Automation & Integration · head to head
Breathe HR vs Workato

Workato
Automation & Integration
The enterprise integration platform
- From
- $99/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; Workato the pricing page names four product lines, Enterprise iPaaS, Agentic solutions, API Management and Data Orchestration, and publishes no figure for any of them, gating all of it behind Schedule a demo
- They diverge on capability: Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Workato covers Process orchestration.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Breathe HR and Workato actually diverge.
| Attribute | Breathe HR | Workato |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | £13/month | $99/month |
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android | Web, On-premise |
| Category | Unknown | Automation & Integration |
| Founded | 2012 | 2014 |
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 Workato
- Process orchestration
- Master data management
- Integration templates
- Real-time sync
- Error handling
- Monitoring
- API management
- Workflow analytics
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 Workato
- Storing HR documents, contracts and e-signaturesnot Workato
- Performance reviews and onboarding workflows for small teamsnot Workato
Workato
- Workflow Automationnot Breathe HR
- Data Integrationnot Breathe HR
- Process Automationnot Breathe HR
- App Integrationnot Breathe HR
- API Connectivitynot 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
Workato
- The pricing page names four product lines, Enterprise iPaaS, Agentic solutions, API Management and Data Orchestration, and publishes no figure for any of them, gating all of it behind Schedule a demo
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
Workato
$99/month- Starter$99/month
- Up to 50 recipes
- Basic integrations
- Email support
- Professional$299/month
- Unlimited recipes
- Premium integrations
- Priority support
- Enterprise$999/month
- Custom SLA
- Dedicated support
- Advanced security
Which should you pick?
Choose Breathe HR if
- You need employee database.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want absence management.
Choose Workato if
- You need process orchestration.
- You work on Web, On-premise.
- You also want master data management.
Questions people ask
- Is Breathe HR or Workato better?
- Neither clearly leads. Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Workato at $99/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Breathe HR or Workato?
- Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Workato at $99/month.
- Does Breathe HR or Workato run on more platforms?
- Breathe HR runs on Web, Ios, Android. Workato runs on Web, On-premise.
- 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 Workato is typically brought in for.
- What can Breathe HR do that Workato cannot?
- Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Absence Management, Document Storage, HR Reporting. Workato covers Process orchestration, Master data management, Integration templates, Real-time sync.
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- Workato vs Paragon
- Workato vs RudderStack
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