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Breathe HR vs Improvado

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Breathe HR

HR & Recruiting

Simple HR software for SMEs

From
£13/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Improvado

Marketing & Analytics

Data integration platform for marketing teams

From
$1000/month
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; Improvado no pricing is published, and no cost driver or minimum is stated
  • They diverge on capability: Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Improvado covers 500+ data source connectors.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Breathe HR and Improvado differ
AttributeBreathe HRImprovado
Starting price£13/month$1000/month
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb, Api, Data-warehouse
CategoryHR & RecruitingMarketing & Analytics
Founded20122015

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 Improvado

  • 500+ data source connectors
  • Data transformation
  • Real-time syncing
  • Data warehouse integration
  • ETL capabilities
  • Data quality monitoring
  • Historical data
  • Custom connectors

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

Improvado

  • Aggregating marketing data from many platforms into one pipelinenot Breathe HR
  • Feeding blended campaign data into BI tools and dashboardsnot 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

Improvado

  • No pricing is published, and no cost driver or minimum is stated
  • The route to a figure is a working session with a solutions engineer rather than a rate card

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

Improvado

$1000/month
  • Starter$1000/month
    • Up to 20 data sources
    • Basic transformations
    • Standard support
  • Professional$2500/month
    • Up to 100 data sources
    • Advanced transformations
    • Priority support
  • Enterprise$undefined/month
    • Unlimited data sources
    • Custom integrations
    • Dedicated support

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 Improvado if

  • You need 500+ data source connectors.
  • You work on Web, Api, Data-warehouse.
  • You also want data transformation.
Improvado review

Questions people ask

Is Breathe HR or Improvado better?
Neither clearly leads. Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Improvado at $1000/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Breathe HR or Improvado?
Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Improvado at $1000/month.
Does Breathe HR or Improvado run on more platforms?
Breathe HR runs on Web, Ios, Android. Improvado runs on Web, Api, Data-warehouse.
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 Improvado is typically brought in for.
What can Breathe HR do that Improvado cannot?
Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Absence Management, Document Storage, HR Reporting. Improvado covers 500+ data source connectors, Data transformation, Real-time syncing, Data warehouse integration.
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