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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HubSpot Data Hub

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AHubSpot Operations Hub (based on technology from the former PieSync that was acquired by HubSpot November 2019) is a two-way contacts integration platform. The vendor emphasizes quick and easy setup automated customer and client data matching and updating between apps.

    $15

    per month per seat

    Kayako

    Score6.8 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
    HubSpot Data HubKayako
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $15
    per month per seat
    Professional
    $800
    per month Includes 1 Core Seat (Additional Core Seats start at $50 /mo)
    Enterprise
    $2000
    per month Includes 1 Core Seat (Additional Core Seats start at $75 /mo)
    Kayako One
    $79
    per month
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HubSpot Data HubKayako
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing.—
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    HubSpot Data HubKayako
    Considered Both Products
    HubSpot
    No answer on this topic
    Kayako
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    67%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    HubSpot Data HubKayako
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of HubSpot Data Hub and Kayako
    Feature
    HubSpot Data Hub
    -
    Ratings
    Kayako
    2.0
    11 Ratings
    122% below category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings1.011 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings1.05 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings1.08 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings1.07 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings1.011 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of HubSpot Data Hub and Kayako
    Feature
    HubSpot Data Hub
    -
    Ratings
    Kayako
    1.0
    9 Ratings
    156% below category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings1.09 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings1.08 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of HubSpot Data Hub and Kayako
    Feature
    HubSpot Data Hub
    -
    Ratings
    Kayako
    1.0
    10 Ratings
    156% below category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings1.07 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings1.02 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings1.04 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings1.010 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings1.06 Ratings
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    HubSpot Data HubKayako
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (26 ratings)
    1.0
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (7 ratings)
    2.1
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HubSpot Data HubKayako
    Likelihood to Recommend
    HubSpot
    In cases of brands that have been in the market for a long time but do not see any impact from new clients or consumers, HubSpot is ideal since it allows to keep the brand fresh in the mind of the audience. HubSpot additionally provides insight into what we're doing and allowed us to align the sales team with company goals. It also ensures that you receive updates from your computer. We can handle all programming requests that come into our team. One thing that HubSpot can improve on is not having a good centralized dashboard that allows for a full view of ALL data coming in. You can go to each piece, but not having them all attached to the board adds a bit of a challenge. It's not very complex to handle, but it would be easier to use if it had that feature.
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    Kayako
    When it works, It's without a doubt a great help desk solution. It is perfect for our usage, and have rolled it out company-wide. It's great if you have multiple departments. We have it set up so most items come through a single desk that then hands out tickets to their proper department. There may be cheaper options for smaller organizations but for one that is as service-driven as ours, we really think Kayako is a great fit.
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    Pros
    HubSpot
    • Easy to figure out. Once you login, it's incredibly easy to figure out what to do, thanks to their simple UIX.
    • Easy integrations with many partners. PieSync offers easy integrations with many partners. Integrating is as easy as clicking, filling in your login information and clicking again!
    • Allowing multiple integrations. I'm glad PieSync allows multiple integrations so you aren't limited with how you integrate your different systems with contact information. Very helpful!
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    Kayako
    • Gives a very good report on an individual level of what is being done for a customer or corporate issue.
    • Easy to understand who has what, what the tickets are about, how long they have been opened and how many times the customer/employee have gone back and forth with each other.
    • Nice dashboard view.
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    Cons
    HubSpot
    • The biggest issue we have had with PieSync is the lack of detail within syncing. Sometimes when there is an issue with a Sync it is hard to determine what went wrong. Even though most of the time it's user error, it's hard to diagnose issues with the current PieSync set-up.
    • The pricing of PieSync is a little odd and I think should be based on something other than number of contacts you're syncing.
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    Kayako
    • Departments need a bit of work. Even though you can have multiple departments, the only changes that can be made are globally. If you want independent queues within the departments, you have to do a lot of work that can be very confusing.
    • Survey system is not up to speed. Kayako really needs to add Net Promoter Score into their system. Also, if a staff user removes their name from an incident ticket, it removes them from the survey so you really can't even get a good estimate of how well your staff is in the eyes of the customer.
    • Very difficult to implement when you already have a customer base. Setting them up in organizations is difficult. Also, the sign-up for new customers is quirky. If you send an email to Kayako, it will say you are not an authorized user, however, it will store your email address. If you try to send an email a second time, it will go through. This is one of many reasons why we decided to move from Kayako to Oracle Service Cloud.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    HubSpot
    The tool is very "set it and forget it" and reliable!
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    Kayako
    • We are grandfathered in on their old Software-assurance pricing and our continued use costs us only a few hundred dollars a year (excluding hosting expenses)
    • Our team's processes are now heavily ingrained in the system
    • We have not been shown a more compelling option that is more cost-effective while still offering all the features we've come to expect
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    Usability
    HubSpot
    I used it with a couple of systems that I was not expecting to be smooth sailing and it just worked without any issues.
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    Kayako
    I did not come from an IT background and I picked this program up quickly
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    Reliability and Availability
    HubSpot
    No answers on this topic
    Kayako
    They are really good, but it takes a while to get back, because of the large time difference to the Eastern US. However, they are very helpful.
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    Support Rating
    HubSpot
    Every time that I've had a question, PieSync has been very responsive. It is a reliable company with a great team that is devoted to helping their customers. I've been their customer for 2 years and I've never looked back. Support is an important reason why PieSync is my go-to app for this job.
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    Kayako
    • We didn't have to use support too much, but when we did, they were able to assist us and help us make everything work.
    • Mostly we used their Online KB and step by step instructions to get all of our issues resolved.
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    Implementation Rating
    HubSpot
    No answers on this topic
    Kayako
    Three years in we are about as happy with Kayako as we could be. We've had several employee's leave and on-boarding new hires was easier than it has ever been as things are uniform and consistent across the entire application.
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    Alternatives Considered
    HubSpot
    PieSync is much less confusing, and from what I remember, cheaper. But if you need a more robust solution to get more data from system to system, you will need to find something other than PieSync. Zapier can be confusing and complicated to setup. And as you get more and more into the weeds with Zapier, you start realizing that you need to upgrade from plan to plan as you add these more complicated steps.
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    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 our services to more companies.
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    Return on Investment
    HubSpot
    • PieSync saves our team countless hours of repetitive data input by syncing the data automatically.
    • PieSync has allowed us to use additional specialized marketing software and still be able to keep our contact data synced to our CRM.
    • ROI is positive as the cost has far outweighed the time savings of inputting data and reducing mistakes with client data.
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    Kayako
    • Tickets were definitely responded to faster once we implemented the audible alarm that would go off when new tickets came into the queue. This was possible because of the API.
    • Since the system was email based we could set our monitoring software up to generate tickets automatically via email for customers when it found something out of the ordinary.
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    ScreenShots

    HubSpot Data Hub Screenshots

    Screenshot of the currently available connections.Screenshot of PieSync dashboard viewScreenshot of the interface to configure a sync between 2 apps (or more)