Whistleblower hotline comparison
Autessa Ethics Hotline vs Whispli
Whispli is a focused speak-up platform with a Safe Inbox, a 24/7 Voice AI hotline in many languages and forms your admins can configure. Autessa Ethics Hotline shares its care for anonymity, recording no IP address or device details, and adds protections aimed at the committee itself: reporters leave named members out, and a one-click test proves the whole channel works.
Side by side
Autessa Ethics Hotline vs Whispli at a glance
| Capability | Autessa Ethics Hotline | Whispli |
|---|---|---|
| Reporter leaves named committee members out of a report | Reporter’s choice | Case-level permissions |
| One-click end-to-end hotline test | Included | Not listed |
| Case code and five-word passphrase, never in a URL or log | Included | Safe Inbox |
| State changes confirm what the reporter will see | ✓ | Not listed |
| CSV export with no report text | Included | Not listed |
| Purge content after retention, keep code, dates and outcome | Included | Not listed |
| Full headless access (Autessa MCP) | ✓ | Open API; no MCP listed |
| 100% customizable, code and all (Autobot) | ✓ | Admin forms, routing, workflows |
| No IP address or device details recorded | ✓ | ✓ |
| Two-way follow-up with anonymous reporters | ✓ | ✓ |
| 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 Whispli
Protection from the committee, too
Whispli controls access with case-level permissions. In Autessa, the reporter chooses who to leave out, and an excluded member sees the same “not found” as a missing case.
Evidence that holds no report text
A CSV of codes, categories, states and dates can go to an auditor, with no report content in it.
Past forms and routing
Whispli’s admins configure forms and routing. Autobot goes further and changes the app itself, code and all, from a plain-language request, such as a new step before a case closes.
An MCP, not only an API
Whispli notes an open API. The Autessa MCP lets a committee member ask Claude for this year’s cases by category, with the same committee-only access as the app.
Run the test any day
One click files a marked test report end to end, so you know the channel works before someone needs it.
Both sides
One case, as the reporter and the committee see it
Switching
Moving from Whispli
Start new reports in Ethics Hotline while open cases finish in Whispli. Recreate your committee, set notifications and retention, edit the hotline page text, run a hotline test and update your links.
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 Whispli: questions
Is Autessa Ethics Hotline an alternative to Whispli?
Yes, for web-based anonymous reporting. It covers anonymous reporting and follow-up, committee case management, an access log, metrics and retention.
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 go beyond configuring forms?
Yes. You edit 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.
Does Autessa have an MCP for 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