Breathe vs Swingvy (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Breathe if

• Fits if you're a UK small business that wants one fixed monthly fee
• Works for teams whose main job is knowing who's off and when

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if your company is outside the UK, as it's built for UK businesses
• Skip it if you want payroll built in, since it hands that to Xero
• Pricey if you take every add-on, at £11 to £16 a month each
• Watch out: add-ons stay on after the 14-day trial and are charged unless you switch them off
• Too light for companies over 200 staff, where the plans stop, or anyone needing links beyond Xero

Pick Swingvy if

• Fits if you run a Singapore business with at least 5 staff
• Works for firms that want CPF payroll next to leave and claims

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you're outside Singapore, as pricing and payroll are local
• Tight if you have fewer than 5 users, since plans start at 5
• Watch out: a one-time setup fee applies and the page doesn't show it
• Watch out: time and attendance is marked coming soon

Breathe

• Built for UK businesses: prices are in pounds excluding VAT, data sits in a UK data centre, and plans stop at 200 employees.
• Add-ons cost extra each month: rotas and attendance from £11, health and safety £12, expenses £14, learning £15 and recruitment £16.
• Add-ons stay switched on after the trial and are charged unless you turn them off.
• There is no payroll of its own; it connects to Xero Payroll.

Swingvy

• Prices were read from the Singapore pricing page and are in Singapore dollars, not US dollars.
• Plans start at 5 users and carry a one-time account setup fee whose amount the page does not show.
• Time and attendance is marked coming soon on the pricing page, so it may not be available yet.
• The page says SMEs may get up to 50% grant support through the IMDA EDGE Grant, a Singapore program; it is not a vendor discount.

Breathe

Holiday and absence

Staff book leave and report sickness, managers approve it, and a staff holiday planner shows who is off across the business.

Records, documents and e-signatures

Employee files, policies and contracts in one place, with documents sent out for electronic signature.

Performance, onboarding and reports

Performance management, dashboards and reporting come with every plan, and onboarding workflows sit among its people tools.

Rotas, time and attendance

An add-on builds weekly rotas, records clock-ins and clock-outs, generates timesheets, tracks overtime and lets staff swap shifts.

Recruitment, expenses and learning

Add-ons track applicants from application to shortlist, collect expense claims, and run bite-size courses for training and onboarding.

Health and safety

A newer add-on keeps risk assessments, logs accidents and near misses, and tracks safety roles and certifications.

Swingvy

HR Hub

Employee profiles and directory, a visual org chart, a shared company calendar, a news feed and custom reporting.

Leave

Custom entitlements, proration, hourly leave, multi-level approvals and calendar sync with iCal, Outlook and Google.

Claims

Employee self-service claims with custom policies, multi-level approval and multi-currency support, feeding into payroll.

Payroll

Pay runs with automated tax and filing, an in-built CPF calculator, proration and integration with Xero accounting.

Time and attendance

Geofenced clock in and out, custom time policies, mobile timesheets and overtime reimbursement; listed as coming soon.

Mobile app

iOS and Android app with push notifications, quick actions and an in-app inbox.

Breathe

• Micro£24

  per month for up to 10 employees, billed monthly

  Core HR: holiday and absence, dashboards and reports, documents and policies, and performance management. £245 a year if paid yearly.

• Starter£44

  per month for up to 20 employees, billed monthly

  Core HR for 11 to 20 people, adding time logs. £449 a year if paid yearly.

• Regular£99

  per month for up to 50 employees, billed monthly

  Core HR for 21 to 50 people, adding financial user permissions. £999 a year if paid yearly.

• Pro£175

  per month for up to 100 employees, billed monthly

  Core HR for 51 to 100 people. £1,790 a year if paid yearly.

• Premium£419

  per month for up to 150 employees, billed monthly

  Core HR for 101 to 150 people. £4,519 a year if paid yearly.

• Plus£579

  per month for up to 200 employees, billed monthly

  Core HR for 151 to 200 people. £6,255 a year if paid yearly.

Swingvy

• HR Hub, Claims and LeaveS$4.25

  per user / month, billed annually (S$5.00 billed monthly)

  Employee directory and org chart, leave with multi-level approvals, and expense claims with multi-currency support. Starts at 5 users, with a one-time account setup fee.

• PayrollS$4.25

  per user / month, billed annually (S$5.00 billed monthly)

  Adds payroll with a built-in CPF calculator, multiple pay runs and bank integrations, linked to claims, time and Xero. Chosen on top of the first module.

• Time and attendanceS$2.55

  per user / month, billed annually (S$3.00 billed monthly)

  Clock in and out, geofencing and timesheets; marked coming soon on the pricing page.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Quoted on request for larger organizations; the FAQ says custom pricing applies above 50 employees.

Breathe

• Annual discount

  About 15% off core HR with yearly billing

  Paying yearly saves about 15% on Micro, Starter, Regular and Pro plans and about 10% on Premium and Plus; add-ons are not discounted.

Swingvy

• Annual discount

  Save 15% with annual billing

  The pricing page shows a 15% saving when billed annually, which matches S$4.25 against S$5.00 a month.