HR & Recruiting · head to head
Breathe HR vs Paragon

Paragon
Automation & Integration
Embedded integration platform for SaaS
- From
- $299/month
- Rated
- -
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; Paragon no price is published for either plan, and both require a quote
- They diverge on capability: Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Paragon covers Embedded workflows.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Breathe HR and Paragon actually diverge.
| Attribute | Breathe HR | Paragon |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | £13/month | $299/month |
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android | Web, Embedded |
| Category | HR & Recruiting | Automation & Integration |
| Founded | 2012 | 2021 |
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 Paragon
- Embedded workflows
- Native integrations
- Workflow builder
- Error handling
- Monitoring
- Analytics
- Webhooks
- 500+ apps
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 Paragon
- Storing HR documents, contracts and e-signaturesnot Paragon
- Performance reviews and onboarding workflows for small teamsnot Paragon
Paragon
- Embedding third party integrations into a SaaS productnot Breathe HR
- Managing customer facing connectors without building each onenot 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
Paragon
- No price is published for either plan, and both require a quote
- Cost scales with the number of customer tenants using the integrations, so the bill follows an end customer count rather than the vendor's own usage
- SAML SSO, self hosting, dynamic field mapping and SLAs are all Enterprise only
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
Paragon
$299/month- Starter$299/month
- 50 integrations
- Basic support
- Growth$999/month
- 200 integrations
- Priority support
- Enterprise$5000/month
- Unlimited integrations
- Dedicated support
Which should you pick?
Choose Breathe HR if
- You need employee database.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want absence management.
Choose Paragon if
- You need embedded workflows.
- You work on Web, Embedded.
- You also want native integrations.
Questions people ask
- Is Breathe HR or Paragon better?
- Neither clearly leads. Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Paragon at $299/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Breathe HR or Paragon?
- Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Paragon at $299/month.
- Does Breathe HR or Paragon run on more platforms?
- Breathe HR runs on Web, Ios, Android. Paragon runs on Web, Embedded.
- 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 Paragon is typically brought in for.
- What can Breathe HR do that Paragon cannot?
- Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Absence Management, Document Storage, HR Reporting. Paragon covers Embedded workflows, Native integrations, Workflow builder, Error handling. Both handle Slack, Web support.
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