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Breathe HR vs Gong

Breathe HR logo

Breathe HR

HR & Recruiting

Simple HR software for SMEs

From
£13/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Gong logo

Gong

CRM & Sales

Revenue intelligence platform

From
$1600/user-per-year
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; Gong pricing not published; custom quotes and high platform fees make budget forecasting difficult
  • They diverge on capability: Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Gong covers Call recording.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Breathe HR and Gong differ
AttributeBreathe HRGong
Starting price£13/month$1600/user-per-year
Pricing modelsubscriptionUnknown
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb, Cloud-based SaaS
CategoryHR & RecruitingCRM & Sales
Founded20122016

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
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft 365

Only in Gong

  • Call recording
  • AI transcription
  • Deal intelligence
  • Market intelligence
  • Team coaching
  • Salesforce
  • HubSpot
  • Zoom

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

Gong

  • Call analysisnot Breathe HR
  • Deal forecastingnot Breathe HR
  • Sales coachingnot Breathe HR
  • Win/loss analysisnot 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

Gong

  • Pricing not published; custom quotes and high platform fees make budget forecasting difficult
  • Built for sales calls only; limited contact center and multi-channel conversation coverage
  • Forecasting and Engage modules use keyword-based analysis with 20-30 minute processing delay, not generative AI
  • Conversation analysis cannot capture internal buyer meetings or decision-making discussions

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

Gong

$1600/user-per-year

No published plan breakdown. See the Gong 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 Gong if

  • You need call recording.
  • You work on Web, Cloud-based SaaS.
  • You also want ai transcription.
Gong review

Questions people ask

Is Breathe HR or Gong better?
Neither clearly leads. Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Gong at $1600/user-per-year, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Breathe HR or Gong?
Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Gong at $1600/user-per-year.
Does Breathe HR or Gong run on more platforms?
Breathe HR runs on Web, Ios, Android. Gong runs on Web, 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 Gong is typically brought in for.
What can Breathe HR do that Gong cannot?
Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Absence Management, Document Storage, HR Reporting. Gong covers Call recording, AI transcription, Deal intelligence, Market intelligence. Both handle Slack, Web support, Ios support, Android support.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Gong: How much does Gong cost?

Gong pricing starts around $1,600 per user per year, with a mandatory platform fee of $5,000-$50,000 annually. Exact pricing is custom and requires a sales consultation.

Source
Gong: Does Gong integrate with Salesforce?

Yes. Gong integrates with Salesforce via REST API to import account data and export conversation summaries, enabling searchable calls by CRM fields.

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Gong: What conversations can Gong capture?

Gong was built primarily for sales call analysis and captures calls through integrations with major dialer systems. Coverage for contact center and multi-channel conversations is limited.

Source
Gong: Does Gong have an on-premise option?

Gong is a cloud-based SaaS platform without an on-premise deployment option. All conversation analysis and storage occurs in Gong's cloud infrastructure.

Source
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