26.9% |
| 2 | XA | Corgi AI Cybersecurity ETF | 0.35% | $8m | 41.4% | too new |
| 3 | XAIX | Xtrackers Artificial Intelligence and Bi | 0.35% | $156m | 70.1% | +32.7% |
| 4 | DRGN | Themes China Generative Artificial Intel | 0.39% | $27m | 0.0% | −11.6% |
| 5 | WDRN | WisdomTree Physical AI, Humanoids, and D | 0.45% | $18m | 23.0% | too new |
| 6 | WTAI | WisdomTree Artificial Intelligence and I | 0.45% | $669m | 65.0% | +28.9% |
| 7 | ARTY | iShares Future AI & Tech ETF | 0.47% | $3.8bn | 52.0% | +46.1% |
| 8 | BAI | iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active | 0.55% | $13.0bn | 54.4% | +22.2% |
| 9 | IGPT | Invesco AI and Next Gen Software ETF | 0.57% | $1.3bn | 76.2% | +57.4% |
| 10 | ALAI | Alger AI Enablers & Adopters ETF | 0.58% | $451m | 60.0% | +19.2% |
| 11 | JHAI | Janus Henderson Global Artificial Intell | 0.59% | $23m | 68.3% | +20.5% |
| 12 | AIX | Defiance US 100 Tech AI Moat ETF | 0.65% | $476,097 | 89.8% | too new |
| 13 | FAI | First Trust Bloomberg Artificial Intelli | 0.65% | $250m | 77.0% | +31.1% |
| 14 | ROBT | First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligen | 0.65% | $750m | 34.3% | +3.7% |
| 15 | AIQ | Global X Artificial Intelligence & Techn | 0.68% | $10.6bn | 64.7% | +23.3% |
Method
The 36 of 36 ETFs in the artificial intelligence theme that publish an expense ratio, cheapest first. Across the funds listed here the annual fee runs from 0.3% to 0.7%.
The rest of the method
A fee is the one number a fund controls and the one a holder always pays. The list sorts one published figure, with no scoring or weighting. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, closed funds included.
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