Whistleblower hotline comparison
Autessa Ethics Hotline vs NAVEX EthicsPoint
NAVEX EthicsPoint is the long-established enterprise hotline, with web, phone and mobile intake, incident benchmarks and the Nira AI assistant across NAVEX One. Autessa Ethics Hotline is for teams that want the protections in the reporter’s own hands and a hotline they can prove works: the reporter leaves named committee members out of a report, and a one-click test files a marked report end to end, live the same day.
Side by side
Autessa Ethics Hotline vs NAVEX EthicsPoint at a glance
| Capability | Autessa Ethics Hotline | NAVEX EthicsPoint |
|---|---|---|
| Reporter leaves named committee members out of a report | Reporter’s choice | AI implicated-party screening |
| Excluded member gets the same “not found” as a missing case | ✓ | Not listed |
| One-click end-to-end hotline test | Included | Not listed |
| Guided setup and a passing test in one sitting | Included | Not listed |
| Committee replies signed as the committee, never a person | ✓ | Not listed |
| Append-only log of every case open and change | Included | Audit-ready exports |
| Full headless access (Autessa MCP) | ✓ | APIs noted; no MCP listed |
| 100% customizable, code and all (Autobot) | ✓ | Custom forms, up to two workflows |
| Hotline metrics and reporting | ✓ | Benchmarks, Power BI |
| Anonymous web reporting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Case management for investigators | ✓ | ✓ |
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 NAVEX EthicsPoint
The reporter decides who is left out
NAVEX uses AI to spot implicated names. In Autessa, reporters keep named committee members off their own report, and for that person the case simply does not exist.
Proof the hotline works
A one-click test files a marked report end to end, so you can show an auditor a working channel on any day.
Change it beyond forms and workflows
Your hotline can follow your policy exactly. Ask Autobot for a new report category flow or an extra committee step, and it changes the app, code and all.
Your committee’s AI tools, connected
Through the Autessa MCP, a committee member can ask Claude for open cases by age or median days to close, with the same committee-only access they have in the app.
Live the same day
Guided setup, your own committee and a passing hotline test in one sitting.
Both sides
One case, as the reporter and the committee see it
Switching
Moving from NAVEX EthicsPoint
Close or keep open cases in EthicsPoint while you start new reports in Ethics Hotline. Make the data key, claim the committee, add members, edit the hotline page text, run a hotline test and update the link in your handbook and posters. Keep your EthicsPoint exports for records you are required to retain.
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 NAVEX EthicsPoint: questions
Is Autessa Ethics Hotline an alternative to NAVEX EthicsPoint?
Yes, for web-based speak-up reporting. It covers anonymous reporting, anonymous two-way follow-up, committee case management, an access log, metrics and retention, and you can have it live and tested the same day.
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.
How far can we customize the hotline?
All the way. Your team edits the hotline wording, committee, notifications and retention directly. For anything deeper, Autobot changes the app’s code from a plain-language request, because Ethics Hotline is 100% customizable.
Can AI tools reach hotline data through the Autessa MCP?
The Autessa MCP gives full headless access with the access of the person connected. A committee member can work with cases and metrics from Claude, and anyone off the committee stays out, just as they do in the app.
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