HR & Recruiting · head to head
Breathe HR vs Ironclad
Ironclad
Professional Services
AI-powered contract lifecycle management platform.
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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; Ironclad no published pricing; requires direct sales team contact for quotes, preventing cost comparison before engagement
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Breathe HR and Ironclad actually diverge.
| Attribute | Breathe HR | Ironclad |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | £13/month | On request |
| Pricing model | subscription | quote |
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android | Web, Desktop, API |
| Category | HR & Recruiting | Professional Services |
| Founded | 2012 | Unknown |
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
- Slack
- Google Workspace
Only in Ironclad
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 Ironclad
- Storing HR documents, contracts and e-signaturesnot Ironclad
- Performance reviews and onboarding workflows for small teamsnot Ironclad
Ironclad
- Enterprise legal and procurement teams managing high-volume contract negotiationsnot Breathe HR
- Organisations standardising contract workflows across departmentsnot Breathe HR
- Companies required to audit and track contracts for compliance and risk managementnot Breathe HR
- B2B sales teams seeking faster deal cycles through automated approvalsnot Breathe HR
- Enterprises integrating contract management with Salesforce and CRM systemsnot 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
Ironclad
- No published pricing; requires direct sales team contact for quotes, preventing cost comparison before engagement
- No public information on pricing model (per-contract, per-user, or tiered); cost structure opaque
- Requires choosing between self-led implementation or paid deployment support; no true 'free trial' option available
- Pricing includes add-ons (API, integrations, additional instances) with no pre-published costs; total cost unpredictable
- Enterprise-only positioning suggests premium pricing with no entry-level option for smaller teams
Pricing, plan by plan
Breathe HR
£13/month- Core$13/month
- Employee Database
- Absence Management
- Documents
- People Management$18/month
- All Core features
- Performance
- Goals
Ironclad
On request- Custom Quote$null/variable
- Contract Lifecycle Management
- AI Assistant (Jurist)
- eSignature solutions
Which should you pick?
Choose Breathe HR if
- You need employee database.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want absence management.
Questions people ask
- Is Breathe HR or Ironclad better?
- Neither clearly leads. Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Ironclad at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Breathe HR or Ironclad?
- Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Ironclad at On request.
- Does Breathe HR or Ironclad run on more platforms?
- Breathe HR runs on Web, Ios, Android. Ironclad runs on Web, Desktop, API.
- 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 Ironclad is typically brought in for.
- What can Breathe HR do that Ironclad cannot?
- Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Absence Management, Document Storage, HR Reporting.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Ironclad: What is Jurist?
Jurist is an AI assistant built specifically for legal contract review and research, helping teams analyse contracts and surface key terms.
SourceIronclad: Does Ironclad integrate with Salesforce?
Yes. Ironclad integrates with Salesforce, Slack, Microsoft Word, Coupa, Zapier and numerous other enterprise tools.
SourceIronclad: Is there a free trial available?
Pricing is not published. Interested organisations should request a demo to discuss their contracting needs and receive a custom quote.
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