Akia vs. SalesCaptain

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Akia
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$43
per month
SalesCaptain
Score 9.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
SalesCaptain is a communication platform with a chat based AI agent builder, designed for modern businesses. It unifies phone calls, texting, webchat, and social media messaging into a single collaborative inbox. SalesCaptain can be used to create AI-powered phone and text agents to handle calls, answer queries, route leads, filter spam, and automate tasks — without any technical expertise. SalesCaptain also includes a suite of built-in business apps for managing…
$159
per month per installation
Pricing
AkiaSalesCaptain
Editions & Modules
Basic
$43
per month
Business Plan
$159
per month per installation
Enterprise Plan
300 onwards
per month per installation
Enterprise Plan
starting at $300
per month per installation
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AkiaSalesCaptain
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
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User Ratings
AkiaSalesCaptain
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AkiaSalesCaptain
Likelihood to Recommend
Akia
You can customise it to do what you want to do. Put in the work to learn the back and end and build your own guest journey. You are not limited like other competitors to how the guest flow goes, you build your own. Support are great in helping with this and always attentive
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Salescaptain
When several technicians are out in the field and the office is unable to respond to every call, SalesCaptain is particularly well suited for appliance service companies that manage a significant volume of calls and messages. We make extensive use of it for texting missed calls, gathering brief intake information, and keeping clients warm until we can set up a time. It’s also ideal for automated appointment confirmations/reminders, tech on the way updates, and post-service review requests, which reduces down on status-check calls and encourages repeat business. It is less suitable for really complicated diagnostic cases that necessitate a back-and-forth discussion with a senior technician, as well as edge cases where availability or pricing rely on on-site inspection, which are better managed by a human once the first data is obtained.
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Pros
Akia
  • Fully Customisable
  • Great Support
  • There always seems to be a way to get what ytou want done
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Salescaptain
  • Catches and converts missed calls (biggest revenue saver for us)
  • Faster scheduling and better prep for technicians
  • Clear customer updates that reduce inbound status check calls
  • Review requests that actually match the moment
  • Consistent follow-up on estimates/parts is equal to fewer lost jobs
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Cons
Akia
  • Intergrate with PMS payment methods, not only offer their own
  • Look at how it can be used better to manage the daily operation
  • Communicate between staff members in a SLACK like manner
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Salescaptain
  • More appliance-specific templates out of the box
  • Deeper job lifecycle automation in one view
  • Smarter reporting tied to service outcomes
  • Better customer data enrichment and duplicate handling
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Likelihood to Renew
Akia
As great as AKAI is, its only issue is we cant take payments through our PMS - AKIA is reluctant to work with PMS payments as it wants to take payment itself. If this cant be navigated and other opportunities within our PMS appear that can do what AKAI does, it will force us to move in this direction
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Salescaptain
No answers on this topic
Usability
Akia
Once you get past the blanc canvas and begin to build, you learn its capability and become ingrossed. Easy, user friendly once you get your head around the set up
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Salescaptain
Because the daily workflow is simple, I would give usability an 8 out of 10. The shared inbox is easy to manage, chats are arranged by client, and once you understand the builder, setting up typical automations like missed-call texts, appointment reminders, and review requests is quick. The platform facilitates communication between techs and administrators and saves our office team a great deal of manual follow-up. I would prefer additional appliance-service templates and better contact/duplicate management to speed up onboarding and scalability. The primary reason it isn't a 10 is that certain sophisticated configuration more intricate routing, deeper reporting, and fine-tuning automations can require some understanding.
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Support Rating
Akia
Exceptional support. Hopefully they grow enough to have world wide support. Can be problematic being in oposite time zones
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Salescaptain
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Akia
Initially its a blanc canvas, once we got our head around that your good. It does take a fair few onboarding sessions to really learn. With the blanc canvas approached AKAI need to remember new buyers will be overwhelmed by this possibly
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Salescaptain
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Akia
Much more customisable, does more, team far more ingaging and know what their product can do to build the product to you
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Salescaptain
We primarily assessed Podium and Birdeye for customer messaging and reputation management. Both are good at creating reviews and handling simple conversations, but we needed more end-to-end follow-up in our appliance service workflow. Specifically, we needed to convert missed calls into scheduled jobs, automatically gather service-intake information appliance type/brand, symptoms, address, preferred time, and run regular appointment reminders and post-job follow-ups from a single shared inbox. SalesCaptain is a better fit since it supports review requests and reputation procedures while being more adaptable for creating those appliance-specific automations and keeping the complete lead-to-job dialog in one location.
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Return on Investment
Akia
  • Huge saving in labour costs
  • As we are not so orientated to physical tasks to get the guest in, our team are more guest focused delivering better service and multi skill
  • Allows the guerst to check themselfs in, submit ID with face recognition and pay bond via all methods making it super efficinet for guest and the team
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Salescaptain
  • More booked jobs from missed calls
  • Lower admin load and faster response times
  • Reputation and repeat business impact
  • Fewer no shows and last minute cancellations
  • Better conversion on estimates and parts delays
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ScreenShots

SalesCaptain Screenshots

Screenshot of the chat-based interface used to build AI phone and text agents.Screenshot of the unified inbox used to manage all messages from phone, text, webchat, and social.Screenshot of the drag-and-drop builder used to automate workflows.Screenshot of the apps used for reviews, appointments, and leaderboards.Screenshot of some of the available integrations.