# EQS Integrity Line

> EQS Integrity Line — from €50–100 a month, EU-hosted. Independent profile: vendor-published facts, each with its source and the date it was checked.

Canonical: https://whistleblowertools.eu/tools/integrityline/
Last updated: 2026-10-24

## Notable

- EQS publishes three packages: Essential, Professional, and Enterprise.
- EQS' main site states 14,000+ customers around the globe; this appears to be an EQS Group platform-scale claim, not an Integrity Line-only count.
- Prices differ by country page (checked 2026-10-24): UK Essential from £85 / month and Professional from £170 / month; France Essential from 99 € / month and Professional from 200 € / month; Spanish home page Essential from 99 € / month and Professional from 129 € / month. The German and Spanish package pages show no prices, and the global English package URL returns 404. Enterprise is on request. No page states VAT or billing term.
- Essential has a public free-trial CTA. Professional and Enterprise use Book a demo. The UK FAQ says out-of-the-box setups can be ready within a few days and customised setups usually take 4 to 8 weeks.
- Package features include anonymous dialogue, over 80 reporting languages, case management, automated or configurable translation, deadline monitoring, case documentation, 2FA, and European ISO 27001-certified hosting.
- The security page states EQS Group and data centres are ISO 27001 certified, the hotline has ISAE 3000 Type I and II audits, the Munich East data centre hosts the system, and EQS says it cannot access customer or whistleblower data.
- The UK packages FAQ states that no IP addresses, location data or device details are stored, that reports are encrypted with PGP 2048-bit RSA, and that the key is in the customer's hand.
- The features page lists a revision log per case and activity, Excel download of cases, and handler-created cases from a letter, email, phone call or meeting.
- EQS' product counts differ by page: the home page says 4000 customers use Integrity Line, the product page says over 2,500.
- Public pages reviewed did not disclose API access, a public DPA, or a public subprocessor list.

## Data Legal Drive - 2026-09-25

EQS bought the French compliance-software vendor **Data Legal Drive** (RGPD plus DLD Sapin II, the French anti-corruption and internal-alert product) in 2024 for €35m against roughly €5m ARR. The brand is now being absorbed: `datalegaldrive.com` returns 301 to `www.eqs.com/fr`, and the Sapin II product page redirects to the EQS anti-corruption solution page, which markets a "dispositif d'alerte professionnelle" and names Integrity Line as the product behind it. Only legacy blog and legal pages still resolve on the old domain.

No separate directory entry is warranted, on the same reasoning that keeps EthicsPoint and WhistleB inside the NAVEX entry: a retired brand pointing at this product is this product. The old brand names redirect here instead.

The French-market consequence for a buyer is simply that EQS entered France by acquisition rather than by localisation, so a French organisation evaluating "Data Legal Drive" today is evaluating EQS.

Their French-law coverage survived the move. `integrityline.com/fr/` names Loi Sapin 2, Loi Waserman and Directive 2019/1937 in its own heading, and eqs.com/fr carries a Sapin 2 resource hub, so France and the French laws are recorded here alongside Germany and the UK. An earlier draft of this section claimed the Sapin II mapping had not reappeared under the EQS brand; that was inferred from one solution page that happens not to name it, and it is wrong.

- Expired certificate: ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (DQS), expired 2025-05-08; checked 2026-10-24. [Evidence](https://whistleblowertools.eu/evidence/2026-10-24/integrityline-iso27001-certificate.png).

## Facts

- website: https://www.integrityline.com

- headquarters: Munich, Germany

- pricing: Prices vary by country page. UK package page: Essential from £85 / month, Professional from £170 / month. French package page: Essential from 99 € / month, Professional from 200 € / month. Spanish home page: Essential from 99 € / month, Professional from 129 € / month (the Spanish package page shows no prices). German package page shows no prices; the global English package URL returned 404. Enterprise on request everywhere. No page states VAT or the billing term.

- pricing note: Essential offers a free trial (UK: Start free trial; FR: Demander un essai gratuit), trial length not stated. Professional and Enterprise are demo-led. Telephone reporting channel, training and machine translation are on Professional and Enterprise only.

- languages: 80

- founded: 2000

- domain registered: 2012-01-21

- ownership: Private — owned by Thoma Bravo since February 2024, delisted from the Frankfurt open market that year. Acquired Data Legal Drive SAS (RCS Nanterre B 839 793 791, Levallois-Perret) in 2024 for €35m.

- customers: 14,000+ customers across the EQS Group platform (vendor claim)

- product scope: suite_module

- suite name: EQS Compliance COCKPIT

- encryption: e2e

- ideal for: Organizations wanting an EQS suite module with EU hosting, over 80 reporting languages, accessibility certification, and an Essential free trial.

- last verified: 2026-10-24

- legal entity: EQS Group GmbH

- company id: VAT DE208208257

| Capability | Published evidence |
| --- | --- |
| anonymous reporting | Yes |
| case management | Yes |
| multi channel | Yes |
| api access | Not published |
| free trial | Yes |
| two factor auth | Yes |
| audit log | Not published |
| uses ai | Yes |

EQS Group's main site markets AI-powered case management for its suite. Integrity Line pages reviewed on 2026-10-24 name integrated machine translation of reports but no other AI features.

## certifications

- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (DQS 541715 ISMS22)

- ISAE 3000 Type I and II

- WACA Bronze

## national laws supported

- EU Directive 2019/1937

- Germany (HinSchG)

- United Kingdom (PIDA)

- France (Sapin II / Loi Waserman)

## strengths

- 80+ reporting languages with automated or configurable translation

- ISAE 3000 Type I/II audits and WACA Bronze accessibility certification

- Anonymous dialogue, no IP/location/device data storage, and Europe-hosted ISO 27001-certified data storage

## Assessment

Base score: 27/50. Access tier: P. Reviewed: 2026-05-24.

Public pages only. Essential free trial was not exercised.

### Is EQS Integrity Line suitable for SMEs under 250 employees?

Likely yes — EQS Integrity Line's entry-tier pricing sits in the €50–100/month band, workable for most 50–249-employee organisations. Prices vary by country page. UK package page: Essential from £85 / month, Professional from £170 / month. French package page: Essential from 99 € / month, Professional from 200 € / month. Spanish home page: Essential from 99 € / month, Professional from 129 € / month (the Spanish package page shows no prices). German package page shows no prices; the global English package URL returned 404. Enterprise on request everywhere. No page states VAT or the billing term. Organizations wanting an EQS suite module with EU hosting, over 80 reporting languages, accessibility certification, and an Essential free trial.

### Which national whistleblower laws does EQS Integrity Line explicitly reference?

EQS Integrity Line explicitly cites the following national transpositions of Directive 2019/1937 in its public materials: EU Directive 2019/1937, Germany (HinSchG), United Kingdom (PIDA), France (Sapin II / Loi Waserman). Absence from this list does not mean the platform can't be used in other EU jurisdictions — all 27 member states have transposed the Directive. Verify jurisdictional fit with the vendor directly.

### Does EQS Integrity Line process whistleblower report content with AI?

Yes — EQS Integrity Line processes report content with AI (typically for translation, summarisation, or classification). If your compliance posture requires keeping disclosures out of third-party LLMs or machine-translation services, confirm data-processing terms and vendor subprocessors before procurement. EQS Group's main site markets AI-powered case management for its suite. Integrity Line pages reviewed on 2026-10-24 name integrated machine translation of reports but no other AI features.

## Sources

- https://www.eqs.com/

- https://www.integrityline.com/product/

- https://www.integrityline.com/en-gb/product/packages/

- https://www.integrityline.com/fr/produit/tarifs/

- https://www.integrityline.com/es/

- https://www.integrityline.com/de/produkt/pakete/

- https://www.integrityline.com/features/

- https://www.eqs.com/about-eqs/

- https://www.integrityline.com/security/

- https://www.eqs-news.com/news/corporate/eqs-group-nimmt-exklusive-verhandlungen-zur-uebernahme-von-data-legal-drive-auf/77442d26-a35b-4296-92dd-6b826d28be98_en

- https://www.eqs.com/fr/solutions-by-objective/conformite-abac/

- https://www.integrityline.com/fr/

- https://www.eqs.com/fr/ressources-compliance/loi-sapin-2/

- https://www.thomabravo.com/press-releases/thoma-bravo-announces-closing-of-eqs-acquisition

- https://datalegaldrive.com/mentions-legales/