HinSchG Meldungen

German-language whistleblowing channel offered as a fully outsourced managed service or a self-managed white-label platform, with public pricing from EUR 24.90/month.

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Not rated. hinschg-meldungen.de no longer serves a site: the domain resolves to Shopify infrastructure, https:// returns no response at all, http:// answers 409, and the www host does not resolve (verified 2026-09-18). Kept in the directory as a reviewed-but-unusable listing.

Rubric score

20 / 50

Evidence tier P

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

How this score is produced →

Facts

Website: hinschg-meldungen.de(opens in new tab)
Headquarters: Troisdorf, Germany
Hosting: IONOS SE (Germany); vendor states German servers
Pricing: PaaS (self-managed) EUR 24.90/month on annual billing plus a EUR 990 one-time setup fee. Outsourcing (managed) EUR 24.90/month (1-49), EUR 53.90 (50-99), EUR 74.90 (100-249), EUR 89.90 (250-499), EUR 114.90 (500-1,000), all on annual billing; 1,000+ employees and municipalities of 10,000+ residents are quote-only.
Prices are stated as monthly amounts on an annual billing basis. E-learning modules (compliance, data protection, information security, AI) cost EUR 49.90 each and are sold only to existing platform customers. A custom PaaS build is quote-only. A five-year price guarantee is noted for the 1-49 outsourcing tier. No free trial found; a free consultation booking is offered instead.
Languages on reporting form: Not published
Ownership: Private - HinSchG Meldungen GbR (Troisdorf, Germany)
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

None published

National laws referenced

EU Directive 2019/1937
Germany (HinSchG)

Typical buyer

German SMEs, financial and AML-obligated entities, and public-law bodies wanting either a fully outsourced whistleblowing channel or a self-managed white-label platform priced by headcount.

Distinctive features

map[Two delivery models are publicly offered:fully outsourced managed processing and a self-managed white-label platform]
Outsourcing pricing is published in full headcount tiers, with only the 1,000+ and large-municipality tiers left quote-only
Positioned as HinSchG- and GDPR-compliant, implementing EU Directive 2019/1937
Written, verbal, and (on request) in-person channels are offered alongside the digital platform
Anonymous reporting is supported where technically feasible, and the vendor states German servers via IONOS

Add-ons and conditions

Costs or terms not included in the headline price.

The self-managed platform carries a EUR 990 one-time setup fee on top of the monthly price
Prices are quoted monthly but billed annually; no true month-to-month contract was found on public pages reviewed
No free trial; procurement runs through a free consultation booking
E-learning add-ons are sold only to existing platform customers
No ISO 27001 or other security certification was found on public pages reviewed
The operator is a GbR (civil partnership) with no VAT ID or commercial-register number shown in the Impressum

Notable

Operated by HinSchG Meldungen GbR, a civil partnership based at Poststr. 67, 53840 Troisdorf, Germany, with partners Marco Fütterer, Darius Finocchietti, and René Dreiling; the Impressum shows no VAT ID or commercial-register number.
Two delivery models are offered publicly: an outsourcing (managed) model where an external operator runs the platform and processes cases, and a self-managed white-label platform (described as PaaS) where the client handles cases on the vendor’s portal.
Targets German organizations of 50-249 and 250+ employees (both now in scope of HinSchG), offers a 1-49 tier optionally, and highlights financial and AML-obligated (GwG) entities and public-law bodies.
The reporting channel is offered in written, verbal, and (on request) in-person forms alongside the digital platform; anonymous reporting is supported where technically feasible and is strongly recommended.
Positioning claims HinSchG and GDPR (DSGVO) compliance and implementation of EU Directive 2019/1937; the statutory 7-day acknowledgment and 3-month feedback deadlines are referenced.
Self-managed platform pricing is EUR 24.90/month on annual billing plus a EUR 990 one-time setup fee including onboarding; features listed include a custom portal, anonymous reporting, multi-language support, encrypted communication, document templates, and file uploads.
Outsourcing pricing is tiered by headcount: EUR 24.90 (1-49), EUR 53.90 (50-99), EUR 74.90 (100-249), EUR 89.90 (250-499), and EUR 114.90 (500-1,000) per month on annual billing; 1,000+ employees and municipalities of 10,000+ residents are quote-only.
E-learning modules (compliance, data protection, information security, AI) cost EUR 49.90 each and are sold only to existing platform customers; a custom PaaS build is quote-only.
The privacy policy names IONOS SE (Montabaur, Germany) as the hosting provider and references a data-processing agreement (AVV); the vendor states German servers.
No ISO 27001 or other security certification, no two-factor reporter access, no configurable retention with automatic deletion, and no free trial were found on the public pages reviewed.

Frequently asked questions about HinSchG Meldungen

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

Is HinSchG Meldungen suitable for SMEs under 250 employees?

Yes — HinSchG Meldungen's entry-tier pricing is published under €50/month, inside the range most 50–249-employee organisations budget for a reporting channel. PaaS (self-managed) EUR 24.90/month on annual billing plus a EUR 990 one-time setup fee. Outsourcing (managed) EUR 24.90/month (1-49), EUR 53.90 (50-99), EUR 74.90 (100-249), EUR 89.90 (250-499), EUR 114.90 (500-1,000), all on annual billing; 1,000+ employees and municipalities of 10,000+ residents are quote-only. German SMEs, financial and AML-obligated entities, and public-law bodies wanting either a fully outsourced whistleblowing channel or a self-managed white-label platform priced by headcount.

Which national whistleblower laws does HinSchG Meldungen explicitly reference?

HinSchG Meldungen explicitly cites the following national transpositions of Directive 2019/1937 in its public materials: EU Directive 2019/1937, Germany (HinSchG). 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 HinSchG Meldungen process whistleblower report content with AI?

No — HinSchG Meldungen 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.