Whistleblowing Portals · head-to-head
EQS Integrity Line vs preeco | hinweisgeberschutz
EQS Integrity Line
EU origin, foreign-ownedPanel rating
Sovereignty: 1 of 4 dimensions proven
The short answer
preeco | hinweisgeberschutz leads five criteria — reporting channels 8.5 vs 7.0 (judges split 8–9 over a self-assessed WCAG 2.1 AA conformance and no-access-logs statements), case management 7.0 vs 5.2, compliance alignment 5.2 vs 3.0, multi-entity scale 7.7 vs 3.2, sovereignty 7.8 vs 4.7 — each a 6–0 lean. EQS Integrity Line is ahead on one: security assurance, 6.7 vs 4.0, also 6–0, on ISO 27001 covering EQS Group and its data centres, PwC ISAE 3000 Type I and II, and CSA STAR; preeco holds no own ISO 27001 (only its Hetzner datacenters are certified). Pricing transparency is the genuine split — 1 judge leans EQS, 3 lean preeco, 2 tie (0.7 vs 1.0); neither verdict found published prices, and pricing is not weighted. Weighted totals run 6.2–7.1 for preeco against 4.1–5.9 for EQS. Both list German jurisdiction and EU-only data residency, with subprocessor exposure 'none' for EQS and 'EU only' for preeco.
Choose EQS Integrity Line if
- You need the hotline vendor's own certifications for your audit file — ISO 27001 covering EQS Group and its data centres, PwC ISAE 3000 Type I and II audits, and CSA STAR; security assurance is the one criterion where EQS Integrity Line leads, 6 judges to 0 (6.7 vs 4.0).
- Your procurement rules disqualify a vendor that holds no own ISO 27001 — preeco's verdict records no own certificate, with only its Hetzner datacenters certified, and no pentest or disclosure policy appears.
- You weight security assurance heavily enough that it outweighs the five criteria where the table leans preeco — reporting channels, case management, compliance alignment, multi-entity scale and sovereignty.
- Your data-processing register requires recorded subprocessor exposure of 'none' — EQS Integrity Line's attributes list 'none', while preeco's list 'EU only'.
Choose preeco | hinweisgeberschutz if
- You must evidence German Whistleblower Protection Act compliance — HinSchG is built into the product with automatic 7-day/3-month clocks; compliance alignment leans preeco 6–0 (5.2 vs 3.0), while EQS Integrity Line's verdict finds the EU directive in one marketing sentence with no transposition or deadline features.
- Your team runs reporting across a group or multiple entities — multi-entity scale leans preeco 6–0 (7.7 vs 3.2).
- Reporter intake quality decides your choice — reporting channels leans preeco 6–0 (8.5 vs 7.0) on anonymous two-way dialog via Melde-ID, QR entry, in-browser voice messages under § 16 Abs. 3 HinSchG and up to 26 languages.
- You need statutory case clocks and tamper-evidence out of the box — case management leans preeco 6–0 (7.0 vs 5.2), while EQS Integrity Line's verdict shows nothing on the 7-day/3-month clocks.
- Sovereignty drives your shortlist — the criterion leans preeco 6–0 (7.8 vs 4.7), its verdict noting the default-off OpenAI path, against EQS Integrity Line's verdict citing no published DPA and 'geographically distributed' backups.
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 preeco | hinweisgeberschutz picks preeco | hinweisgeberschutz
- The Reporter's Advocate EQS Integrity Line preeco | hinweisgeberschutz picks preeco | hinweisgeberschutz
- The SME Operator EQS Integrity Line preeco | hinweisgeberschutz picks preeco | hinweisgeberschutz
- The Group Counsel EQS Integrity Line preeco | hinweisgeberschutz picks preeco | hinweisgeberschutz
- The Security Auditor EQS Integrity Line preeco | hinweisgeberschutz picks preeco | hinweisgeberschutz
- The Skeptic EQS Integrity Line preeco | hinweisgeberschutz picks preeco | hinweisgeberschutz
Criterion by criterion
| Criterion | EQS Integrity Line | preeco | hinweisgeberschutz | The bench leans |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reporting channels & reporter experience | preeco | hinweisgeberschutz, 6 of 6 judges | ||
| Case management & deadline discipline | preeco | hinweisgeberschutz, 6 of 6 judges | ||
| Legal compliance alignment | preeco | hinweisgeberschutz, 6 of 6 judges | ||
| Security & anonymity assurance | EQS Integrity Line, 6 of 6 judges | ||
| Group & multi-entity capability | preeco | hinweisgeberschutz, 6 of 6 judges | ||
| European sovereignty | preeco | hinweisgeberschutz, 6 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 | preeco | hinweisgeberschutz |
|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | Not determined |
| 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 · Encryption | yes · yes1 | AES · SSL/TLS2 |
|---|---|---|
| Compliance · GDPR | yes · yes3 | yes4 |
| Data · Export | yes5 | PDF · DOCX · ZIP · XLSX6 |
| Hosting · Datacenter location | München-Ost · ISO 14001 · 1007 | Germany · yes8 |
| Legal · Entity | EQS Group GmbH · Stockerstrasse 33, CH-8002 Zürich, Schweiz9 | preeco GmbH10 |
| Legal · Entity name | EQS Group GmbH · Karlstr. 47, 80333 München11 | preeco GmbH · Magirus-Deutz-Straße 14, 89077 Ulm, Deutschland12 |
| Product · Accessibility | bronze · WCAG3 | Maßnahmen zur Barrierefreiheit: Tastaturbedienung, semantisches HTML, Kontraste, skalierbare Schriftgrößen, Alternativtexte6 |
| Product · Anonymous reporting | yes · yes9 | yes · yes6 |
| Product · Availability | unabhängig vom Land zugänglich, 24/7 Meldungen möglich13 | 24/7 grundsätzlich verfügbar14 |
| Product · Encryption | no · yes3 | yes15 |
| Product · Languages | 8016 | 266 |