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2 categories · Ranked

NAVEX One

107Judge labels

23First choices

29Negative labels

14 / 14Models named it

2Categories

October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.7, every buyer segment counted.

Best standing

35% in Whistleblowing for enterprise buyers

Rank 3 of 107 in the mid-market standingaccepted challenger

1 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 22% of its 36 labels there were negative.

What the models named instead of NAVEX One →

By buyer segmentAn enterprise product: leader at enterprise, not named at small business.

Small business79 of 79

criticized challenger

In whistleblowing · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading

Standing by category

Every category where a model named NAVEX One for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.

Category	Function	Share	Rank	Negative rate	Labels	Quadrant	Since September 2026
Whistleblowing and investigations	Core HR and payroll	8%	3 of 107	22%	36	accepted challenger
HR help desk and case management	Onboarding and employee experience	0%	78 of 108	0%	1	under 10 labels · led by Zoho Desk at 19%	goneNot named this edition; 0% in September 2026.

Movement

This is the first edition on this tier, so no move can be computed for NAVEX One yet. From the next edition this section shows, per buyer segment and per category, whether its share moved by more than the measured noise floor.

By model

How each model treated NAVEX One across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.

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Model	First choice	Alternative	Mention	Negative	Labels
Claude Haiku 4.5	0	0	1	0	1
GPT-5.4 mini	2	0	0	0	2
Gemini 3.5 Flash	1	0	1	1	3
Perplexity Sonar	0	2	0	0	2
Grok 4.1 Fast	0	2	0	0	2
Mistral Small	0	0	1	0	1
DeepSeek V4 Flash	1	1	1	2	5
Llama 4 Maverick	0	1	0	0	1
Qwen 3.7 Flash	2	0	0	2	4
Kimi K2	1	0	1	2	4
GLM 4.7 FlashX	1	1	0	1	3
MiniMax M2.5	2	0	1	0	3
GPT-6 Luna	1	2	0	0	3
Muse Glimmer 30B	1	0	2	0	3

By framing

Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.

FramingLabels by classFirst choices

Direct24 labels11

Paraphrase16 labels8

Comparative25 labels17not counted in share

Budget-constrained16 labels4

Scale-constrained16 labelsNone

Negative10 labels1not counted in share

First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative107 labels in all, every segment counted; 23 of the 41 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.

What the models said for it

Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.

“NAVEX is the incumbent leader, particularly for public companies and organizations subject to strict regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Whistleblowing · comparative prompt · first choice

“Best for: Large multinational enterprises requiring comprehensive compliance suites ... Industry-leading scale with 10M+ reports processed” Kimi K2 · Whistleblowing · comparative prompt · first choice

“The "Gold Standard" All-in-One: NAVEX One (EthicsPoint) ... its "One" platform scales well for mid-sized firms that plan to grow.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Whistleblowing · paraphrase prompt · first choice

“I'd suggest starting with Convercent/OneTrust or NAVEX Global as they offer scalable solutions with strong case management” MiniMax M2.5 · Whistleblowing · paraphrase prompt · first choice

And against it

Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.

“Avoid enterprise platforms like NAVEX (thousands per month)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Whistleblowing · budget prompt · hard negative

“Avoid NAVEX One unless you need the full GRC stack ... it can be disproportionately expensive and complex for mid-market needs.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Whistleblowing · direct prompt · soft negative

“it is often not the best fit for a mid-market B2B company... expensive, the interface can feel outdated” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Whistleblowing · direct prompt · soft negative

“Generally overkill for mid-market unless you already use NAVEX for other GRC needs.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Whistleblowing · direct prompt · soft negative

Named alongside

The products named in the same answers as NAVEX One, over the 106 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and NAVEX One was named but was not.

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ProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head

Whistlelink44 of 10611Compare →

FaceUp43 of 10614Compare →

Whispli35 of 1066Compare →

SpeakUp31 of 1063Not among the top eight

Case IQ30 of 1063Compare →

EQS Integrity Line29 of 1061Not among the top eight

Whistleblower Software28 of 1063Compare →

EthicsPoint23 of 1060Not among the top eight

Ethico21 of 1061Not among the top eight

AllVoices20 of 1062Compare →

A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.

What carried it into the answer

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named NAVEX One. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 100 of the 106 answers that named NAVEX One and are not a share of its labels.

Domains cited

navex.comYour site70

ordio.com60

faceup.com58

whistlelink.com56

g2.com48

guideflow.com48

gartner.com37

firsthr.app36

speakup.com35

elker.com30

408 of the 478 domain citations in answers naming NAVEX One came from somebody else's page.

Pages cited

ordio.com/en/insights/guides/whistleblowing-software58

navex.com/en-us/platform/whistleblowing-software-solutions46

guideflow.com/blog/whistleblowing-software41

firsthr.app/compare/general/whistleblower-platform36

gartner.com/reviews/market/whistleblowing-software36

faceup.com/en/blog/best-whistleblowing-software-tools35

elker.com/articles/whistleblowing-software30

whistlelink.com/en-us/blog/best-whistleblowing-software-2026-top-rated-digital-solutions29

Pages are listed as the models cited them.

Search and answers

navex.com ranks first on Google for the category's searches. In the answers, NAVEX One takes 8% of first choices and FaceUp takes 25%.

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In search

Google, US estimates

Position for “whistleblowing and investigation platform”

Position for “whistleblowing and investigation platforms”

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not in the top ten

Searches for its name, Google: 390 a month (“navex one”)
AI search demand for its name, est.: 3 a month
Organic visits to its site: about 21,159 a month
Searches its site ranks for: 2,612 · 303 in the top three
Sites linking to it: 4,971
Paid Google search: No ads found in the estimate; that does not mean it runs none

Ads on GoogleDetailLess

120+ ads · 114 text, 6 image · 48 shown in the last 30 days

First shown January 2024, as NAVEX Global, Inc., verified. Ads started 2025-10 to 2026-09: 64 in the year, 56 before.

On Google's pages: 1 2 3 4

In answers

This edition

Share of first choices

rank 3 of 107 in whistleblowing

Segment leader

25%

FaceUp

First choices: 23 across its categories
Named in: 106 answers
Its own site cited: in 100 of the answers that named it

Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read September 28, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.

What it publishes

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Addresses on navex.com

7,232

subdomains included

Content

2,564

counted in the table below

Documentation

Product · Integration

507 · 0

Kind	Pages	Last 90 days	Latest
Blog	1,045	2	2026-09-28
Report or ebook	518	undated
News or press	477	22	2026-09-28
Webinar or virtual event	293	undated
Case study	148	undated
Comparison	29	0	2026-05-19
Template or tool	21	undated
Conference or event	20	0	2026-02-05
Glossary or explainer	13	4	2026-08-17

Most recent

2026-09-28Navex named a 2026 top workplace by the oregonian news or press
2026-09-28Navex launches nira labs to accelerate ai capabilities risk and compliance teams actually need news or press
2026-09-28Your conflict of interest questions answered blog
2026-09-28Navex launches nira labs to accelerate ai capabilities risk and compliance teams actually need news or press
2026-09-28Your conflict of interest questions answered blog
2026-09-16Internal reporting in france fear of career repercussions remains the primary barrier to speaking up news or press

Events in person

Upcoming

October 13, 2026NAVEX User Group Meeting140 Broadway, New York City · hosts

Last twelve months

September 22, 2026NAVEX User Group MeetingRenaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot, Minneapolis · hosted
June 23, 2026NAVEX User Group MeetingMidland Hotel, Chicago · hosted
May 20, 2026NAVEX User Group MeetingSignia Hotel, San Jose · hosted
April 14, 2026NAVEX User Group MeetingRenaissance Atlanta Midtown Hotel, Atlanta · hosted
February 26, 2026NAVEX User Group MeetingThe Joule, Dallas · hosted
February 26, 2026Dallas NAVEX User Group MeetingThe Joule Hotel, Dallas, US · hosted

As the event pages on navex.com state them, read September 28, 2026.

How it is countedHide how it is counted

Every page navex.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.

Names read as NAVEX One

What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as NAVEX One; a claim can dispute any of them.

NAVEX 13NAVEX One (EthicsPoint) 3NAVEX One / EthicsPoint 3NAVEX One / EthicsPoint Professional 2Navex One 2NAVEX (EthicsPoint / NAVEX One) 1NAVEX (EthicsPoint Essentials) 1NAVEX (NAVEX One / EthicsPoint / WhistleB) 1NAVEX / EQS Integrity Line 1NAVEX EthicsPoint / NAVEX One 1NAVEX Global (EthicsPoint) 1NAVEX One (EthicsPoint Essentials) 1NAVEX One (Whistleblowing Module) 1Navex 1Navex (formerly EthicsPoint) 1

Follow NAVEX One

An email the morning each edition publishes: where this product moved, where it held, and by how much against the noise floor. One address, confirmed by a click; a stop link in every email.

Already following? Everything you follow, with a stop for each.

The company

NAVEX One is its own company.

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In its own words

Stated by the vendor, not checked

Positioning: helps organizations manage risk, strengthen compliance programs, and connect governance, risk and compliance activities in one platform
navex.com
For: organizations
navex.com
Price stated: custom pricing navex.com/en-us/small-business/pricing
Customers named: St. Croix HospiceCastolin EutecticCADCADAICDL Nuclear TechnologiesMiniklubPythianVishranth & Karthik
Not stated on the pages read: Starting price, free plan or trial, integrations, certifications, hosting

What NAVEX One's own pages state, read October 5, 2026: navex.com, navex.com/en-us/small-business/pricing, navex.com/en-us/resources/audiences/compliance, navex.com/en-us/platform, navex.com/en-us/company/customers. A claimed page can correct any of them.

Is this your product?

Claim this page

Claiming is free and changes nothing in the data. A claimed page shows a verified contact who is told when each edition publishes and when NAVEX One's standing changes by more than the noise floor; the right to propose corrections to the vendor table, meaning names the judge wrote that should or should not read as NAVEX One, applied by version and listed in the change log; and a one-line description supplied by the vendor and marked as such.

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A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for NAVEX One by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:

where NAVEX One is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
who was chosen in the answers that did not name NAVEX One, and every reason the record gives;
a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.

Badges

Wins only: a badge exists where NAVEX One is ranked in a category's top three this edition. Three sizes, one file each, light and dark; the code is under each.

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NAVEX One is among the products AI models recommend first in Whistleblowing and investigations this edition. Each badge says so in the buyer's words, names the edition, and links to the standing. The next edition issues a new badge; this one stays true as a record of October 2026.

Wide · 320 × 104 Website, beside other badges

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<a href="https://hr-ai-index.com/core/whistleblowing-and-investigations/"><img src="https://hr-ai-index.com/badges/2026-10/navex-one--whistleblowing-and-investigations-compact.svg" alt="Among AI models' top three in Whistleblowing and investigations, October 2026 Edition, HR AI Recommendation Index" width="200" height="56"></a>

Copy the code as it is. The link is part of the badge: it points at the Whistleblowing and investigations standing, where the claim can be checked.

Badges read on light and dark pages. Alt text carries the claim, the category, the edition and the index, so it stays a citation where the image does not load.