Breathe is HR software built for UK small and medium businesses, covering holiday and absence, documents and performance, with add-ons such as recruitment. Wizard Application includes HR and recruitment as part of a platform that also runs projects, sales, invoicing and support.
If you are choosing between them, this guide sets out how they compare, where each one is strong, and which kind of business each suits best.
At a glance
| Wizard Application | Breathe | |
|---|---|---|
| Employee records | Employee records with self-service for staff | The core product, with unlimited document storage |
| Holiday and absence | Self-service leave requests, approvals and allowances | Holiday approvals, allowances and absence tracking |
| Performance | Not a core part of Wizard Application HR | One-to-ones, appraisals and goals |
| Recruitment | A recruitment ATS with AI features | Available as an add-on |
| Projects, CRM and invoicing | Included | Not part of Breathe |
Where Breathe is strong
Breathe is designed for UK small businesses. It reflects UK employment practice and language, makes holiday, absence and documents easy to manage, and includes performance tools for one-to-ones and appraisals. For a business that wants straightforward HR software, it is a trusted choice.
Where Wizard Application is different
- HR next to the work. HR records and leave sit alongside projects and time, so availability and workload share one view.
- Hiring built in. The recruitment ATS includes AI CV parsing, screening and matching on the Professional and Enterprise plans.
- Payroll-ready. Pay details are held on each employee and synced to Xero, which runs payroll.
- The rest of the business too. Projects, a sales CRM, invoicing and a help desk on one subscription.
- We move you across. Our migration team maps your employee records into Wizard Application, and you check everything on a staging link before you switch.
Which should you choose
Breathe may suit you better if you want dedicated UK HR software with performance tools, and your other systems already work well.
Wizard Application may suit you better if HR is one part of running the business and you want it with projects, sales, billing and hiring on one platform.
Moving from Breathe
If you decide to switch, our migration service starts with a free assessment. We map your data, give you a private staging link to check everything, and you keep working in Breathe until you are ready, so there is no downtime.
When you are ready to compare the two properly, see our plans or request a free migration assessment.
Related reading
Breathe is a trademark of its owner. Details about Breathe were correct at the time of writing (September 2026), based on its public website, and may have changed since. Product names and logos are used only to identify the products being compared, and do not imply any endorsement or partnership.