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Breathe HR vs Culture Amp

Culture Amp
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Build a better workplace with employee experience data
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: 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; Culture Amp no price is published, and cost depends on employee count, product chosen and service tier
- They diverge on capability: Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Culture Amp covers Employee engagement surveys.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Breathe HR and Culture Amp actually diverge.
| Attribute | Breathe HR | Culture Amp |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | £13/month | On request |
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android | Web, Ios, Android, Api |
| Founded | 2012 | 2009 |
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
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 Breathe HR
- Employee Database
- Absence Management
- Document Storage
- HR Reporting
- Performance Management
- Training
- Google Workspace
- Microsoft 365
Only in Culture Amp
- Employee engagement surveys
- Pulse surveys
- Performance management
- Goal tracking
- 360-degree feedback
- Analytics & insights
- Action planning
- Manager effectiveness
Both cover
- Slack
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Breathe HR
- Holiday, absence and sickness tracking for a UK small businessnot Culture Amp
- Storing HR documents, contracts and e-signaturesnot Culture Amp
- Performance reviews and onboarding workflows for small teamsnot Culture Amp
Culture Amp
- Employee engagement surveys and analysisnot Breathe HR
- Performance reviews and development planning across an organisationnot Breathe HR
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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
Culture Amp
- No price is published, and cost depends on employee count, product chosen and service tier
- All products are billed annually
- Support level is banded by organisation size, with additional support starting at 200 employees and enterprise treatment at 1,000, so smaller customers get less for the same product
Pricing, plan by plan
Breathe HR
£13/month- Core$13/month
- Employee Database
- Absence Management
- Documents
- People Management$18/month
- All Core features
- Performance
- Goals
Culture Amp
On request- Engage$undefined/month
- Engagement surveys
- Pulse surveys
- Action planning
- Perform$undefined/month
- Goal tracking
- Performance reviews
- 1-on-1 meetings
- Develop$undefined/month
- Skills development
- Career paths
- Learning integrations
Which should you pick?
Choose Breathe HR if
- You need employee database.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want absence management.
Choose Culture Amp if
- You need employee engagement surveys.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
- You also want pulse surveys.
Questions people ask
- Is Breathe HR or Culture Amp better?
- Neither clearly leads. Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Culture Amp at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Breathe HR or Culture Amp?
- Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Culture Amp at On request.
- Does Breathe HR or Culture Amp run on more platforms?
- Breathe HR runs on Web, Ios, Android. Culture Amp runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
- What is Breathe HR best used for?
- Breathe HR is most often used for holiday, absence and sickness tracking for a uk small business, storing hr documents, contracts and e-signatures, performance reviews and onboarding workflows for small teams. Of those, holiday, absence and sickness tracking for a uk small business and storing hr documents, contracts and e-signatures are not what Culture Amp is typically brought in for.
- What can Breathe HR do that Culture Amp cannot?
- Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Absence Management, Document Storage, HR Reporting. Culture Amp covers Employee engagement surveys, Pulse surveys, Performance management, Goal tracking. Both handle Slack.
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