About Breathe

Back in 2012, Breathe built their multi-award-winning software with one thing in mind: to set SMEs free from time-consuming HR admin so they can focus on their people, build strong company cultures & drive their organisations forward.

Owned by leading cloud-based solution provider, ELMO Software, Breathe offers simple & cost-effective software that makes it super-easy to manage up to 200 employees.

From employee data, leave, sickness and HR documents to training & performance, expenses, recruitment, rota scheduling and e-learning – Breathe already helps over 15,000 UK SMEs to leave time-consuming tasks behind, without breaking the bank.

Breathe is 100% cloud-based, GDPR-compliant and ISO27001-accredited, offering the highest level of data security.

Pricing starting from:

£18.00/month

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

Key benefits of Breathe

Free time to manage people and company culture rather than HR admin with task automation.

Get access to all employee information from anywhere with secure cloud storage.

Streamline holiday booking and allowance management and setup approval workflows.

Securely store employee documents online

Boost employee motivation with regular 1-1s and timely feedback.

ISO 270001 accredited software

Typical Customers

  • Freelancers
  • Small Businesses (2-50)
  • Mid-size Companies (51-500)
  • Large enterprises (500 and more)

Deployment

  • Cloud-based
  • On-premise

Countries available

United Kingdom

Supported Languages

English

Pricing starting from:

£18.00/month

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

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Features

Total features of Breathe: 48

  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Benefits Management
  • Calendar Management
  • Compensation Management
  • Customisable Reports
  • Customisable Templates
  • Customizable Fields
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Portal
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Self Service
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • HR Management
  • Learning & Development
  • Leave Tracking
  • Onboarding
  • Payroll Management
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Review Management
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Recruitment Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Self Service Portal
  • Sick Leave Tracking
  • Task Management
  • Team Calendars
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Attendance
  • Time Off Management
  • Time Off Requests
  • Timesheet Management
  • Training Management
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking

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Reviews

Overall rating

4.4 /5
(39)
Value for Money
4.3/5
Features
4.2/5
Ease of Use
4.6/5
Customer Support
4.2/5

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Shahul
Shahul
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A Great Human Resource Software

Reviewed on 13/01/2023

It's a very useful software which helps for the HR management and leave tracking purposes. Not only...

It's a very useful software which helps for the HR management and leave tracking purposes. Not only that it can be used for personal goal setting and training activities too.

Pros

It has the option to track our goals and maintain our qualification, training , and learning which help us to keep our records up to date. In addition it has an easy process to apply for the leave and track them and get the approvals. Further the organization chart will provide the details about the organization and the relevant person whom the first tier employees need to contact for their leaves

Cons

The way how the organization chart presented need some updates

Rachel
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  • Industry: Internet
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Good for SMEs

Reviewed on 30/09/2024

Good value for the functionality and feels like it's been designed by actual users, rather than...

Good value for the functionality and feels like it's been designed by actual users, rather than some bright spark with an idea.

Pros

It's quite easy to use once you're in there, and links people, function, teams etc - as well as providing different access depending on admin rights. Personal, private and public information is well set out, and the features are comprehensive, eg performance such as 1:1s, appraisals, employment details and holiday records. Holidays are easy to book and amend.

Cons

The holiday calendar display is a little clunky, but not massively detrimentally so, and the navigation generally can take a little getting used to.

JOHN
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Breathe review

Reviewed on 25/10/2024

I have used it for multiple different companies and overall it is a very user friendly system,...

I have used it for multiple different companies and overall it is a very user friendly system, although it lacks the functionality of some larger systems

Pros

The easy and clear reporting that came as part of the system

Cons

The inability for it to expand with the company

Alternatives Considered

Cezanne HR

Reasons for Switching to Breathe

Cost predominantly, although also due to the relatively small size of the company
Katie
Overall rating
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Good overall

Reviewed on 17/07/2023

Mostly been good overall a few teething problems at all but this is expected with any system

Mostly been good overall a few teething problems at all but this is expected with any system

Pros

The majority of the system is easy to use both as an administrator and also for employees. If all information is entered correctly the reminders on the system are great as well i.e passport and visa expiry reminders. Booking time off / leave requests work well

Cons

Documents and timesheets / time logs - not being able to have bulk upload functionality is really frustrating at times. The report functionality isn't great also. Not having version control and a log of version controls for documents as well is also annoying

Benjamin
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  • Industry: Medical Practice
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
  • Review Source

Overall rating

  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Intuitive and Effective

Reviewed on 18/04/2024

Very positive. From a user perspective I can't seen ay reason to change for something else.

Very positive. From a user perspective I can't seen ay reason to change for something else.

Pros

Very clear and logical layout, made it easy to track who was off when so making sure there were enough staff at any time was guaranteed. You could book off specific hours and periods, which is useful for appointments and carrying leave over, with no time getting wasted.

Cons

We only used it for booking leave and tracking absence, and I couldn't imagine a way to improve it. Perhaps other features aren't as sound, but I can't comment on those.

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Breathe FAQs

Below are some frequently asked questions for Breathe.

Breathe offers the following pricing plans:

Breathe have 5 price plans to suit businesses from 1 to 250 employees, what make us unique is that we don't charge per employee, our plans are per business account: Micro: Up to 10 employees: £12 a month per business Starter: 11- 20 employees: £24 a month per business Regular: 21-50 employees: £61 a month per business Pro: 51-100 employees: £123 a month per business Premium: 101-250 employees: £251 a month per business

Breathe has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500

Breathe supports the following languages:

English

Breathe supports the following devices:

Breathe integrates with the following applications:

Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, TeamOrgChart, WeThrive

Breathe offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat

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