Breathe
£24/mo est.
- Per employee
- £0 (flat tiers)
- Min cost /mo
- £24/mo
- UK compliance
- Strong
- Payroll
- Integration
- Right to work
- Yes (documents)
- Est. monthly cost
- £24/mo
Breathe
UK-native HR software for small businesses, with simple flat per-business pricing, strong leave and document management, and UK-based support.
- Per employee
- £0 (flat tiers)
- Base fee
- £24/mo (up to 10)
- UK compliance
- Strong
- Payroll
- Integration
Best for
Small UK businesses wanting affordable, UK-native HR with strong leave and document management.
Pricing breakdown
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Strengths and trade-offs
Pros
- UK-native, built for small UK businesses
- Simple flat pricing, cheap for tiny teams
- Strong leave and document management
- UK-based support and UK data hosting
Cons
- No native payroll (integration only)
- Time tracking, ATS and learning are paid add-ons
- You pay the band fee even with few employees in it
- Best value caps out around 50 employees
About Breathe
Breathe is a UK-built HR platform aimed squarely at small businesses, with a simple flat subscription banded by headcount rather than a per-employee charge. It covers the HR essentials well: holiday and absence management, document storage, onboarding, performance, and employee self-service, all with UK statutory leave handling and data hosted on UK servers. It does not run payroll itself (it integrates with payroll providers), and add-on modules cover rota, recruitment, and learning.
Breathe was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Horsham, United Kingdom.
How Breathe compares
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- Min cost /mo
- —
- UK compliance
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- Est. monthly cost
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