CharlieHR
Breathe HR
Comparison
CharlieHR vs Breathe HR
A data-driven, side-by-side comparison for UK businesses. Provider data is verified by our research team and every review is moderated before publishing.
Updated 5 July 2026
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Starting price
£4/user/month
Starting price
£18/mo
At a glance
Who wins, category by category
Category-by-category winners based on verified user ratings, each scored out of 5.
CharlieHR
Breathe HR
Analytics
Ratings, visualised
The four dimensions every reviewer rates, shown two ways — bars for side-by-side magnitude, gauges for the head-to-head on each.
Rating by category
Head to head by category
Sentiment
How reviewers feel
Positive (4 to 5 stars), neutral (3 stars) and negative (1 to 2 stars) sentiment across all verified reviews.
CharlieHRPositive sentiment
- Positive90%
- Neutral6%
- Negative4%
Breathe HRPositive sentiment
- Positive86%
- Neutral10%
- Negative4%
Pricing
Pricing compared
Entry price, free plans and trials at a glance. A lower starting price is not everything, but it is where most UK businesses begin.
CharlieHR
Free trialLondon-built HR platform for startups and small teams, covering onboarding, time off, documents and reviews, with a free tier for very small teams.
- Simple onboarding
- Free tier for small teams
- Built in London for UK teams
Breathe HR
Free trialUK-built HR platform for SMEs covering holiday booking, absence, documents and performance, with GDPR-friendly data hosting.
- Holiday & absence management
- Performance reviews
- Built for UK SMEs
Features
Full feature comparison
Every data point we track for CharlieHR and Breathe HR, side by side.
Head to head
Verified data & user ratings
- Simple onboarding
- Free tier for small teams
- Built in London for UK teams
- Holiday & absence management
- Performance reviews
- Built for UK SMEs
Voices
What real users say
The strongest praise and the most common complaint, pulled from verified reviews of each product.
CharlieHRJessica P.
Managing Director, 11-50 employees
“Quick to set up with no training needed.”
Jodie Rahman
Operations Manager, 1 employees
“Reporting was too basic.”
Breathe HRRoss B.
People Lead, 51-200 employees
“Great value for a small team.”
Amara Pople
Founder, 201-500 employees
“Too basic on reporting.”
Our verdict
CharlieHR leads 2/5Which should you choose?
On the data we track, CharlieHR leads in 2 of 5 categories. Weigh that against your budget and the features that matter most to your team.