Axis charges me for DC, from past 180 days I have not been charged for a single thing!
Axis is quite good, most of the complaints are regarding CC. (devaluation) But that too is subjective, on one hand we have icici whose card are almost worthless except lone star Amazon.
For me-
For banking services:
In pvt banks: HDFC=Axis>icici > Rest
PSU Banks: SBI >= BoB > Rest
*I live in semi urban area, your experience might differ than me.