Hintbox

Name

Hintbox

Legal name

lawcode GmbH

Website

https://hintbox.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Compliance Management Software (Whistleblower Management)

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Policy Management, Training & Ethics/Whistleblowing (BPAEAPAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Insider Threat Program Design & Risk Assessments (BPAKADAM)

Keywords

• Whistleblower management software
• Compliance management platform
• Anonymous reporting system
• Regulatory compliance software
• Case management SaaS

Headquarters

HQ city

Koblenz

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription (Basic Hintbox): Monthly or annual subscription providing access to the digital whistleblower system. Annual billing at €1,188 (excl. VAT) offers a discounted rate vs. monthly at €99/month. Subscription includes unlimited users, multi-client capability, case management, multilingual support, and core security features.
2. SaaS Subscription (Premium Hintbox): Enhanced subscription tier at €149/month with annual billing available. Includes all Basic features plus dynamic no-code forms, granular rights management, collaboration features (live chat/comments), SSO (optional), and additional white-label domain options.
3. Ombuds Solution (Partner Reseller): White-label reseller program for lawyers, tax advisors, auditors, and compliance consultants. Three tiers: Free, Standard (€59/month), and Professional (€99/month). Partners purchase Hintbox licenses at discounted rates (starting at €79-99/month) and resell to their clients.
4. Optional Add-Ons: Optional paid extras: digital whistleblower hotline (telephone number), email conversion gateway, hosting under customer domain, custom onboarding, individual training sessions, and additional translation character contingent (€50 per million characters).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Hintbox is a cloud-based SaaS whistleblower management system that enables organizations to receive, process, and respond to anonymous or confidential reports of legal or compliance violations. The platform provides multi-channel intake (web form, VoiceBot telephone hotline, email gateway), AI-powered multilingual translation, integrated case management with automated regulatory deadline tracking, end-to-end encryption, and ISO-27001 certified hosting in Germany. It is sold as a subscription product in Basic and Premium tiers, with an optional Ombuds Solution white-label reseller program for compliance professionals.

Product overview

Hintbox is a cloud-based digital whistleblowing system provided by lawcode GmbH as a SaaS solution (off-premise). The product is offered in two tiers: Basic Hintbox (from €99/month) as the core system providing anonymous reporting, case management, multilingual support, and end-to-end encryption; and Premium Hintbox (from €134.10/month) which extends the Basic with dynamic no-code forms, collaboration/task management, granular rights, and optional SSO. The Ombuds Solution (Free/Standard/Professional tiers) is a white-label reseller platform for compliance professionals to manage multiple client hintboxes. Optional add-ons include a Digital Whistleblower Hotline (VoiceBot) for telephone reporting and Email Conversion for email-to-case intake. All tiers share the same ISO 27001 certified infrastructure, multilingual (31 languages) auto-translation via DeepL, and case management dashboard.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• lawcode Suite: A comprehensive compliance management suite that includes Hintbox as an integrated component, covering HinSchG (whistleblower protection), LkSG (supply chain due diligence), CSRD (sustainability reporting), and Policy Manager functionality.

Products and services

• Basic Hintbox
• Premium Hintbox Enhanced subscription tier that adds dynamic no-code form creation for custom use cases (e.g., supply chain complaint management), dynamic task management with collaboration features (live chat, comments), granular rights assignment, user-defined fields, additional white-label domain options, and optional Single Sign-On (OpenID Connect). For complex organisations requiring custom workflows and integrations.
• Digital Whistleblower Hotline (VoiceBot) Optional telephone reporting add-on that provides an individual phone number (e.g., 0800 number for Germany/Austria, international UIFN, or custom numbers) via a VoiceBot which automatically routes incoming calls as cases into the Hintbox case management dashboard. For organisations that want a non-digital reporting channel.
• Email Conversion to Hintbox Optional email-to-case add-on where incoming emails sent to a dedicated company address are automatically ingested into Hintbox case management, providing an additional reporting channel alongside the web form and VoiceBot.
• Ombuds Solution White-label partner/reseller platform that enables lawyers, tax advisors, auditors, and compliance consultants to book and manage Hintbox licenses for their own clients, with optional white-label domain hosting, a multi-client dashboard, and tiered partner pricing (Free, Standard €59/month, Professional €99/month). Targets compliance professionals who want to offer whistleblower-as-a-service to their client base.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99.9% availability SLA
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• lawcode GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHintbox is developed and operated by lawcode GmbH, a compliance technology company based in Koblenz, Germany. lawcode GmbH owns the Hintbox brand and provides the underlying compliance software infrastructure. lawcode also offers the broader 'lawcode Suite' product family covering Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz (HinSchG), Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz (LkSG), CSRD, and Policy Management, with Hintbox as an integrated component.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• NAVEX Global: The largest global provider of ethics, compliance and whistleblower hotline SaaS (including the acquired WhistleB and Convercent platforms). Directly comparable product category, target buyer (compliance officers) and recurring subscription model, but at vastly greater scale and geographic reach than Hintbox.
• EQS Group: German-listed compliance SaaS provider offering Integrity Line whistleblower solutions alongside broader GRC and IR products. Closely comparable as a DACH-headquartered whistleblower software vendor, now operating under private equity ownership and competing for the same HinSchG/LkSG-driven buyers.
• Sygnal: European whistleblower and speak-up SaaS vendor with comparable multi-channel reporting, case management and ISO-certified infrastructure. Targets similar mid-market and enterprise compliance buyers across the EU.
• Business Keeper Monitoring Center: Berlin-based whistleblower hotline and case management provider serving German and European mid-market and enterprise customers. Directly comparable product set, DACH focus and compliance-led GTM motion.
• People Intouch (SpeakUp): Dutch provider of the SpeakUp whistleblower hotline and integrity platform, serving European and global organizations. Comparable as a Europe-based whistleblower SaaS with multi-channel intake and case management aimed at HinSchG/EU Directive compliance.

Others

• SAI360: Governance, risk and compliance platform explicitly co-branded with Hintbox (Hintbox_x_SAI360). Closely related as an integration/GTM partner and adjacent GRC vendor, but not a direct whistleblower SaaS competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Resolver: Risk and incident management SaaS that includes ethics/whistleblower case handling as part of a broader GRC platform. Comparable buyer (compliance/risk leaders) and overlap in case management workflows, though its core focus is broader risk and audit use cases.
• OneTrust: Large ethics, privacy and compliance platform that includes whistleblower/ethics case management within a much broader GRC suite. Competes with Hintbox for enterprise GRC budget but at significantly greater scale and product breadth.

Emerging players

• DataGuard: Munich-based compliance SaaS provider (now including the former EQS Integrity Line assets) offering whistleblower and HinSchG compliance solutions to German mid-market and enterprise. Overlaps heavily with Hintbox's DACH compliance buyer base and product positioning.
• IntegrityLog: Cloud-based whistleblower and ethics reporting system serving SMB and mid-market organizations. Directly comparable product category and target buyer segment, but with a smaller scale and feature set than Hintbox.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/hintbox.eu
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hintbox-eu

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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