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Breathe HR vs DynamoDB

Breathe HR logo

Breathe HR

HR & Recruiting

Simple HR software for SMEs

From
£13/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
DynamoDB logo

DynamoDB

Database & Data Management

Fast, flexible NoSQL database service for any scale

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

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; DynamoDB noSQL-only; does not support complex relational queries or SQL joins
  • They diverge on capability: Breathe HR covers Employee Database, DynamoDB covers Single-digit Millisecond Latency.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Breathe HR and DynamoDB actually diverge.

Attributes where Breathe HR and DynamoDB differ
AttributeBreathe HRDynamoDB
Starting price£13/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionusage-based
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidAWS
CategoryHR & RecruitingDatabase & Data Management
Founded20122006

Identical on both: 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 Breathe HR

  • Employee Database
  • Absence Management
  • Document Storage
  • HR Reporting
  • Performance Management
  • Training
  • Slack
  • Google Workspace

Only in DynamoDB

  • Single-digit Millisecond Latency
  • Serverless
  • Auto-scaling
  • Global Tables
  • Point-in-time Recovery
  • Encryption
  • Streams
  • Lambda

Both cover

  • Web support

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 DynamoDB
  • Storing HR documents, contracts and e-signaturesnot DynamoDB
  • Performance reviews and onboarding workflows for small teamsnot DynamoDB

DynamoDB

  • High-scale, variable-workload applicationsnot Breathe HR
  • Mobile and IoT device backendsnot Breathe HR
  • Real-time analytics and dashboardsnot Breathe HR
  • Multi-region, globally distributed applicationsnot 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

DynamoDB

  • NoSQL-only; does not support complex relational queries or SQL joins
  • Limited query flexibility; requires thinking in terms of keys and indexes rather than ad-hoc queries

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

DynamoDB

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the DynamoDB review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Breathe HR if

  • You need employee database.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want absence management.
Breathe HR review

Choose DynamoDB if

  • You need single-digit millisecond latency.
  • You work on AWS.
  • You also want serverless.
DynamoDB review

Questions people ask

Is Breathe HR or DynamoDB better?
Neither clearly leads. Breathe HR starts at £13/month and DynamoDB at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Breathe HR or DynamoDB?
Breathe HR starts at £13/month and DynamoDB at On request.
Does Breathe HR or DynamoDB run on more platforms?
Breathe HR runs on Web, Ios, Android. DynamoDB runs on AWS.
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 DynamoDB is typically brought in for.
What can Breathe HR do that DynamoDB cannot?
Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Absence Management, Document Storage, HR Reporting. DynamoDB covers Single-digit Millisecond Latency, Serverless, Auto-scaling, Global Tables. Both handle Web support.
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