Qnister Whistle

Swedish whistleblowing service with published SEK tier pricing (Swedish market), ISO 27001 certification, Swedish servers, and an optional external-lawyer receiver function.

Vendor-reviewed

Rubric score

21 / 50

Evidence tier P

Public pages only. No reporter submission or handler environment was reviewed.

How this score is produced →

Facts

Website: www.qnister.com/en/solutions/whistleblowing(opens in new tab)
Headquarters: Sweden (Jönköping)
Pricing: Swedish-market pricing: 695 SEK/month for 0-99 employees, 895 SEK/month for 100-249 employees, 1,295 SEK/month for 250-999 employees; 1,000+ quote-based.
Prices and the external-receiver licence apply to the Swedish market; other EU markets are quoted separately. 12-month licence period; cancellation must be made at least 3 months before renewal. Implementation fee 4,995 SEK; additional channel 695 SEK/month; additional language 295 SEK/month; investigation add-on 2,895 SEK/hour.
Languages on reporting form: Not published
Domain registered: March 2017 qnister.com
Ownership: Qnister AB, now part of Aunetic
Product scope: Standalone whistleblower product

Measured, not published

Established by checking the vendor's own infrastructure rather than by reading its marketing. Every figure here can be reproduced from the links given.

DMARC policy: None published
DNSSEC: Unsigned

Capabilities

Anonymous reporting ✓
Multi-channel intake ✓
Public API ✗
Free trial ✗
Two-factor authentication —
Audit log —
EU Directive 2019/1937 (vendor claim) ✓

✓ published by the vendor · ✗ vendor states it is not offered · — not published either way

Certifications

ISO 27001

National laws referenced

Sweden (Lag om skydd för personer som rapporterar om missförhållanden)
EU Directive 2019/1937

Typical buyer

Swedish organisations that want a simple directive-compliant tool plus the option to outsource report triage to an assigned lawyer.

Distinctive features

ISO 27001 certification and GDPR alignment
Swedish-hosted servers
500+ customers cited
Optional external-lawyer receiver function (Swedish market) for organisations without internal capacity
Public SEK pricing (Swedish market) and starter-package templates

Add-ons and conditions

Costs or terms not included in the headline price.

Implementation fee of 4,995 SEK is separate from monthly licence price
Additional reporting channels and additional languages are paid add-ons
Public pages reviewed state several languages but do not disclose a language count

Notable

Qnister positions the product as a simple, directive-compliant tool rather than a broad ethics-and-compliance suite.
Optional “external receiver” add-on routes incoming reports to an assigned lawyer at Qnister’s partner firm.
ISO 27001 certified with Swedish server hosting; daily backups and penetration testing referenced.
Starter packages include templates and policies on top of the platform.
Public pricing is published in SEK and includes a separate implementation fee plus paid add-ons for extra channels and languages. The published prices and the external-receiver licence reflect the Swedish market; other EU markets are quoted separately.
Public pages reviewed state several languages, but no language count was found.
Qnister is now part of Aunetic. The Qnister Whistle page still sells the product under Qnister branding, but carries a notice directing buyers to aunetic.com, where the same product is listed as “Whistle” with no published pricing and a demo-only buying flow. The SEK rate card below is published by Qnister, not by Aunetic.
No public API documentation or subprocessor list was found on public pages reviewed.

Frequently asked questions about Qnister Whistle

Answers derived from vendor-published materials dated on this page.

Is Qnister Whistle suitable for SMEs under 250 employees?

Likely yes — Qnister Whistle's entry-tier pricing sits in the €50–100/month band, workable for most 50–249-employee organisations. Swedish-market pricing: 695 SEK/month for 0-99 employees, 895 SEK/month for 100-249 employees, 1,295 SEK/month for 250-999 employees; 1,000+ quote-based. Swedish organisations that want a simple directive-compliant tool plus the option to outsource report triage to an assigned lawyer.

Which national whistleblower laws does Qnister Whistle explicitly reference?

Qnister Whistle explicitly cites the following national transpositions of Directive 2019/1937 in its public materials: Sweden (Lag om skydd för personer som rapporterar om missförhållanden), EU Directive 2019/1937. 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 Qnister Whistle process whistleblower report content with AI?

No — Qnister Whistle does not process report content with AI or machine translation per its vendor materials. Verify the vendor's subprocessor list to confirm no downstream AI processing occurs.