> Compare EthicsPortal and NAVEX for EU whistleblower compliance. See how the US enterprise giant stacks up against a focused EU alternative. Source: https://ethicsportal.eu/compare/navex/ Updated: 2026-08-24 --- # EthicsPortal vs. NAVEX NAVEX Global is a US-based governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform backed by Goldman Sachs and Blackstone. With 1,000-5,000 employees, $293M in revenue, and 13,000 organizations on their platform — including 75% of the Fortune 100 — NAVEX is the largest player in the compliance software space. Their whistleblower hotline is one piece of a much broader GRC suite covering policy management, third-party risk, and ethics training. ## Quick comparison | Feature | EthicsPortal | NAVEX | |---|---|---| | **Pricing** | €41.67/mo billed annually | Not public — estimated €25,000+/year, enterprise custom | | **Portal activation** | Self-service, minutes | Enterprise sales process | | **Encryption** | Yes (encrypted at rest) | Yes | | **EU hosting** | Yes (Hetzner, Germany) | US-based (EU hosting unclear) | | **File metadata stripping** | Yes (EXIF, GPS, author info) | Not publicly documented | | **IP anonymization** | Yes (one-way hash, no storage) | Not publicly documented | | **Audit trail** | Yes, append-only | Yes | | **Deadline tracking** | Yes (7-day and 3-month with notifications) | Yes | | **PDF export** | Yes | Yes | | **Oral / voice reporting** | Yes (in-portal voice recording, automatically voice-anonymized) | Yes (phone hotline) | | **Read-only auditor role** | Yes (viewer role) | Yes | | **Data export (GDPR Art. 20)** | Yes (full-tenant ZIP, audit-logged) | Not publicly documented | | **Structured intake** | Yes — 5 built-in Directive-aligned questions, all optional | Configurable custom forms (admin-built) | | **Languages** | 12 EU official languages | 150+ languages | ## Where NAVEX is strong - **Market dominance.** 75% of the Fortune 100 use NAVEX. That level of adoption means deep enterprise integrations, extensive case law coverage, and a vendor that procurement teams already know. - **150+ languages.** The broadest language support in the market, critical for truly global enterprises with operations in every region. - **Comprehensive GRC platform.** If you need whistleblowing, policy management, ethics training, and third-party risk in a single vendor, NAVEX covers it all. ## Where EthicsPortal is different - **Published price.** EthicsPortal is €41.67/month billed annually, published up front. NAVEX does not publish pricing; contracts are estimated at €25,000+/year and negotiated through enterprise procurement. For an SME, a flat published rate keeps the compliance budget predictable. - **EU-hosted, EU-focused.** EthicsPortal is hosted on Hetzner in Germany, built specifically for EU Directive 2019/1937 compliance. NAVEX is a US-based company with US-centric infrastructure, which raises data residency questions for EU organizations. - **Privacy by default.** File metadata stripping and IP anonymization are built into every account. No enterprise contract negotiation required to get privacy features that should be standard. Oral reports submitted as in-portal voice recordings are automatically voice-anonymized --- the reporter's true voice is pitch-shifted and the original audio purged after processing. - **Directive features in the single plan.** Oral reporting (Art. 9(2)(b)), a read-only auditor/legal-counsel role, report categories mapped to Directive Art. 2(1), structured intake questions mapped to Art. 4 and Art. 19, and a full GDPR Art. 20 data export are part of the flat €41.67/month plan (billed annually) --- not a tier upgrade or enterprise add-on. - **Built-in structured intake.** EthicsPortal ships five optional, Directive-aligned intake questions (relationship to the organization, source of knowledge, timing, prior reporting, retaliation concern) as a default guided step, with retaliation surfaced to handlers as an urgency badge. NAVEX supports custom web report forms an organization configures itself; the questions are not a shipped Directive-aligned default. - **Focused operating surface.** EthicsPortal limits the workflow to Directive reporting: portal configuration, secure intake, deadline tracking, case handling, and exports. ## Who should choose NAVEX NAVEX is the right choice for Fortune 500 companies that need a comprehensive GRC platform spanning whistleblowing, policy management, and third-party risk. If your organization operates in 100+ countries, needs 150+ languages, has a dedicated compliance department, and has the budget for enterprise software, NAVEX has the scale to match. ## Who should choose EthicsPortal EthicsPortal is for European SMEs that need EU whistleblower compliance, not a full GRC suite. If the requirement is a Directive 2019/1937 reporting channel rather than a global ethics platform, EthicsPortal provides the narrower operating model at a published €41.67/month price (billed annually). --- [Deploy your reporting channel →](/pricing/)