Breathe vs. Paylocity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Breathe
Score 3.0 out of 10
N/A
Breathe in Horsham provides that their HR software is designed to be used effectively by people with no prior experience of HR from day one, and provides ongoing training and support as part of monthly subscriptions to help customers make the most of their software.
$22
per month per business
Paylocity
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Paylocity provides 24/7 access to your online payroll and human resource data management. Paylocity offers highly customizable payroll functionality, as well as HR, benefits administration, and time and talent management programs.N/A
Pricing
BreathePaylocity
Editions & Modules
1-10 people
£22 / per month
per business
11-20 people
£39 / per month
per business
21-50 people
£89/ per month
per business
51-100 people
£159 / per month
per business
101 - 150 people
£369 / per month
per business
151-200 people
£525 / per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BreathePaylocity
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details- Breathe's pricing is based on plan size, not per person. - You can choose to pay monthly or annually depending on your business. Annual pricing includes a 10% discount. - We're proud to offer all UK-registered charities a 50% lifetime discount on all plans. - Additional modules such as Rota, Time & Attendance and Breathe Learn are available to be added to your plan.
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Community Pulse
BreathePaylocity
Features
BreathePaylocity
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Breathe
10.0
1 Ratings
21% above category average
Paylocity
7.8
1445 Ratings
4% below category average
Employment history10.01 Ratings8.11328 Ratings
Job profiles and administration10.01 Ratings7.91240 Ratings
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.41377 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.61253 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.41153 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.91134 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.5968 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Breathe
10.0
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Paylocity
7.6
1172 Ratings
7% below category average
Approval workflow10.01 Ratings7.71044 Ratings
Balance details10.01 Ratings7.41120 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment10.01 Ratings7.7889 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Breathe
10.0
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Paylocity
8.4
1391 Ratings
2% above category average
Update personal information10.01 Ratings8.71379 Ratings
Employee recognition10.01 Ratings8.31021 Ratings
View job history10.01 Ratings8.51210 Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.61355 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.11126 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Breathe
10.0
1 Ratings
23% above category average
Paylocity
7.6
860 Ratings
4% below category average
Performance plans10.01 Ratings7.4784 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.4679 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.7790 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.8797 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.7674 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Breathe
10.0
1 Ratings
26% above category average
Paylocity
8.0
814 Ratings
4% above category average
Notifications and Alerts10.01 Ratings7.9751 Ratings
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.1699 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.2727 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.0567 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.1694 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.6597 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.2754 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Breathe
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Ratings
Paylocity
8.3
1383 Ratings
2% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.61351 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.8682 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.71050 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.6937 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.91345 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.21086 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.9684 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Breathe
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.4
450 Ratings
7% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.4450 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Breathe
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.3
1287 Ratings
3% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.31235 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.51253 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.2823 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Breathe
-
Ratings
Paylocity
8.2
1209 Ratings
3% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.41199 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.1973 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Breathe
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.8
686 Ratings
3% below category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.7550 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.8633 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.7490 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.9642 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Breathe
-
Ratings
Paylocity
7.6
461 Ratings
3% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings7.3317 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.5372 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings8.0417 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.6342 Ratings
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User Ratings
BreathePaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.3
(1521 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(166 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(329 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(36 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(35 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(148 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(6 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(29 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(92 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(26 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(25 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(28 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(34 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(18 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(34 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(31 ratings)
User Testimonials
BreathePaylocity
Likelihood to Recommend
Breathe
I can request and check holiday with ease and see company announcements very quickly
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Paylocity
Paylocity is a very user-friendly system. It is very easy to learn and use. They offer features like Time and Labor, Payroll, integrations with other software and Human Resources benefits. They have an excellent onboarding process and feature recruitment right at your fingertips, so you do not have to go on so many job boards. I like their self-service portal because it allows our staff independence on clocking in and out as well as requesting paid time off and our staff can make their own corrections when they miss a punch on their time sheet or forget to clock in and out for lunch or during the day.
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Pros
Breathe
  • Manages holiday entitlement
  • Manages TOIL requests
  • Delivers company announcements
  • Holds vital information about me and my role
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Paylocity
  • Payroll is made pretty easy. I love that we have the ability to log into payroll, we just upload the information from commissions, things like that where there are exceptions to a regular payroll run. It may make it very easy to do that, just a quick upload. Additionally, when we're in the payroll grid, it gives us the ability to just make quick changes to people's pay or their tax schedule, tax withholdings, things like that without having to go through a lot of different screens. It's just very easy to access just for the click of a button. Love that.
  • We talked about performance reviews, talked about payroll with benefits administration, it allows us to utilize EDI feeds with our benefit vendors so it creates a seamless, but we just enter the information into Paylocity and then it seamlessly provides that information to our vendors. That's been really helpful. And adjusting benefits is also very easy within Paylocity. I love the recent edition of compensation analysis information, so I'm able to go into the compensation module and look for jobs that are similar to a job title at our company. I can enter the job description, I give them what state that the person or the job is in, and it pops out compensation data. It gives me different options, so titles that might be similar. So if there's not something that's an exact fit, I'm able to find something really, really close. It's been a huge upgrade because before that I was having to use a different vendor and paying $400 per job and now it's significantly less expensive to Paylocity and I'm still getting great quality data. It's been very helpful.
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Cons
Breathe
  • More detail of TOIL requests would be better
  • It would be nice if it linked to Outlook for logging training for staff
  • It would be nice if it could integrate with another H & S software package I use
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Paylocity
  • Develop a full AP/AR process that integrates with the other financial tools like payroll, expenses, etc.
  • Have the platform DCAA compliant and have it audited so that companies can use it as a definitive government contracting platform.
  • Develop an improvement that would allow for Time and Labor integration and reporting to Medicaid for service providers so they don't need multiple systems.
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Likelihood to Renew
Breathe
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
There are several technical issues we have experienced this past year with the employee onboarding process that we are still waiting to have resolved. Overall our experience with Paylocity has been positive, and we love how user-friendly and easy to navigate the system is. It has made all of our HR processes much more streamlined and efficient.
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Usability
Breathe
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
I would give it that overall rating because we implemented in 2023 and so although that may feel like a lot of time, it still is, we still have a lot to learn and so I'm optimistic that as we learn more that rating will increase.
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Reliability and Availability
Breathe
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
Over the last 3 years, we've only had one major service issue that rendered Airbase unusable for us for about 24 hours. That said, they navigated the SVB bank crisis very well and made sure funds were available during that time.
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Performance
Breathe
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
We had some minor hiccups throughout the year but they have all been fixable. Paylocity integrates well with our 401k provider, Principal, and our benefits, OneDigital. It makes it simple to house everything and have it all connected. It doesn't slow anything down to have Principal integrated. It makes it more efficient
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Support Rating
Breathe
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
It is very hard to get answers to your questions, you cannot speak to someone without days of requesting assistance or answers and then eventually can get a call back and then it is usually resolved fairly quickly. But NOT easy to get that help.
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In-Person Training
Breathe
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
I didn't have in-person training, but I'm sure it was just as great as any other training/assistance Paylocity provides. Paylocity customer service is always available. You never have to be on hold and their answers are always accurate and timely. Documents in the help section are helpful as well. My in-person training was conducted y one of our employees who was involved in the initial set-up and training of all employees. She was excellent.
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Online Training
Breathe
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
The training was live online, but was with a group of other companies. We did not receive any personalized training with our team. Whenever we would ask for training, we would be sent a peak article link or a video. It felt like the reps we dealt with didn't know the answer to the questions.
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Implementation Rating
Breathe
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
Implementation was a bit bumpy and Paylocity team not always available for next steps and/or questions. I feel like Paylocity could have done a better job in their fact finding as far as what we were currently doing, our payroll policies and needs, etc. so that we would have run into less issues as we moved forward.
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Alternatives Considered
Breathe
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
We went through demos five years ago and we evaluated ADP and UKG in the past, and we used Paycor previously. In the past, I've used ADP and Kronos when it was still Kronos at other companies. So several different ones. One of the main reasons was that it was all one platform and you didn't have to log into other platforms for it to communicate with each other. Payroll talks to time that talks back to payroll and you don't have to log into anything separate. The reporting was also really easy and you didn't have to have a master's degree to do it.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Breathe
No answers on this topic
Paylocity
I didn't help but I like the pricing
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Scalability
Breathe
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Paylocity
We have gone from a medium sized company to a larger company with no issues whatsoever with Paylocity being able to keep up or do what we need it to do for the size of our needs. In fact, it does more than we even use at this juncture
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Professional Services
Breathe
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Paylocity
They are thorough, care about quality and success, take the time needed to implement properly, answer questions, build data feeds. A professional, caring, very skilled team there.
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Return on Investment
Breathe
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Paylocity
  • So when I first found Paylocity back in 2013 and was pitching it to the senior leadership company, my PowerPoint presentation, our return on investment was reducing errors in time and labor. We did paper time sheets back in the day back in 2007, 2008. So we were always running paper time sheets, Microsoft Excel or other standalone products, printing them out and hand keying them into a payroll system. So my ROI to our company was to save money and time on data entry and also to better manage the taxes. So we pay for the tax service, we're in 27 states having to manage that. Previously we were responsible for knowing what every state tax codes were, what every state tax compliance rules were. So with Paylocity we signed up for a tax service and that has been a huge return on investment.
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ScreenShots

Breathe Screenshots

Screenshot of the personal dashboard for every user, where users can access any area they might need.Screenshot of an additional dashboard called the HR Dashboard, which is a centralised hub for all HR needs that provides meaningful data. It is also used to automate administrative tasks, gain an overview of what’s coming up & keep on top of HR to-do’s.Screenshot of the a birds-eye view of who’s off and when with the holiday calendar. The Breathe calendar with Office 365 or Google calendar.Screenshot of the holiday dashboard, where teams gain visibility of their holiday allowance and days remaining. Here, teams can book holiday requests from anywhere, from any device, at any time.Screenshot of the performance management features helps recognise and reward people for their hard work. It is also used to track employee performance, arrange one-to-ones, manage annual appraisal meetings, and set goals or targets for staff to strive for.Screenshot of the company's organisation chart, which is visible at a glance.

Paylocity Screenshots

Screenshot of a view of real-time employee data and performance metrics used to uncover and analyze trends. This creates an impactful understanding of the business, increase retention, understand labor costs, and plan for changes.Screenshot of where to automate manual processes with Paylocity's self-serve automation engine, Workflows. Users can implement routines for time-consuming manual tasks.Screenshot of where to manage and comply with employment law. Paylocity's HR Compliance solution helps users to stay on track and view important employee compliance items, from Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), healthcare, and compensation.Screenshot of how Paylocity Recruiting can automate hiring processes. amplify outreach, showcase a company's culture, and build stronger candidate connections to swiftly fill positions.Screenshot of recognition and rewards in Paylocity.