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Breathe HR vs Front

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Breathe HR

Software

Simple HR software for SMEs

From
£13/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Front logo

Front

Software

Where teams collaborate on customer communication

From
$25/month per seat
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; Front starter tier limited to single-channel support; omnichannel support requires Professional tier
  • They diverge on capability: Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Front covers Shared inbox.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Breathe HR and Front differ
AttributeBreathe HRFront
Starting price£13/month$25/month per seat
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidCloud-based SaaS
Founded20122013

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 Front

  • Shared inbox
  • Email collaboration
  • Omnichannel messaging
  • Analytics
  • Workflows
  • Integrations
  • Salesforce
  • HubSpot

Both cover

  • Slack
  • Web support
  • Ios support
  • Android 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 Front
  • Storing HR documents, contracts and e-signaturesnot Front
  • Performance reviews and onboarding workflows for small teamsnot Front

Front

  • Multi-team customer support across email, chat, SMS channelsnot Breathe HR
  • Enterprises using AI to resolve complex multi-step customer requestsnot 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

Front

  • Starter tier limited to single-channel support; omnichannel support requires Professional tier
  • AI Copilot, Smart QA, and Smart CSAT are included only in Enterprise tier ($105/seat/month); available as add-ons at higher cost in lower tiers
  • Starter tier limited to 10 automation rules; Professional tier allows 20; unlimited rules only in Enterprise
  • Advanced analytics excluded from Starter tier

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

Front

$25/month per seat

No published plan breakdown. See the Front 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 Front if

  • You need shared inbox.
  • You work on Cloud-based SaaS.
  • You also want email collaboration.
Front review

Questions people ask

Is Breathe HR or Front better?
Neither clearly leads. Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Front at $25/month per seat, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Breathe HR or Front?
Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Front at $25/month per seat.
Does Breathe HR or Front run on more platforms?
Breathe HR runs on Web, Ios, Android. Front runs on Cloud-based SaaS.
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 Front is typically brought in for.
What can Breathe HR do that Front cannot?
Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Absence Management, Document Storage, HR Reporting. Front covers Shared inbox, Email collaboration, Omnichannel messaging, Analytics. Both handle Slack, Web support, Ios support, Android support.
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