Direct comparison

Breathe vs Work-Lynx

Linear per-employee pricing. No 10-staff cliff. Same HR core.

Breathe: from £24 / month·Work-Lynx: £2.50 + £1/employee
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Breathe is a solid UK HR product for small teams. The pain point is the tier ladder: Micro caps at 10 employees, and bracket-jumping from one tier to the next adds £20+/month at a stroke. Work-Lynx scales linearly: £2.50 base + £1 per employee. 10 staff = £12.50/mo. 25 staff = £27.50/mo. No surprise cliffs.

When Breathe fits
  • ·You're a sub-10-staff team and don't need GPS clock-in
  • ·You like their specific UX and your team is fully trained
  • ·You're bundled with a Breathe-partner accountant
  • ·You don't care about the tier-cliff jump because you're stable at 10
Why Work-Lynx beats it
  • Truly linear pricing — £1/employee, no bracket cliffs
  • GPS clock-in with geofences (Breathe doesn't do this on any tier)
  • Employ AI — UK employment-law AI advisor included on every plan
  • Disciplinary + grievance workflow built in, not an add-on
  • Mobile-first employee self-service for clock-in / leave / payslips

Feature by feature

The honest side-by-side.

FeatureBreatheWork-Lynx
Employee records + org chart
Leave management
Document storage
GPS clock-in
Rotas + open shiftsAdd-onIncluded
Training records
UK employment-law AI advisorEmploy AI included
Disciplinary workflowHigher tierIncluded
Payslip storage + delivery
Pricing modelTier-banded (Micro/Starter/Regular/Premium)Linear per-employee
Free tier14-day trial1 admin / 0 employees free
Headline pricefrom £24 / month (Micro, ≤10 staff)£2.50 + £1 per employee / month

Breathe pricing verified on 18 May 2026 from the published rates. Comparative advertising — UK Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regs 2008 compliant.

Switching from Breathe

Breathe exports employees and document store as CSV/ZIP. Drop the CSV into Work-Lynx and we map standard columns automatically. Documents move via simple upload to Work-Lynx's document store. Migration is usually done in an afternoon.

HR built for the team you actually have.

Work-Lynx is £2.50 base + £1 per employee per month. 49 UK policies preloaded. Employ AI included. GPS clock-in, rotas, leave, training matrix, payslips. No sales call. Cancel any time.

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