Included
- Anonymous speak-up and whistleblowing intake
- Case management and investigation workflow
- Conflicts-of-interest and gifts registers
- Code-of-conduct attestation and policy management
- Ethics and compliance training records
15 platforms
Ethics and compliance tools, rated on published evidence
UBSW.EU rates software sold to organisations for internal reporting, investigations or ethics-programme records such as conflicts, gifts, policy attestations and training. A product must document at least one of these functions to be included. Each listing is assessed against the same 25 criteria across five areas. Scores reflect the evidence a vendor publishes and the access reviewed; they are not legal certifications or procurement recommendations.
Entries last verified 22 October 2026. 9 requirement shortlists in this category.
Scope and rating
Which tools are included in this rating?
This category covers software products organisations use to receive internal concerns, manage investigations, or run ethics-programme records. It includes whistleblowing and speak-up systems, case-management tools with ethics intake, and products for conflicts, gifts, policy attestations or compliance training. The ratings compare features, disclosure, security and hosting, and commercial transparency using vendor-published evidence.
Excluded
- General-purpose GRC suites without a separately identifiable ethics or speak-up product
- Hotline answering services with no software product or case system
- HR case-management tools that do not document ethics or speak-up intake
Same test for every listing
25 criteria
Five areas: speak-up, case work, ethics programme, security and hosting, and commercial transparency. An explicit “no” scores zero. If an answer is not found in the reviewed vendor pages, it scores zero and is marked not found.
Read the scoring methodRatings are assessments of published evidence, not legal compliance certificates. Each platform profile lists the vendor pages reviewed, the review date, the full criterion breakdown and any findings that could not be confirmed.
What most vendors won't tell you
Counted across all 15 platforms in this category, not a shortlist. Each figure is what vendors publish on their own pages. Where a vendor publishes nothing, that is recorded as its own answer rather than dropped.
11 / 15
publish no entry price
A published price can be approved before a call; a quote cannot.
7 / 15
do not name an EU hosting country
An EU region with no country named is recorded as a narrower fact.
2 / 15
publish no security certification
No ISO 27001, SOC 2 or national scheme on the pages reviewed.
12 / 15
publish no conflicts-of-interest register
A speak-up channel is not an ethics programme.
UBSW ratings
15 rated tools
Ordered by total rating, highest first. Each profile shows the 25-criterion breakdown, review scope, source pages and review date. Scores compare published evidence; they are not compliance certifications.
Ethics and compliance
OneTrust
Non-EU HQAtlanta, Georgia, United States Languages not published
Ethics and compliance module inside the OneTrust privacy, security and GRC platform, covering speak-up intake, case management and disclosures.
- Pricing
- Quote-based. No entry price is published; the pricing page routes to a demo request.
- Security
- ISO 27001 · SOC 2 Type II
View profile 76 / 100
Ethics and compliance
Ethicontrol
Tallinn, Estonia 60 languages
Estonia-headquartered platform with a published rate card from 89 €/month, EU hosting and an on-premise option.
- Pricing
- Published bands: Starter 89 €/month, Standard 174 €/month, Advanced 369 €/month and Pro 919 €/month, with annual billing saving 8%. On-premise licence 13,900 € one-time.
- Security
- ISO 27001 · ISO 27701
View profile 76 / 100
Ethics and compliance
NAVEX
Non-EU HQLake Oswego, Oregon, United States 60 languages
EthicsPoint hotline and WhistleB speak-up products inside the NAVEX One governance, risk and compliance suite.
- Pricing
- Quote-based. No entry price is published for EthicsPoint, and the WhistleB product page no longer carries the monthly figure recorded at an earlier review.
- Security
- ISO 27001 (WhistleB product page) · SOC 2 Type II (WhistleB product page)
View profile 74 / 100
Ethics and compliance
Ethico
Non-EU HQRichmond, Virginia, United States 200 languages
Managed ethics hotline with case management, compliance training and sanction screening.
- Pricing
- Quote-based. No pricing page exists on the vendor site reviewed.
- Security
- No certification published
View profile 64 / 100
Ethics and compliance
Whistlelink
Stockholm, Sweden 50 languages
Swedish speak-up platform with published employee-band pricing and EU hosting.
- Pricing
- Published employee-band pricing: 79 € (0–49 employees), 99 € (50–149), 149 € (150–249), 199 € (250–499) and 299 € (500–999) per month on an annual subscription. The pages reviewed state neither VAT nor a monthly option.
- Security
- ISO 27001
View profile 64 / 100
Ethics and compliance
EQS Integrity Line
Munich, Germany 80 languages
Whistleblowing module of the EQS Compliance COCKPIT, sold with published country-level starting prices.
- Pricing
- Country package pages publish starting prices, for example Essential from £85/month on the UK page and 99 €/month on the French page. The German package page publishes no amounts, and the global English package URL returned 404 at the last check.
- Security
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (DQS 541715 ISMS22) · ISAE 3000 Type I and II · WACA Bronze
View profile 62 / 100
Ethics and compliance
Resolver
Non-EU HQToronto, Ontario, Canada 60 languages
Risk and compliance suite whose ethics module covers intake, investigations and reporting.
- Pricing
- Quote-based. No entry price is published.
- Security
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 · ISO/IEC 27017:2015 · ISO/IEC 27701:2019 · SOC 2 Type II (report under NDA)
View profile 62 / 100
Ethics and compliance
Whispli
Non-EU HQSydney, Australia 70 languages
Enterprise speak-up and investigation platform with EU hosting options and a documented API.
- Pricing
- Quote-based; plan names are public but no numeric prices are published.
- Security
- ISO 27001 · SOC 2 Type II
View profile 62 / 100
Ethics and compliance
WhistleB
Stockholm, Sweden 60 languages
Swedish-built speak-up channel, now sold inside NAVEX, with EU hosting and handled cases.
- Pricing
- Not published. The product page no longer carries the monthly starting price recorded at an earlier review.
- Security
- ISO 27001 · SOC 2 Type II
View profile 60 / 100
Ethics and compliance
SpeakUp
Amsterdam, Netherlands 100 languages
Amsterdam-built speak-up platform with EU hosting and 100 reporting languages.
- Pricing
- Not published. Pricing is customised to company size and required features; a quote is requested before a demo.
- Security
- ISO 27001 · ISO 27701 · ISAE 3000 Type II / SOC 2 (quarterly audit) · TISAX
View profile 60 / 100
Ethics and compliance
FaceUp
Prague, Czech Republic 113 languages
Czech speak-up and employee-relations platform with 113 languages and EU hosting.
- Pricing
- Not published. The pricing page now uses quote and contact-sales calls to action instead of the earlier published matrix.
- Security
- ISO 27001:2022 · SOC 2 (hosting servers; current public wording)
View profile 60 / 100
Ethics and compliance
Legality Whistleblowing
Cagliari, Italy 10 languages
Italian whistleblowing platform from DigitalPA, with published starting prices for SMEs.
- Pricing
- Annual billing, excluding VAT: Standard from 29 €/month for under 50 employees; Premium from 41 €/month for the same band. Larger tiers are quote-based.
- Security
- ISO 9001 · ISO 27001 · ISO 27017 · ISO 27018 · ISO 22301
View profile 56 / 100
Ethics and compliance
AllVoices
Non-EU HQLos Angeles, California, United States Languages not published
Employee speak-up and feedback platform with anonymous intake, case management and AI-assisted triage.
- Pricing
- Quote-based. Pricing is not published; procurement starts with a demo.
- Security
- SOC 2 Type II · ISO/IEC 27001:2022
View profile 52 / 100
Ethics and compliance
Case IQ
Non-EU HQOttawa, Ontario, Canada 150 languages
Case-management platform used for whistleblowing, HR and ethics investigations, with a documented API.
- Pricing
- Quote-based. No entry price is published.
- Security
- SOC 2 Type II
View profile 50 / 100
Ethics and compliance
Ethico Hotline & Intake
Non-EU HQCharlotte, North Carolina, United States Languages not published
Ethico's managed hotline and case-intake service, previously presented under the ComplianceLine name.
- Pricing
- Quote-based; the vendor sells by scope of service rather than by published plan.
- Security
- No certification published
View profile 40 / 100
Shortlists
Shortlist by requirement
Each page applies exactly one procurement requirement, states how many platforms survive it, and shows the evidence for each.
Ethics platforms hosting data in the EU
The vendor names an EU country where report data is stored.
8 of 15 platforms qualify
Ethics software with published pricing
An entry price appears on the vendor's own website.
4 of 15 platforms qualify
Ethics software you can buy without a sales call
You can open an account and evaluate the product yourself.
2 of 15 platforms qualify
ISO 27001 certified ethics platforms
A current ISO 27001 certificate is published, with scope stated.
12 of 15 platforms qualify
Ethics platforms with a conflicts-of-interest register
Conflicts declarations are collected, reviewed and retained in the product.
3 of 15 platforms qualify
Ethics platforms with a gifts and hospitality register
Gifts, hospitality and entertainment are declared and approved in the product.
2 of 15 platforms qualify
Ethics platforms with no published AI processing
Report content does not pass through a published AI feature.
12 of 15 platforms qualify
Ethics platforms that document the EU Whistleblowing Directive
Directive 2019/1937 is referenced on the product or legal pages.
10 of 15 platforms qualify
Ethics platforms with a public API
A documented API lets cases reach an existing GRC or case system.
6 of 15 platforms qualify
Frequently asked questions
Buyer questions that recur across procurement and compliance reviews.
What counts as ethics software?
UBSW.EU includes software sold to organisations to receive internal concerns, manage investigations or run ethics-programme records. A product must document at least one of those functions. General-purpose GRC suites without a separately identifiable ethics product, hotline answering services without software, and HR case tools without ethics or speak-up intake are excluded.
Do we need ethics software if we already have a whistleblowing channel?
A whistleblowing channel satisfies the reporting duty in Directive 2019/1937. An ethics programme usually needs more: conflicts declarations, a gifts register and attestation records are audit evidence rather than legal duties. Most platforms in this category sell the channel alone, which is why the directory lists the two separately.
Does ethics software have to be hosted in the EU?
The Directive does not require EU hosting. It requires confidentiality, secure processing and a documented data-protection posture, and many EU buyers add residency as a procurement condition. Vendors headquartered outside the EU are flagged on every entry so the question is visible before a shortlist is built.
Which EU rules apply to a speak-up channel?
Directive 2019/1937 sets the minimum: confidential intake, acknowledgment within seven days, feedback within three months, protection against retaliation and a documented retention policy. National transposition laws add requirements, and several member states go further than the Directive on anonymity and on external reporting.
Can conflicts-of-interest declarations be anonymous?
No. A conflicts declaration has to be attributable to the person making it, or it cannot be reviewed or retained as a record. The anonymity question belongs to the speak-up channel, not to the declarations register, and vendors that conflate the two are usually selling a channel with a form attached.
How much does ethics software cost?
In this category, eleven of fifteen platforms publish no entry price. Of those that do, starting points range from roughly 29 € to 99 € per month for a reporting channel, with audit logs and single sign-on often gated to higher tiers. A full ethics programme with conflicts and gifts registers is quoted rather than priced.
What deadlines apply once a report is received?
Under Directive 2019/1937 the reporting person must be acknowledged within seven days and receive feedback within three months, extendable to six in complex cases. Deadline tracking is recorded as a capability on every entry, because a channel that cannot show the timer cannot evidence compliance.
How is this directory funded?
It is not. No vendor pays for a listing, a position or a score, there is no affiliate revenue, and outbound links carry a utm_source parameter only so vendors can attribute traffic. Vendors can correct any fact or dispute any score, and every correction is dated on the entry.