HR & Recruiting · head to head
Breathe HR vs Fathom Analytics

Fathom Analytics
Marketing & Analytics
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- From
- $14/month
- Rated
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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; Fathom Analytics there is no free tier, only a 7 day trial
- They diverge on capability: Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Fathom Analytics covers Page view tracking.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Breathe HR and Fathom Analytics actually diverge.
| Attribute | Breathe HR | Fathom Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | £13/month | $14/month |
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android | Web |
| Category | HR & Recruiting | Marketing & Analytics |
| Founded | 2012 | 2014 |
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 Breathe HR
- Employee Database
- Absence Management
- Document Storage
- HR Reporting
- Performance Management
- Training
- Slack
- Google Workspace
Only in Fathom Analytics
- Page view tracking
- Goal tracking
- Real-time analytics
- Referrer tracking
- Privacy-focused
- GDPR compliant
- Cloud deployment
- 20+ languages language support
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 Fathom Analytics
- Storing HR documents, contracts and e-signaturesnot Fathom Analytics
- Performance reviews and onboarding workflows for small teamsnot Fathom Analytics
Fathom Analytics
- Privacy-focused web analytics without cookie bannersnot Breathe HR
- A lightweight Google Analytics replacementnot Breathe HR
- Tracking many sites from one accountnot Breathe HR
- Long-term historical reporting while subscribednot 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
Fathom Analytics
- There is no free tier, only a 7 day trial
- Priced on pageviews, from $45 a month at the 500,000 pageview level
- Custom events count against the pageview allowance rather than being tracked separately
- Site allowances come in packs, with additional 50-site packs at $10 a month
- Data is retained forever only while the subscription is active
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
Fathom Analytics
$14/month- Starter$14/month
- Unlimited page views
- 1 site
- Real-time analytics
Which should you pick?
Choose Breathe HR if
- You need employee database.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want absence management.
Choose Fathom Analytics if
- You need page view tracking.
- You also want goal tracking.
Questions people ask
- Is Breathe HR or Fathom Analytics better?
- Neither clearly leads. Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Fathom Analytics at $14/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Breathe HR or Fathom Analytics?
- Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Fathom Analytics at $14/month.
- Does Breathe HR or Fathom Analytics run on more platforms?
- Breathe HR runs on Web, Ios, Android. Fathom Analytics 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 Fathom Analytics is typically brought in for.
- What can Breathe HR do that Fathom Analytics cannot?
- Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Absence Management, Document Storage, HR Reporting. Fathom Analytics covers Page view tracking, Goal tracking, Real-time analytics, Referrer tracking. Both handle Web support.
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