mentalport vs. nilo 2026 | GBU Psyche & Risk Management

Nilo (following its merger with Likeminded) is a digital B2B platform for workplace mental health. Its core product is access to 1:1 sessions with psychologists as well as group workshops. The psychosocial risk assessment under Section 5 ArbSchG is not part of the product.

Overview: mentalport reference customers
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Summary of the settlement

Nilo offers psychological 1:1 counselling as a reactive employee benefit. What is missing: a legally compliant psychosocial risk assessment under Section 5 ArbSchG. No automated occupational health and safety measures. No individual employee support based on risk data. No documentation in line with the GDA guideline.

Market comparison: Why are conventional processes reaching their limits?

criterion

Nilo

Mentalport

Generation product category
Generation 1 (reactive EAP benefit)
Generation 2/Wellbeing Manager
Technical anonymity (via GDPR, without re-identification)
Fully
The only technically anonymous | Re-identification impossible on the system side
Real-Time Dashboard
Yes
yes
Workplace integration (e.g. MS Teams)
Unclear
Yes, for maximum adaptation
ISO 45003 compliance
No
Yes, fully automated
Action automation
No
Yes, completely
Attendance rate
Approx. 20-30% (EAP industry average)
52% +80%
HR expenses/month
High (onboarding campaigns | ongoing hr-LED usage promotion required)
<20 min/100 mA
pricing model
On request | annually
From 45 €/month for long-term legal certainty & impact
From a technical point of view, there is no direct comparison of performance with conventional GBU offerings, as mentalport dissolves the line between analysis and implementation. While traditional methods only cover the survey phase, our infrastructure integrates downstream occupational safety measures directly into the workflow.

By combining legally compliant GBU Psyche (according to GDA Psyche work program) and clinically validated intervention, you ensure the organizational stability of your teams while maintaining maximum capital efficiency & process automation.

What makes mentalport different from other providers?

When is this option worthwhile?

Companies that only want to introduce reactive psychological support as an optional benefit and already cover the statutory psychosocial risk assessment requirement elsewhere.

Hauptfokus:
EAP + wellbeing benefit

When is mentalport worthwhile?

The psychosocial risk assessment under Section 5 ArbSchG cannot be fulfilled with Nilo. mentalport automates the full statutory process: survey | analysis | individual employee support | occupational health and safety measures at organizational and individual level | GDA-compliant documentation. All without HR effort. 85% participation through technically guaranteed 100% anonymity that no other provider can demonstrate.

Mental Wellbeing Business Case: The biggest hidden cost factor in companies

Psychological stress costs companies more than they think. Click through the 5 biggest cost factors and find out where your company is already losing money today.

1. Absenteeism

Absences due to psychological stress are constantly increasing. Mental illnesses currently result in an average of 342 sick days per 100 employees per year in Germany.

Case duration of mental illnesses: Ø 33—37 days with average costs per absenteeism of around 400€.

Costs: ~1.500 € per employee/year

Continued payment costs weigh on companies' liquidity by an average of 1.5-2% of total turnover. With mental health as the third most common reason for failure, it is the biggest cash burden.
Sources: Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA, 2023), DAK Psychoreport 2025, Rehadat Statistics
2. Presentism
Present but not efficient: Stress, exhaustion and overwork as well as illness reduce productivity by a factor of 2-3 to absenteeism.

👉 Ø 15-20 days of loss of productivity per employee in a conservative approach.

Costs: ~4.000 € per employee/year
Source: Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA, 2022), Deloitte UK, Mental Health Report 2023
3. Fluctuation
Unprocessed burdens lead to internal dismissal and job changes. 40% of voluntary layoffs are psychologically related and 50% of knowledge workers have already resigned internally (quiet quitting).

👉 Replacement and training costs can amount to up to 200% of salary.

Costs: ~2,400 € per employee/year
Source: Gallup Engagement Index, 2024, Work Happiness Report 2025
4. Culture & Innovation

Psychological uncertainty acts as an invisible brake: less creativity, less innovative power, more conflicts.

👉 Efficiency losses due to weaker collaboration.

Costs: ~700 € per employee/year
Source: Deloitte “Mental Health and Productivity” 2024, WHO (2024)
5. Compliance & ESG

Health insurance & pension insurance are recording increasing spending on rehab & early retirement. Mental illnesses are also the most common cause of disability pensions.

Failure to take measures entails risks: legal consequences, reputational damage and failed ESG standards. D&O insurance companies are also increasingly considering mental health as a risk indicator.

Compliance & average recourse costs as well as ESG opportunity costs are included.

Costs: ~500 € per employee/year
Source: Debeka (2024), DRV (2024), EU-OSHA, ISO 45003 guidelines, 2021
Around 9,000€ per employee and year: The biggest undetected cost block in the company. Do you want to know exactly what the Mental Wellbeing business case looks like in your company? Start the validated ROI check now:
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Our Conclusion

Nilo does not fulfill a single statutory requirement under Section 5 ArbSchG. Conceivable as a reactive EAP benefit for acute individual cases. Unsuitable as a basis for psychosocial risk management. mentalport is the only solution that combines an automated psychosocial risk assessment including a qualitative component | automated measures and individual support | plus technical anonymity in one system.

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