HR & Recruiting · head to head
Breathe HR vs Zeplin
The short version
- Only Zeplin 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; Zeplin the free plan is limited to 1 project and 100 screens and works only in a personal workspace
- They diverge on capability: Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Zeplin covers Design specs.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Breathe HR and Zeplin actually diverge.
| Attribute | Breathe HR | Zeplin |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | £13/month | Free |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android | Web, Desktop, Mobile |
| Category | HR & Recruiting | Design Tools |
| Founded | 2012 | 2014 |
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), 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 Zeplin
- Design specs
- Asset export
- Code snippets
- Design tokens
- Comments
- Version control
- Handoff workflow
- Accessibility checks
Both cover
- Slack
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 Zeplin
- Storing HR documents, contracts and e-signaturesnot Zeplin
- Performance reviews and onboarding workflows for small teamsnot Zeplin
Zeplin
- Handing off design specs from Figma or Sketch to developersnot Breathe HR
- Sharing screens, assets and style guides with an engineering teamnot Breathe HR
- Reviewing and commenting on design versionsnot 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
Zeplin
- The free plan is limited to 1 project and 100 screens and works only in a personal workspace
- Free plan AI reviews are capped at 3 per week
- Role based permissions require the Advanced plan or higher
- Single sign on, multi factor authentication, activity logs and invoiced billing are Enterprise only
- Priority 24 hour support is Enterprise only
- Basic plan caps screens at 1,000 per project and is priced per project rather than per seat
- Enterprise pricing is by quote with no published rate
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
Zeplin
Free- FreeFree
- 1 project
- 1 workspace
- Basic specs
- Starter$19/month
- Unlimited projects
- Multiple workspaces
- Advanced specs
- Professional$49/month
- Everything in Starter
- Team collaboration
- Admin controls
Which should you pick?
Choose Breathe HR if
- You need employee database.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want absence management.
Choose Zeplin if
- You need design specs.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Desktop, Mobile.
- You also want asset export.
Questions people ask
- Is Breathe HR or Zeplin better?
- Neither clearly leads. Breathe HR starts at £13/month and Zeplin at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Breathe HR or Zeplin?
- Zeplin has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at £13/month for Breathe HR and Free for Zeplin.
- Does Breathe HR or Zeplin run on more platforms?
- Breathe HR runs on Web, Ios, Android. Zeplin runs on Web, Desktop, Mobile.
- Can I use Zeplin for free?
- Yes. Zeplin 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 Zeplin is typically brought in for.
- What can Breathe HR do that Zeplin cannot?
- Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Absence Management, Document Storage, HR Reporting. Zeplin covers Design specs, Asset export, Code snippets, Design tokens. Both handle Slack.
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