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Breathe HR vs MyCase

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Breathe HR

HR & Recruiting

Simple HR software for SMEs

From
£13/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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MyCase

Professional Services

Legal practice management software for law firms

From
On request
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; MyCase basic plan at $50/user/month (annual) excludes eSignatures, legal CRM and AI writing tools, which require the $100/user/month Pro plan, per mycase.com, August 2026

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Breathe HR and MyCase differ
AttributeBreathe HRMyCase
Starting price£13/monthOn request
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
CategoryHR & RecruitingProfessional Services
Founded2012Unknown

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 MyCase

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

MyCase

No use cases recorded yet. See the MyCase review.

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

MyCase

  • Basic plan at $50/user/month (annual) excludes eSignatures, legal CRM and AI writing tools, which require the $100/user/month Pro plan, per mycase.com, August 2026

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

MyCase

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the MyCase 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 MyCase if

Nothing in the data separates MyCase from Breathe HR on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

MyCase review

Questions people ask

Is Breathe HR or MyCase better?
Neither clearly leads. Breathe HR starts at £13/month and MyCase at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Breathe HR or MyCase?
Breathe HR starts at £13/month and MyCase at On request.
Does Breathe HR or MyCase run on more platforms?
Breathe HR runs on Web, Ios, Android. MyCase runs on Web.
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 MyCase is typically brought in for.
What can Breathe HR do that MyCase cannot?
Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Absence Management, Document Storage, HR Reporting.
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