HR & Recruiting · head to head
Breathe HR vs Parabola

Parabola
Automation & Integration
Visual flow automation for modern teams
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The short version
- Only Parabola 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; Parabola the Basic plan allows 1 user and 1,000 credits with limited AI
- They diverge on capability: Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Parabola covers Visual workflow builder.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Breathe HR and Parabola actually diverge.
| Attribute | Breathe HR | Parabola |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | £13/month | Free |
| Pricing model | subscription | freemium |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android | Web |
| Category | HR & Recruiting | Automation & Integration |
| Founded | 2012 | 2015 |
Identical on both: 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 Parabola
- Visual workflow builder
- Data transformation
- Conditional logic
- Looping
- Error handling
- Monitoring
- Scheduling
- 300+ apps
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 Parabola
- Storing HR documents, contracts and e-signaturesnot Parabola
- Performance reviews and onboarding workflows for small teamsnot Parabola
Parabola
- Workflow automation for operations and finance teamsnot Breathe HR
- Data integration across 1,000+ sourcesnot Breathe HR
- Automation and reporting workflowsnot 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
Parabola
- The Basic plan allows 1 user and 1,000 credits with limited AI
- No price is published for either the self serve or the business tier
- Credits are consumed when agents run, and further credits are bought pay as you go
- Role based access control, SSO, version history and SLAs all sit on the unpriced business plan
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
Parabola
FreeNo published plan breakdown. See the Parabola review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Breathe HR if
- You need employee database.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want absence management.
Choose Parabola if
- You need visual workflow builder.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want data transformation.
Questions people ask
- Is Breathe HR or Parabola better?
- Neither clearly leads. Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Parabola at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Breathe HR or Parabola?
- Parabola has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at £13/month for Breathe HR and Free for Parabola.
- Does Breathe HR or Parabola run on more platforms?
- Breathe HR runs on Web, Ios, Android. Parabola runs on Web.
- Can I use Parabola for free?
- Yes. Parabola 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 Parabola is typically brought in for.
- What can Breathe HR do that Parabola cannot?
- Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Absence Management, Document Storage, HR Reporting. Parabola covers Visual workflow builder, Data transformation, Conditional logic, Looping. Both handle Web support.
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