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SmartHR vs Breathe HR

SmartHR logo

SmartHR

HR & Recruiting

Japanese back-office cloud for labor management, payroll and talent management

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Breathe HR logo

Breathe HR

HR & Recruiting

Simple HR software for SMEs

From
£13/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: SmartHR pricing is not published for any of the three named plans (HR Strategy, HR Essential, Talent Management); the vendor states price varies by company size and requires a quote request form; 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

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which SmartHR and Breathe HR actually diverge.

Attributes where SmartHR and Breathe HR differ
AttributeSmartHRBreathe HR
Starting priceOn request£13/month
Pricing modelquotesubscription
PlatformsWebWeb, Ios, Android
FoundedUnknown2012

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (HR & Recruiting).

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 SmartHR

Nothing recorded that Breathe HR does not also cover.

Only in Breathe HR

  • Employee Database
  • Absence Management
  • Document Storage
  • HR Reporting
  • Performance Management
  • Training
  • Slack
  • Google Workspace

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

SmartHR

No use cases recorded yet. See the SmartHR review.

Breathe HR

  • Holiday, absence and sickness tracking for a UK small businessnot SmartHR
  • Storing HR documents, contracts and e-signaturesnot SmartHR
  • Performance reviews and onboarding workflows for small teamsnot SmartHR

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

SmartHR

  • Pricing is not published for any of the three named plans (HR Strategy, HR Essential, Talent Management); the vendor states price varies by company size and requires a quote request form
  • Many core functions (payroll, attendance tracking, hiring management, surveys) are separate paid add-on modules rather than included in the base plan price

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

Pricing, plan by plan

SmartHR

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the SmartHR review.

Breathe HR

£13/month
  • Core$13/month
    • Employee Database
    • Absence Management
    • Documents
  • People Management$18/month
    • All Core features
    • Performance
    • Goals

Which should you pick?

Choose SmartHR if

Nothing in the data separates SmartHR from Breathe HR on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

SmartHR review

Choose Breathe HR if

  • You need employee database.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want absence management.
Breathe HR review

Questions people ask

Is SmartHR or Breathe HR better?
Neither clearly leads. SmartHR starts at On request and Breathe HR at £13/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, SmartHR or Breathe HR?
SmartHR starts at On request and Breathe HR at £13/month.
Does SmartHR or Breathe HR run on more platforms?
SmartHR runs on Web. Breathe HR runs on Web, Ios, Android.
What can SmartHR do that Breathe HR cannot?
Breathe HR covers Employee Database, Absence Management, Document Storage, HR Reporting.
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