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Breathe HR vs Leonardo AI

Breathe HR logo

Breathe HR

Software

Simple HR software for SMEs

From
£13/month
Rated
-
Leonardo AI logo

Leonardo AI

Software

AI-powered creative suite for image generation

From
Free
Rated
-

The short version

  • Only Leonardo AI has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • 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; Leonardo AI video generation trails specialized video tools like Pika, with no native timeline editing or motion interpolation
  • They diverge on capability: Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Leonardo AI covers Text-to-image.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Breathe HR and Leonardo AI actually diverge.

Attributes where Breathe HR and Leonardo AI differ
AttributeBreathe HRLeonardo AI
Starting price£13/monthFree
Pricing modelsubscriptionUnknown
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb, API
Founded20122022

Identical on both: 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
  • Slack
  • Google Workspace

Only in Leonardo AI

  • Text-to-image
  • Model training
  • Canvas editor
  • Motion generation
  • API access
  • Photoshop plugin
  • Api 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 Leonardo AI
  • Storing HR documents, contracts and e-signaturesnot Leonardo AI
  • Performance reviews and onboarding workflows for small teamsnot Leonardo AI

Leonardo AI

  • ai tools managementnot Breathe HR
  • Workflow automationnot Breathe HR
  • Reportingnot 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

Leonardo AI

  • Video generation trails specialized video tools like Pika, with no native timeline editing or motion interpolation
  • Credits consume rapidly for professional use, particularly at 4K resolution
  • Limited traditional image editing tools compared to desktop software
  • Image quality and consistency inconsistent compared to some competitors on certain prompt types
  • Advanced features requiring custom model training add complexity and cost

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

Leonardo AI

Free
  • Essential$12/month
    • 8,500 monthly tokens
    • Fine-tuned models
    • Image-to-image
  • Premium$30/month
    • Unlimited relaxed generation on Phoenix and Lucid Origin models
    • Faster generation speed
    • Advanced options
  • Ultimate$60/month
    • 60,000 monthly tokens
    • Maximum concurrent jobs
    • Highest priority generation queue

Which should you pick?

Choose Breathe HR if

  • You need employee database.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want absence management.

Choose Leonardo AI if

  • You need text-to-image.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, API.
  • You also want model training.

Questions people ask

Is Breathe HR or Leonardo AI better?
Neither clearly leads. Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Leonardo AI at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Breathe HR or Leonardo AI?
Leonardo AI has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at £13/month for Breathe HR and Free for Leonardo AI.
Does Breathe HR or Leonardo AI run on more platforms?
Breathe HR runs on Web, Ios, Android. Leonardo AI runs on Web, API.
Can I use Leonardo AI for free?
Yes. Leonardo AI has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Breathe HR starts at £13/month.
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 Leonardo AI is typically brought in for.
What can Breathe HR do that Leonardo AI cannot?
Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Absence Management, Document Storage, HR Reporting. Leonardo AI covers Text-to-image, Model training, Canvas editor, Motion generation. Both handle Web support.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Leonardo AI: Does Leonardo AI grant commercial rights to generated images?

Yes. All Leonardo AI plans grant full ownership and unrestricted commercial rights to generated images, allowing creators to sell AI-generated art and use outputs in commercial products.

Source
Leonardo AI: How does Leonardo's Real-Time Canvas work?

The Real-Time Canvas is a freeform workspace where images generate as you draw, type prompts, or add elements, updating the output approximately every 2 seconds per stroke, supporting inpainting, outpainting, and composite editing.

Source
Leonardo AI: What models does Leonardo AI offer beyond its own?

Leonardo API supports both in-house models (Phoenix, Lucid Origin, Lucid Realism) and third-party models including FLUX.1, Ideogram 3.0, GPT Image, Kling, Veo, and others under a unified pay-as-you-go API surface.

Source
Leonardo AI: What is included in the free tier?

The free plan provides 150 tokens per day enabling hundreds of images per month, but outputs are non-commercial only; paid plans starting at $12/month unlock commercial rights and higher token allocations.

Source

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