Breathe HR vs Reward Gateway
A side-by-side comparison of two UK employee platforms — pricing, contract terms, feature coverage. Every claim below is sourced from each company's public website or filings, verified 2026-06-10. This page is published by WagePerks as part of our sourced-claims comparison series; you'll find a "third option" section at the end if you'd like to consider us too.
What you'll actually pay
Banded per-business: Micro £24 (1–10), Starter £44 (11–20), Regular £99 (21–50), Pro £175 (51–100), Premium £419 (101–150), Plus £579 (151–200)
- Contract: Rolling monthly
- Pricing published: Yes
- Category: UK HR-only platform for SMEs
- Customer count: 17,000+ UK SME customers (self-reported)
Small-business tier: £6/PEPM annual, £8/PEPM monthly. EAP +£1/PEPM optional. Above ~100 employees: sales-led.
- Contract: Monthly or annual (small-business tier)
- Pricing published: Yes
- Category: UK employee engagement and benefits platform
- Customer count: Reward Gateway operates across multiple markets via Edenred
Feature-by-feature comparison
All rows sourced from each company's public website, verified 2026-06-10. See the full source list at the bottom of this page.
Where Breathe HR has depth
Sourced from https://www.breathehr.com/en-gb/, verified 2026-06-10.
- Native iOS and Android apps shipped
- Performance management module (reviews, appraisals, goals) included in Core HR
- 17,000+ UK SME customers since launch in 2012 (see renewal-pricing notes for one customer's report of a 57% rise post-acquisition)
Centric HR Ltd (trading as Breathe HR)
Incorporated 2012 (launch year). Ownership: ELMO Software (acquired Oct 2020); ELMO taken private by K1 Investment Management (2022).
Where Reward Gateway has depth
Sourced from https://www.rewardgateway.com/uk, verified 2026-06-10.
- 900+ UK retailers per their published small-business pricing page
- Survey, comms and engagement-analytics modules (EngagementOS) for engagement-reporting buyers
- Native iOS and Android apps shipped to App Store / Google Play (Engage app)
- Part of Edenred (Euronext: EDEN) since May 2023 (£1.15bn acquisition) — relevant if your procurement requires a publicly listed counterparty
Reward Gateway (UK) Ltd
Companies House 05696250
Incorporated 2 February 2006. Ownership: Edenred (Euronext: EDEN), acquired May 2023 for £1.15bn.
WagePerks: one platform that covers both categories
Breathe HR and Reward Gateway each cover different slices of the employee experience. WagePerks bundles eleven modules — benefits marketplace with voucher codes at purchase, HR, rotas, GPS clock-in, payslips, recognition, documents and an optional 24/7 GP + EAP add-on — at £4.50 per employee per month, rolling monthly.
£4.50 / employee / month
Published per-employee rate on the WagePerks pricing page. All eleven modules included at the headline price. Optional 24/7 GP + EAP add-on quoted on call.
Rolling monthly
Cancel with 30 days' written notice — no multi-year fixed-term contracts, no automatic renewals. Independent UK company (Wageperks Ltd, Companies House SC824820), no PE owner.
Eleven modules under one brand
Benefits marketplace, HR, rotas, GPS clock-in, payslips, documents, e-signatures, onboarding, recognition, absence, plus white-label branding — all included at the headline price.
Sources & verification
All claims on this page are sourced from each company's public website, App Store listing, or Companies House public filings — verified 2026-06-10. This page is published by WagePerks as part of our sourced-claims comparison series. We re-verify quarterly. Email us if anything's gone stale.
Breathe HR sources
- Pricing tiers
- Customer count & launch year
- About / founded 2012
- Feature list
- Rolling-monthly FAQ
- Mobile app
- ELMO Software acquisition (7 Oct 2020)
- Capterra reviews (incl. Alastair March 2025: 57% rise)