Whistleblowing Portals · head-to-head
EQS Integrity Line vs NAVEX One EthicsPoint
EQS Integrity Line
EU origin, foreign-ownedPanel rating
Sovereignty: 1 of 4 dimensions proven
NAVEX One EthicsPoint
Rest of worldPanel rating
Sovereignty: 1 of 4 dimensions proven
The short answer
The six-judge bench splits along two lines. NAVEX One EthicsPoint leads the casework: case management means 6.8 to EQS Integrity Line's 5.2, with five judges leaning its way and one tie, and it also leads multi-entity scale (3.5 to 3.2; two leans its way, one the other, three ties) and compliance alignment (3.3 to 3.0; two leans, four ties). EQS Integrity Line leads security assurance at 6.7 to 2.7, with six leans and none against, and sovereignty at 4.7 to 2.3, with five leans and one tie. Reporting channels is level at 7.0 versus 7.0 — two leans each way, two ties. Pricing transparency reads 0.7 to 0.0 with four leans, though neither verdict counts pricing. Weighted totals favor EQS Integrity Line on four judges, NAVEX One EthicsPoint on the compliance officer (5.3 to 4.7), with the SME operator level at 5 to 5.
Choose EQS Integrity Line if
- You must show your security reviewers named attestations — security assurance runs 6.7 to 2.7 with six judges leaning this way, resting on ISO 27001, a PwC ISAE 3000 Type I and II audit and CSA STAR.
- Your data-residency policy requires EU-only storage under a German legal entity — the attributes list data residency as EU-only and jurisdiction as DE.
- Your privacy office requires a stated subprocessor position — the attributes list subprocessor exposure as none.
- Your group counsel or security auditor signs the purchase — their weighted totals read 4.1 to 3.8 and 5.2 to 3.1.
- Reporter protection leads your criteria list — the reporter advocate's weighted total is 5.9 to 4.7.
Choose NAVEX One EthicsPoint if
- Your investigators live inside the case tool — case management runs 6.8 to 5.2 with five judges leaning this way, covering auditable case history and implicated-party screening.
- Your compliance officer holds the budget — their weighted total reads 5.3 to 4.7.
- You run entities across several jurisdictions — multi-entity scale runs 3.5 to 3.2, with two leans this way, one the other way, three ties.
- Directive alignment sits early in your rubric — compliance alignment runs 3.3 to 3.0 with two leans and four ties, though both verdicts describe the directive coverage as marketing.
- You sit under a US parent that accepts US-default storage — the attributes list jurisdiction as US and data residency as US-default.
Read this comparison as one judge. Each weighs the same scores by what they care about.
The bench's picks
Same scores, different priorities: each judge's weighting applied to both products. The split is the finding.
- The Compliance Officer EQS Integrity Line NAVEX One EthicsPoint picks NAVEX One EthicsPoint
- The Reporter's Advocate EQS Integrity Line NAVEX One EthicsPoint picks EQS Integrity Line
- The SME Operator EQS Integrity Line NAVEX One EthicsPoint tie
- The Group Counsel EQS Integrity Line NAVEX One EthicsPoint picks EQS Integrity Line
- The Security Auditor EQS Integrity Line NAVEX One EthicsPoint picks EQS Integrity Line
- The Skeptic EQS Integrity Line NAVEX One EthicsPoint picks EQS Integrity Line
Criterion by criterion
| Criterion | EQS Integrity Line | NAVEX One EthicsPoint | The bench leans |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reporting channels & reporter experience | split 2–2 | ||
| Case management & deadline discipline | NAVEX One EthicsPoint, 5 of 6 judges | ||
| Legal compliance alignment | NAVEX One EthicsPoint, 2 of 6 judges | ||
| Security & anonymity assurance | EQS Integrity Line, 6 of 6 judges | ||
| Group & multi-entity capability | NAVEX One EthicsPoint, 2 of 6 judges | ||
| European sovereignty | EQS Integrity Line, 5 of 6 judges | ||
| Pricing transparency | no published price | no published price | not comparable |
Stars show the bench average per criterion; the lean counts which product each judge scored higher. Open a judge's tab for their reasoning on both sides.
Sovereignty, side by side
| Dimension | EQS Integrity Line | NAVEX One EthicsPoint |
|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | Incorporated in US |
| Ownership | Not determined | Not determined |
| Data residency | EU only | Not determined |
| Subprocessors | Not determined | Not determined |
Facts, side by side
Only facts both products carry under the same definition — anything else would not be a fair row.
| Compliance · GDPR | yes · yes1 | yes2 |
|---|---|---|
| Compliance · ISO 27001 | EQS Group and data centres · ISO/IEC 27001 · yes1 | ISMS · ISO/IEC 27001:20172 |
| Hosting · Region | Germany · yes3 | EU4 |
| Product · Anonymity | no · yes · yes5 | end-to-end encrypted communication guarantees technical anonymity for whistleblowers2 |
| Product · Anonymous reporting | yes · yes6 | yes · yes7 |
| Product · Case management | coordination and documentation of follow-up measures · yes8 | two-way dialogue · translations · reminders · full audit trails · yes4 |
| Product · Customer count | 2022 · worldwide · more than 2,0009 | 1300010 |
| Product · Customers count | 2500+ customers worldwide11 | 13,000+7 |
| Product · Machine translation | yes3 | Machine translation for report details, expanding to additional case content over time12 |
| Product · Multilingual | 80+3 | yes13 |
| Product · Reporting channels | yes · yes · yes · yes8 | web · phone · mobile · 24/77 |
| Product · Single sign on | OpenID Connect · yes14 | yes15 |