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Breathe HR vs Notion AI

Breathe HR logo

Breathe HR

HR & Recruiting

Simple HR software for SMEs

From
£13/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Notion AI logo

Notion AI

Writing & Documentation

AI-powered productivity within Notion

From
$10/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; Notion AI full AI access including agents and meeting notes requires the Business plan at $20 per member per month, double the $10 Plus plan
  • They diverge on capability: Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Notion AI covers Writing assistance.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Breathe HR and Notion AI differ
AttributeBreathe HRNotion AI
Starting price£13/month$10/month
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb, Desktop, Mobile
CategoryHR & RecruitingWriting & Documentation
Founded20122016

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
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft 365

Only in Notion AI

  • Writing assistance
  • Summarization
  • Translation
  • Q&A
  • Native Notion
  • Google Drive
  • Desktop support
  • Mobile support

Both cover

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

Notion AI

  • Generating and summarising documents inside a Notion workspacenot Breathe HR
  • Autofilling database properties and searching across connected toolsnot 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

Notion AI

  • Full AI access including agents and meeting notes requires the Business plan at $20 per member per month, double the $10 Plus plan
  • The Free and Plus plans offer trial AI capabilities rather than the full feature set
  • AI is not sold separately from the workspace seat, so every member must be upgraded to reach it
  • Zero data retention with LLM providers is Enterprise only, which is custom priced

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

Notion AI

$10/month
  • Plus with AI$10/month
    • Unlimited AI usage
    • Unlimited blocks
  • Business with AI$15/month
    • Advanced permissions
    • SAML SSO

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 Notion AI if

  • You need writing assistance.
  • You work on Web, Desktop, Mobile.
  • You also want summarization.
Notion AI review

Questions people ask

Is Breathe HR or Notion AI better?
Neither clearly leads. Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Notion AI at $10/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Breathe HR or Notion AI?
Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Notion AI at $10/month.
Does Breathe HR or Notion AI run on more platforms?
Breathe HR runs on Web, Ios, Android. Notion AI runs on Web, Desktop, Mobile.
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 Notion AI is typically brought in for.
What can Breathe HR do that Notion AI cannot?
Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Absence Management, Document Storage, HR Reporting. Notion AI covers Writing assistance, Summarization, Translation, Q&A. Both handle Slack, Web support.
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