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- Employee Holiday Tracker
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- Location Management
- Employee Onboarding
- Employee Net Promoter Score (NPS)
- People Portal Mobile App
- Flexible Working Requests
- HR Management
- HR Dashboard
- HR Database
- Document Management
- Reporting & Analytics
- Rotas & Shift Planning
- Staff Rota Scheduling
- Team Management
- Salary Forecast
- Time Tracking
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- Flexible Working
- Mental Health
- Employment Law
- Employee Performance
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Breathe User Reviews

Name: HR Software
Brand: Breathe
SKU: 1
Rating: 4.4 (189 reviews)

We are proud to support over 15,000 small businesses, read how Breathe helps them.

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Find out why our customers love Breathe, including its no-commitment, user-friendly interface that's quick to set up, its ability to be personalised with various add-ons, unparalleled data protection, and convenient self-serve features.

How our customers rate us

G2

4.4 out of 5

202 reviews

Capterra

4.5 out of 5

31 reviews

Google

4.5 out of 5

32 reviews

Software Advice

4.5 out of 5

31 reviews

Serchen

4.8 out of 5

16 reviews

Trustpilot

3.3 out of 5

37 reviews

What our customers say about Breathe

‘Best HR system and rota system around’

I have used several by far the service I get from breathe is above and beyond any other company from help and support from setting up system right through to account queries will highly recommend.

Ashley F CEO (1-50 employees)

‘Love using Breathe!’

Being able to upload the company documents, policies and procedures has been amazing! Our team can read this and I am able to see they have been read. Its a cost effective, time effective measure to use. I like Breathe that I have recommended using this within another organisation I work for and subscription starts soon.

G2 Review in Computer Games (1-50 employees)

‘Breathe has made my life so much easier’

As a small company we previously didn't have an HR system in place, so information was saved in lots of different places. Now, everything is all together in one place and takes so much less time to do. I can easily export holiday reports for our accountant, everyone's documents are easily accessible & tracking absences takes no time at all. If and when you need to contact customer support, they have a chat function and come back to you very quickly.

Sarah M Small business owner (1-50 employees)

‘Time saving and efficient way to manage a growing team’

The time saved using Breathe is noticeable. I also since using the system to log and manage my growing teams holidays, absence and other information feel far more confident that I have got it right and that everyone's time is allocated appropriately. It is a great reference for tracking illness and absence and we are finding it especially useful for managing TOIL.

G2 Review in Non-Profit Organization Management (1-50 employees)

‘One stop shop for all documents and holiday requests’

This is a one stop shop where we can view everything in one place for our staff files, holiday and HR requests. We were using several different platforms and document measures before hand. It has saved so much time.

G2 Review in Telecommunications (1-50 employees)

‘Easy to use for managers and team’

Breathe is easy to use and has great training for team members also. As a manger it is great to have one safe and secure space to keep all HR documents and info together. Booking leave is easy to do and manage, sickness is easy to record and monitor and all 1:1 paperwork can also be saved on there. I use it 2-3 times a week to get on top of all HR tasks.

G2 Review Verified Business (1-50 employees)

‘Implementing Breathe has been a breeze!’

Breathe has been easy to set up and utilise. Its easy to navigate and straightforward. Its great to be able to work on setting objectives within the team and relate them back to the company objects.

Holly P Verified Business (1-50 employees)

‘Great system for SMEs’

User friendly, extremely easy to set up and a great all round HRIS! Great support too!

G2 Review in Computer Software (1-50 employees)

‘A breath of fresh air’

It was quick to set up, easy to use and covers the core issues without issue. The feature development is great because it means that the platform is improving all the time.

G2 Review in Marketing & Advertising (1-50 employees)

‘BreatheHR - great product!’

It's simple for end users with a nice friendly user interface. Set up is more simple than other systems.

G2 Review Administrator in Non-Profit Organisation Management (51-100 employees)

‘Clarity in a busy world’

Clear and intuitive with lots of functionality. Clear pricing plan too. Found it easy to implement.

Clair C Verified Business (1-50 employees)

‘Breathe has helped fill the gap in our HR management’

I like the clean, fresh interface and appreciate the aspects of HR management that the system allows. We try to simplify the number of systems we use, so we were hesitant in taking on another system in our organisation, but the flexibility built into the system has been great...

Ashley B Associate Pastor (1-50 employees)

‘Valuable platform for our business’

It's so user friendly - we trialed some other systems but this one was easy to use and also looked great. With a young workforce we didn't want a system that felt "stuffy"!

Aimee M HR & Operations Controller (1-50 employees)

‘BreatheHR has saved us time, money and complicated spreadsheets. We love it!’

It's easy to use, was quick to set up, and is constantly evolving to support our needs better and more efficiently. As a charity, we also got it for free, which is such a gift.

Validated Reviewer Administrator in Non-Profit Organization Management (1-50 employees)

‘Great, easy to use HR tool’

It has a clean and logical interface. I have used it as an employee and as a team lead and processes for both those roles were easy and intuitive. I appreciate that they send out just the right amount of email notifications.

Andrej B Head of Research & Development (1-50 employees)

‘Great service our business couldn't be without’

One stop place for everything HR related. It allows myself and managers to all have visibility of their team and upload documents.

Bianca D Head of Performance (1-50 employees)

"Amazing experience!"

Love the fact we can do a company blackout stopping staff from booking holidays on certain dates, Holiday calendar lets you see everything in one place, Bradford score is useful & whole team and customer service at Breathe are amazing!

Simon L Business Owner

"Amazing feature-set for the value"

We use BreatheHR to manage our small business HR needs. It includes so many features for its pricepoint. Its UI is easy to use and the featureset is constantly expanding. Their support team is fabulous and answers our minimal questions very fast and with ease.

Alison G. CAO Computer Software

“Easy to use, awesome support”

We have been using Breathe hr for several months. It was really easy to join and the support from the staff was responsive when we needed it, I would disagree with the one star review about service.

Alex Trusted customer

"Highly recommend"

It is really easy to use, I don't have to train the staff they can all understand what they need to do. Breathe regularly update and bring out new functions such as the recruitment module which saved me so much time.

Anonymous Administrator in Printing

"Breathe is a life saver for small businesses!"

It's so easy to manage holidays and absences! I also like all the other little features like people being able to send their ideas through for improvements. The PDR functionality is also straightforward!

Anonymous Executive Sponsor in Management Consulting

‘Easy to manage employee info/records’

The ability to manage, track and control employee footprint, such as sick leave, holidays, objectives, 1-2-1's, training, documents, performance (KPI's) and much more. For me there are no cons to this product, is does exactly what I need and have had no issues with it at all.

Verified Reviewer Account Manager, Insurance

‘Basic But Effective!’

Without a doubt, the best part about BreatheHR is its simplicity. For the user, the web interface is clear with all features signposted in the expected places with not an ounce of bloatware in sight. Furthermore, the features themselves are extremely easy to use...

Ryan E IT Systems & Data Protection Officer

‘It saved us so much time’

We are a small company and cant afford an HR person, since we use BreatheHR, the admin team saved so much time and resources keeping all employee data online, + employee retention and satisfaction has dramatically increased = great effect on our customer service!

Gregory Chauvet Verified Business

"Great system - basic, easy to use and affordable"

It's a one-stop shop for all of our employee records, annual leave management, recruitment, performance reviews, etc. Everything is in one place and is available anywhere and at any time.

Anonymous Administrator in Information Technology and Services

"A must have for all SMEs"

I have used Breathe across multiple organisations and roles. The software is just incredible, and the user experience is intuitive and straightforward. They have now expanded out the product means I can see even more value being had from such an easy-to-use and cost-effective software. I'd be lost without it as it helps me manage my teams across the business and have the visibility i need when planning.

Sarah M Account Director

‘A great solution with a price to match’

For years I have needed to use a system like BreathHR. As a smaller business, I could not justify paying the price of some of these all encompassing solutions. My back office systems did everything I needed apart from manage my HR side. For a small monthly payment, I now have the perfect system for my needs. I have been very impressed with the product and the technical support. Being able to use the free trial first was perfect but it was a no brainer for me to just sign up!

Sam Francis Verified Business

‘Great HR platform for growing businesses’

We found BreatheHR when we were about 20 staff and it's been a godsend, it meant we could move on from holiday spreadsheets and it made us so much more organised with personnel files but those were only the basic things we were trying to 'fix', in reality lots of other benefits came with it - our team love the 'kudos' feature which mean they can say thanks / well done to each other, and we use it to help communicate business critical documents to all staff...

Sally P Director, Marketing & Advertising

"And Breathe"

Our journey with Breathe has been an exciting one, we are now Gold Partners and have received lots of support and guidance from Bethan and the team at Breathe. We love seeing the reaction of our clients when we first show then what Breathe can do, such an amazing and intuitive product. We love the enthusiasm of the Team they are great to work with.

Sharon Smits SYLO Associates

"One-stop solution for HR Management"

Breathe provides very useful and dynamic management data that allows managers to have an accurate view of HR matters . The one to one and objective setting functionality has been highly useful during lockdown and will continue to be so in a hybrid working environment.

Lee P Chief Executive

‘Making HR a breeze’

Using Breathe has made managing the logistics of sick time and vacations very easy and all of the other features like Kudos and document sharing are a bonus!

Natasha H Verified Business

‘Good value for money’

Breathe allows our employees to be more autonomous in managing their own holiday and sick leave.

Vicki E PR Account Manager

‘Fantastic Time Saver’

Although new to breatheHR we have found it is extremely intuitive and straight forward to set up. The support documents are so very helpful and informative and if you do not find your answers there the support team are always on hand.

Tracy K General Manager, Logistics & Supply Chain

"Breathe Out - Breathe is here"

I have been working with Breathe for close to 4 years. Breathe as a software product has been a transformation tool for my clients. It has changed how the operate for the better on so many levels. They have data, metrics, information, knowledge. We can empower MD’s, HR, Finance, Line Managers and employees - providing consistent, easy accessible and GDPR proof information...

Trusted Customer My HR Hub

"An awesome HR system"

I love the simplicity of the system. When we joined in 2013, breatheHR stood out as offering everything a HR department could need, all in one space; since then it has only grown and become even better. The system is so easy to use, the individual employee profiles are a breeze, the reporting function becomes invaluable when you start using it, and the ability to turn different areas on and off, and customise is really key. Using breatheHR makes my job easier.

Anonymous Administrator in Farming

"A Breathe of fresh air"

I really enjoy using Breathe! It is a user friendly software which can be accessed from anywhere at any time - which is particularly good when booking holidays. The Breathe team are also friendly and fun to work with. They have supported me efficiently and quickly with any queries myself or the team have.

Lydia Verified Business

"Breathe has helped fill the gap in our HR management"

I like the clean, fresh interface and appreciate the aspects of HR management that the system allows. We try to simplify the number of systems we use, so we were hesitant in taking on another system in our organisation, but the flexibility built into the system has been great - we like the multiple ways to set up staff leave, as we have some part-time, some full-time and contract staff. BreatheHR covers all the bases fairly simply.

Ashley B Associate Pastor

"Positive Change"

The best part of Breathe for me has been that it can be accessed from anywhere and all our employee data securely is in one place. As the HR lead, this was invaluable to me while we were in lockdown and allowed me to continue to manage our business HR needs while being away from the office.

Anonymous Administrator in Apparel & Fashion