Kayako Customer Reviews 2024

Kayako

6.5 /10

What is Kayako?

Kayako’s helpdesk software comes with powerful out-of-the-box functionality that makes it easy for customer service teams to begin managing requests and conversations that come through any channel. Support customers better, and stay personal as you grow.

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Kayako Ratings

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77 Likeliness to Recommend

61 Plan to Renew

3
Since last award

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+62 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Kayako?

18% Negative

13% Neutral

69% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Commodity Features
Less Effective Service

Feature Ratings

Average 75

Contact Center Integration

Intelligent Search

Customer Community Management

Agent Scripting

Multi Channel Support

Agent Collaboration

Customer Self Service Capabilities

Mobile Customer Care

Customer Service Workflow Management

Customer Service Knowledge Management

Analytics and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 73

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Kayako Reviews

Kostiantyn B.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2022

Simple solution for fair price.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Kayako from other similar products?

I would say the price and simplicity to start. It's really cheaper than competitors and easy to set up your chat and knowledge hub.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

1. Price. 2. Mobile app. 3. Simplisity.

What do you dislike most about this product?

You may wait for several hours or days to get an answer sometimes.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are not looking for a complex solution with advanced analytics and tons of features — kayako is a great tool to start with.

Pros

Efficient Service
Transparent
Trustworthy
Caring

Temur D.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2022

Fantastic product for a multilingual CS team

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Kayako from other similar products?

It allows creating tasks in any language, without needing to use external tools

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The ability to use macros when working on numerous tickets really helps to speed up the process

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing to complain about

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you're running a company, which offers customer support in many languages and wants to be efficient, than Kayako is one-stop shop for you

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

huzefa b.

Role: Operations
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2022

not applicable

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Kayako from other similar products?

not applicable

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

interface and speed of tool. also the product is excellent

What do you dislike most about this product?

comments and

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

good product

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Kayako Ratings

77 Likeliness to Recommend

61 Plan to Renew

3 Since last award

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+62 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Kayako?

Pros

Cons

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Contact Center Integration Agent desktop, CTI integration. Call scripting, call queuing, prioritization by different support channels.

Intelligent Search Knowledgebase search with content indexing, and search of external content repositories. Proactive search and auto-suggestions. Natural language processing.

Customer Community Management Creation and management of branded and focussed user communities.

Agent Scripting Recommend resolution steps to agents based on machine learning or AI.

Multi Channel Support Integration with email, telephone, and live chat, and with self-service and social media.

Agent Collaboration Supports live collaboration between agent and customers, among customers (e.g. forums), and among service professionals (e.g. team-based customer service).

Customer Self Service Capabilities Customer-facing resolution wizards and guidance, community forums or integrations through 3rd part integrations.

Mobile Customer Care Can create custom-branded service applications for customers on a mobile device (preferably native application rather than a responsive design site).

Customer Service Workflow Management Ticketing and case management capabilities. Automated assignment and escalation, decision trees, guided resolution wizards (ideally GUI drag-and-drop).

Customer Service Knowledge Management Customer and/or agent-facing knowledgebase and search capabilities offered or through 3rd party integrations.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Kayako Reviews

Kostiantyn B.

Simple solution for fair price.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Temur D.

Fantastic product for a multilingual CS team

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

huzefa b.

not applicable

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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