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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Kayako

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/AKayako is a help desk and customer support platform that helps businesses automate workflows, improve agent productivity, and deliver personalized customer experiences across email, chat, and social media.

    $79

    per month

    Pricing
    Kayako
    Editions & Modules
    Kayako One
    $79
    per month
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Kayako
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Kayako
    Considered Both Products
    Kayako
    Chose Kayako
    Basecamp is more for client project management and implementations.
    Incentivized
    Chose Kayako
    Jira is much more pricey but more complete. It integrates with our Scrum Board and Agile Software Development platform. So we can much more easily turn Tickets into User Stories, and our techs and devs only have to live in one software platform instead of having to switch …
    Incentivized
    Chose Kayako
    Kayako is way more scalable than Spiceworks' helpdesk offering. We had trouble visualizing our current layout within their environment.

    Zendesk was priced quite a bit higher than Kayako while offering similar functionality. It didn't make sense to want to migrate to a new …
    Incentivized
    Chose Kayako
    Kayako's interface is far less complex than Zendesk, so it looked like a good platform. Unfortunately, the features didn't work and their support team is the worst. I went back to Zendesk and I got everything to work including their chat function. Zendesk just works. You don't …
    Incentivized
    Chose Kayako
    Kayako beats the competition with the price but unfortunately loses the battle on all other fronts. Simply not enough options, not enough customisability, very nice and friendly customer support but not the most capable. If the code was less buggy it could be a stronger …
    Incentivized
    Chose Kayako
    Based on cost, Kayako is by far the better solution.
    Incentivized
    Chose Kayako
    Kayako is a great tool for the service industry. I think it is better suited for businesses that do 1-off interactions rather than using it to manage and maintain a larger repeat customer base. This was just our opinion based on the industry we are in. We are in the hosting …
    Incentivized
    Chose Kayako
    We were using Spiceworks for a few years before switching to Kayako but found that it wasn't as customizable or as user friendly for our customers. The SNMP scanning and inventory features with Spiceworks was nice but we needed more of a Help Desk that would allow us to scale …
    Incentivized
    Chose Kayako
    I haven't used other similar products.
    Incentivized
    Chose Kayako
    Tried Zen desk and just felt Kayako had many more controllable features.
    Incentivized
    Chose Kayako
    Kayako is the only ticketing system I have used. I found it easy to learn and use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Kayako
    Kayako is the only helpdesk software that I've ever used. In the past we only used a Gmail inbox.
    Incentivized
    Chose Kayako
    This is the only product that I have used for a Help Desk or Case management system
    Incentivized
    Chose Kayako
    We went with Kayako at the time of purchase because there was a much more cost effective self-hosted option that we have been able to leverage to our benefit. That option has become much more expensive now, but we feel like we'd still make the decision again.
    Incentivized
    Chose Kayako
    We only looked at a few. For a small software company, that only wanted to provide better support, it was affordable and easy enough to assimilate into our system.
    Incentivized
    Chose Kayako
    I choose Fusion over OTRS because of the simple nature of the set up and management of Fusion. OTRS required a lot of initial setup and the company was looking for a reliable base system to build onto over time rather than a complex help desk system up front. If you are looking …
    Incentivized
    Chose Kayako
    Kayako's interface is definitely better in the "ease of use" category.

    I find that the functionality of Kayako trumps Numara in a few different ways, and the search functions are a little bit easier to navigate.
    Incentivized
    Chose Kayako
    We evaluated Spiceworks and it tried to do too much. Kayako addressed our need for email support and distributing/tracking work without trying to introduce direct monitoring, knowledge base, and all kinds of other tools. It was much simpler to configure for our needs.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Kayako
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Kayako
    Feature
    Kayako
    2.0
    11 Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets1.011 Ratings
    Expert directory1.05 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications1.08 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation1.07 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission7.011 Ratings
    Ticket response1.011 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Kayako
    Feature
    Kayako
    1.0
    9 Ratings
    External knowledge base1.09 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base1.08 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Kayako
    Feature
    Kayako
    1.0
    10 Ratings
    Customer portal1.07 Ratings
    IVR1.02 Ratings
    Social integration1.04 Ratings
    Email support1.010 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration1.06 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Kayako
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.1
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)