Prices checked 12 Oct 2026Page updated 12 Oct 2026
MadyHR.ai vs Breathe
UK HR software for small businesses priced by headcount band rather than per employee, with paid add-ons for rota, expenses, recruitment, learning and health & safety.
MadyHR.ai does everyday HR and sponsor licence compliance in one system for £50 a year, unlimited employees. Below are Breathe's own published figures, with a link to the source and to the Internet Archive.
Choose Breathe if
you're a growing business that wants a well-established HR system, a large template library and a partner ecosystem, and you don't hold a sponsor licence.
Choose MadyHR.ai if
you hold a sponsor licence or expect to, you want your HR and compliance records in one place, and you'd rather pay one flat price than one that steps up with your headcount — and you don't need Breathe's template library, performance management or integrations marketplace.
Breathe's published prices
| Plan | Published price |
|---|---|
| Micro (1–10)£245 / year billed annually | £24 / month |
| Starter (11–20)£449 / year billed annually | £44 / month |
| Regular (21–50)£999 / year billed annually | £99 / month |
| Pro (51–100)£1,790 / year billed annually | £175 / month |
| Premium (101–150)£4,519 / year billed annually | £419 / month |
| Plus (151–200)£6,255 / year billed annually | £579 / month |
| MadyHR.ai — every module, unlimited employees | £50 a year, or £240 for 10 years |
Source: https://www.breathehr.com/en-gb/hr-software/hr-software-prices, checked 12 Oct 2026 · Archived copy, 12 Oct 2026
Quoted from the page on that date: “Starting at £24 a month per business · 1-10 people (Micro) £24 per month / business · 11-20 (Starter) £44 · 21-50 (Regular) £99 · 51-100 (Pro) £175 · 101-150 (Premium) £419 · 151-200 (Plus) £579 · Rota, Time & Attendance from £11 · Learn from £15 · Recruitment from £16 · Expenses from £14 · Health and Safety from £12 · All prices are exclusive of VAT · Paying annually will save Micro, Starter, Regular & Pro plans approximately 15% and Premium & Plus approximately 10%”
- How they charge
- Flat monthly fee per business, set by headcount band. Their pricing page states roughly 15% off for annual billing on Micro–Pro and 10% on Premium and Plus; choosing yearly billing on that page shows the yearly price for a headcount (£245 for 1–10 people on 12 Oct 2026). The other annual figures below are from Breathe's April 2026 pricing-change notice.
- Contract
- Monthly rolling or annual.
- Trial
- Free trial available.
What it costs per year at real headcounts
| Product | 12 employees | 25 employees | 50 employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breathe (annual billing) | £449 | £999 | £999 |
| MadyHR.ai | £50 | £50 | £50 |
Columns are numbers of employees. Ex VAT, core product, cheapest published billing, no add-ons. Where a vendor charges per sponsored worker we've assumed 4 of 12, 8 of 25 and 16 of 50 — change it in the calculator below. MadyHR.ai's £50 is what you pay — nothing is added at checkout.
What Breathe includes that MadyHR.ai does not
- Established UK product — their site cites 17,000+ SMEs and 1,000+ partners
- Free HR templates, guides and calculators resource library
- Optional modules: rota and time & attendance, learning, expenses, recruitment, health & safety
- Performance management and one-to-ones as standard
- Integrations marketplace and API on higher bands
What MadyHR.ai includes that Breathe does not list
- Right to Work evidence on each record, with the expiry date and follow-up checks scheduled from it
- eVisa share-code checks recorded against the employee
- A change-of-circumstances log for each sponsored worker, with the 10-working-day reporting deadline counted from the day the change happened and your own record of reporting it to the SMS
- An append-only audit log of Right to Work, salary and permission changes
- Rota, attendance and recruitment included rather than sold as add-ons
- An AI assistant that answers questions from your own records
- One price at any headcount — Breathe has six price bands between 1 and 200 people
Based on Breathe's features pages as at 12 Oct 2026 (Archived copy, 12 Oct 2026). “Not listed” means we couldn't find it there, not that it doesn't exist.
Work it out for your own headcount
| Product | Per year | Over 10 years |
|---|---|---|
| MadyHR.ai — unlimited employeesAnnual plan £50 a year · 10-year plan £240 once | £50 | £24010-year plan |
| Breathe (annual billing)Starter | £449 | £4,490 |
Competitor figures are ex VAT, core product, cheapest published billing option, no add-ons, using the published prices checked on 12 Oct 2026. Ten-year figures are ten times today's yearly price. Where a vendor's published bands stop below your headcount, the cost is shown as not published. The number of sponsored workers only changes vendors that charge per sponsored employee.
Questions people ask
Is MadyHR.ai cheaper than Breathe?
On published prices checked 12 Oct 2026: MadyHR.ai is £50 a year for unlimited employees. Breathe (annual billing) works out at £449 a year at 12 employees and £999 at 50, ex VAT, core product, cheapest published billing. Breathe includes things MadyHR.ai does not — see the section on this page.
Does Breathe track sponsor licence duties?
Sponsor licence duties and Right to Work follow-up tracking are not listed on Breathe's what's-included page as at 12 Oct 2026.
Does MadyHR.ai replace Breathe completely?
Not for everyone. MadyHR.ai covers everyday HR and sponsor compliance in one system at a flat price. It does not include an employment-law helpline, payroll, insurance or identity-verification services. If those matter, Breathe or another provider may suit you better — the comparison on this page is meant to help you decide, not to claim one product is right for every business.
How we keep this page accurate
Competitor prices and features are taken from each company's own public website on the date shown. Every source page is archived with the Internet Archive, so you can see exactly what we saw. We re-check at least every 90 days and update within 5 working days of learning of a change. Think something's wrong? Email support@madyhr.ai and we'll reply within one working day.
Change log
- — Page published. All Breathe figures checked 6 Sep 2026 against https://www.breathehr.com/en-gb/hr-software/hr-software-prices
- — Prices re-checked 22 Sep 2026 against https://www.breathehr.com/en-gb/hr-software/hr-software-prices: no change.
- — Prices and features re-checked 12 Oct 2026 against https://www.breathehr.com/en-gb/hr-software/hr-software-prices and the features page: no change. Both now link to a dated Internet Archive copy saved that day.
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