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Breathe HR vs Employment Hero
Employment Hero
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Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management
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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; Employment Hero hR Essentials at AUD 10/employee/month requires a minimum of 10 users, so it cannot be bought for a team smaller than that even if actual headcount is lower
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Breathe HR and Employment Hero actually diverge.
| Attribute | Breathe HR | Employment Hero |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | £13/month | On request |
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android | Web |
| Founded | 2012 | Unknown |
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
- Slack
- Google Workspace
Only in Employment Hero
Nothing recorded that Breathe HR does not also cover.
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 Employment Hero
- Storing HR documents, contracts and e-signaturesnot Employment Hero
- Performance reviews and onboarding workflows for small teamsnot Employment Hero
Employment Hero
No use cases recorded yet. See the Employment Hero review.
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
Employment Hero
- HR Essentials at AUD 10/employee/month requires a minimum of 10 users, so it cannot be bought for a team smaller than that even if actual headcount is lower
- Core features like payroll, chat and rostering are unbundled add-ons billed separately per employee, for example Managed Payroll costs an extra AUD 20/employee/month with a AUD 400 monthly minimum
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
Employment Hero
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Employment Hero review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Breathe HR if
- You need employee database.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want absence management.
Choose Employment Hero if
Nothing in the data separates Employment Hero from Breathe HR on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is Breathe HR or Employment Hero better?
- Neither clearly leads. Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Employment Hero at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Breathe HR or Employment Hero?
- Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Employment Hero at On request.
- Does Breathe HR or Employment Hero run on more platforms?
- Breathe HR runs on Web, Ios, Android. Employment Hero runs on Web.
- 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 Employment Hero is typically brought in for.
- What can Breathe HR do that Employment Hero cannot?
- Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Absence Management, Document Storage, HR Reporting.
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