Whistleblower hotline comparison
Autessa Ethics Hotline vs EQS Integrity Line
EQS Integrity Line is a widely used European whistleblowing system, with anonymous dialogue, reporting in many languages and AI triage inside the EQS Compliance Cockpit. Autessa Ethics Hotline is for organizations that want an internal reporting channel with protections the reporter controls, retention you set from 1 to 25 years and a test you can run in one click, built to help you meet the EU Whistleblowing Directive.
Side by side
Autessa Ethics Hotline vs EQS Integrity Line at a glance
| Capability | Autessa Ethics Hotline | EQS Integrity Line |
|---|---|---|
| Retention from 1 to 25 years after close | Included | Automated retention policies |
| Purge content, keep code, dates and outcome | Included | Anonymize or four-eyes delete |
| Reporter leaves named committee members out of a report | Reporter’s choice | Routing by issue type |
| Committee independent of HR roles and company admins | ✓ | Need-to-know access rights |
| One-click end-to-end hotline test | Included | Not listed |
| Full headless access (Autessa MCP) | ✓ | SSO and SCIM; MCP not listed |
| 100% customizable, code and all (Autobot) | ✓ | Stages, fields and routing |
| No IP address or device details recorded | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audit trail of case activity | Every open and change | Every action timestamped |
| Two-way follow-up with anonymous reporters | ✓ | ✓ |
| Anonymous web reporting | ✓ | ✓ |
Based on publicly available information as of November 2026. Product names are trademarks of their owners.
Where Autessa wins
Why teams choose Ethics Hotline over EQS Integrity Line
Retention you can defend
Set a period from 1 to 25 years. After it, case content is purged while the code, dates and outcome stay on record.
Conflict-free by design
EQS routes reports by rules your team sets. In Autessa, the reporter also keeps named members off a report, and for them it does not exist.
Change more than stages and fields
EQS lets compliance teams configure stages, fields and routing. Autobot changes the hotline itself, code and all, for a local rule such as an added acknowledgment step.
Reach it from your AI tools
Through the Autessa MCP, a committee member can ask Claude which cases are waiting on triage, with the same committee-only access as the app.
Evidence on demand
An append-only access log, a CSV with no report text and a one-click test you can hand an auditor.
Both sides
One case, as the reporter and the committee see it
Switching
Moving from EQS Integrity Line
Set up Ethics Hotline, mirror your committee and retention period, update your whistleblowing policy’s link, run a hotline test and let open cases finish in Integrity Line.
Your first hour
- Make the hotline’s data key in guided setup
- Claim the first committee seat and add a second member
- Choose notifications and a retention period
- Edit the hotline page text to match your policy
- Run a hotline test and reply as a reporter
- Update the hotline link in your handbook and posters
FAQ
Autessa Ethics Hotline and EQS Integrity Line: questions
Is Autessa Ethics Hotline an alternative to EQS Integrity Line?
Yes, for an internal web reporting channel. It covers anonymous reporting and dialogue, need-to-know committee access, retention you control, an access log and metrics.
Can reporters speak up from their phone?
Yes. The speak-up site works on any phone or computer with no app to install, and reporters can follow up anonymously from the same device.
How do reporters share evidence in Autessa Ethics Hotline?
Reporters describe their evidence and where it is, and the committee asks for what it needs through the hotline’s secure two-way messages.
Can we adapt the hotline to local rules?
Yes. You set the wording, committee, notifications and retention yourself, and Autobot can change the app’s code from a plain-language request, because Ethics Hotline is 100% customizable.
Can the committee use Claude with the hotline?
Yes. The Autessa MCP gives full headless access with the access of the person connected, so committee members can work with cases and metrics from Claude, and people off the committee stay out.
100% customizable, code and all
Make Autessa Ethics Hotline fully your own.
Use it out of the box, then change anything. Ask Autobot, Autessa’s AI builder, for a new field, screen, report, workflow or agent and it builds it into your copy of the app. Or open the code and edit it yourself. Nothing is locked: the app, its data and its code are yours.
Start free and make it yours