Productivity · head to head
Bear vs Breathe HR
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Bear built for Apple hardware only, with no Windows, Android or web client; Breathe HR pricing is banded by headcount, starting at £24 per month for 1 to 10 people, £44 per month for 11 to 20 and £99 per month for 21 to 50
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Bear and Breathe HR actually diverge.
| Attribute | Bear | Breathe HR |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | On request | £13/month |
| Platforms | Web | Web, Ios, Android |
| Category | Productivity | HR & Recruiting |
| Founded | Unknown | 2012 |
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Bear
Nothing recorded that Breathe HR does not also cover.
Only in Breathe HR
- Employee Database
- Absence Management
- Document Storage
- HR Reporting
- Performance Management
- Training
- Slack
- Google Workspace
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Bear
No use cases recorded yet. See the Bear review.
Breathe HR
- Holiday, absence and sickness tracking for a UK small businessnot Bear
- Storing HR documents, contracts and e-signaturesnot Bear
- Performance reviews and onboarding workflows for small teamsnot Bear
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Bear
- Built for Apple hardware only, with no Windows, Android or web client
- Free tier is limited to 3 themes, 1 app icon and restricted export formats; iCloud sync requires Bear Pro
- Bear Pro is $2.99 per month or $29.99 per year after a 7 day free trial
Breathe HR
- Pricing is banded by headcount, starting at £24 per month for 1 to 10 people, £44 per month for 11 to 20 and £99 per month for 21 to 50
- Plans are capped by band up to 151 to 200 people, so it is not sold to organisations above that range on the published ladder
- The free trial is 14 days
- Health and safety, e-learning and other modules are sold as add-ons on top of the core HR plan
- Pricing is quoted in pounds and the product is marketed to UK SMEs
Pricing, plan by plan
Bear
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Bear review.
Breathe HR
£13/month- Core$13/month
- Employee Database
- Absence Management
- Documents
- People Management$18/month
- All Core features
- Performance
- Goals
Which should you pick?
Choose Bear if
Nothing in the data separates Bear from Breathe HR on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Choose Breathe HR if
- You need employee database.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want absence management.
Questions people ask
- Is Bear or Breathe HR better?
- Neither clearly leads. Bear starts at On request and Breathe HR at £13/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Bear or Breathe HR?
- Bear starts at On request and Breathe HR at £13/month.
- Does Bear or Breathe HR run on more platforms?
- Bear runs on Web. Breathe HR runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- What can Bear do that Breathe HR cannot?
- Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Absence Management, Document Storage, HR Reporting.
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