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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Oracle Sales

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AOracle Sales guides sellers with intelligent recommendations to help them focus on the most valuable prospects at the right time. These machine learning-based CRM selling tools center around clean, complete customer data from internal and external sources.

    $65

    Per User Per Month

    Pricing
    KayakoOracle Sales
    Editions & Modules
    Kayako One
    $79
    per month
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Professional
    $65.00
    Per User Per Month
    Standard
    $100.00
    Per User Per Month
    Enterprise
    $200.00
    Per User Per Month
    Premium
    $300.00
    Per User Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KayakoOracle Sales
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    KayakoOracle Sales
    Considered Both Products
    Kayako
    No answer on this topic
    Oracle
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    KayakoOracle Sales
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Kayako and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Kayako
    2.0
    11 Ratings
    122% below category average
    Oracle Sales
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets1.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory1.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications1.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation1.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission7.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response1.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Kayako and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Kayako
    1.0
    9 Ratings
    156% below category average
    Oracle Sales
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base1.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base1.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Kayako and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Kayako
    1.0
    10 Ratings
    156% below category average
    Oracle Sales
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal1.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    IVR1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration1.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support1.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration1.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Kayako and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    7.6
    17 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings7.017 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings7.716 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings7.815 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings7.914 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings6.116 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings7.014 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Kayako and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    5.8
    15 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Case management00 Ratings5.615 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings6.412 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings5.313 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Kayako and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    8.5
    13 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Lead management00 Ratings9.013 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Kayako and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    7.6
    14 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Task management00 Ratings6.513 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings8.414 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Kayako and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    8.1
    16 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings7.715 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings7.615 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings9.116 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Kayako and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    5.6
    17 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings5.617 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings5.617 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings6.315 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings5.016 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Kayako and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    8.7
    18 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.317 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Kayako and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    10.0
    11 Ratings
    28% above category average
    Social data00 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Kayako and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    7.8
    14 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings7.612 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Kayako and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    7.6
    16 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings7.616 Ratings
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    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    KayakoOracle Sales
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (22 ratings)
    8.4
    (40 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.7
    (13 ratings)
    Availability
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.1
    (4 ratings)
    7.3
    (10 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (16 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KayakoOracle Sales
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Oracle
    Excellent as a customer relationship management tool, sales forecasting, building better sales plan for the entire deal lifecycle using critical and complex data, a 360-degree comprehensive view of vendors, partners, customers. Ensuring high standards and consistency is maintained in pricing so that quotes are competitive for prospective customers. At the end of the day, this is an excellent tool for selling and closing deals while being able to access needed information in one place.
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    Pros
    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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    Oracle
    • Easy to sell products[.]
    • Build customers and make customer hub[.]
    • Tracking the sales cycle from marketing to sell the product[.]
    • Build Reports and Anayltics related to opportunities, leads, and service requests[.]
    • Getting customers issues after and before selling[.]
    • High ability to integrate with Oracles other products and 3rd products using Rest and Soap APIs[.]
    • Restrict users using RBAC role based access[.]
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    Cons
    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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    Oracle
    • I would like to see more integration with other CRMs such as Salesforce.
    • We have each business unit built into Salesforce and it can track the amount of gross profit that flows through our Oracle database. It then further it trickles to each sales rep and what they've closed during their time at the company. These figures are not always accurate.
    • It be difficult navigating to accounts and drilling down into each specific customer to understand details.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Kayako
    I did not come from an IT background and I picked this program up quickly
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    Oracle
    Overall our organization has completely moved to Oracle CX Sales and now is able to utilize the latest technology backed by AI to provide a much better experience to customers and saving money at the same time. So it's a Win-Win situation. I believe there is a slight learning curve to derive [the] full value out of this but once you are there, you can delight your customers.
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Kayako
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Some of the more complex customer reports we have created are slow to run at times.
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    Support Rating
    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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    Oracle
    The support the Oracle team gives is generally very good. They are patient, willing to help, and their training methods are collaborative and inclusive. They have conducted multiple support sessions and it’s always been a great user experience. The stellar team [is] always on hand to lend support when the right time comes and their helpdesk is always on hand to help.
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    Online Training
    Kayako
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Excellent online training material. On-demand always helps to access anytime, anywhere. Also, it is essential that in this day and age, video tutorials with actual product screenshots make the learning more useful and fun at the same time. Certifications help test knowledge gained during these tutorial sessions. This was a blessing for fresh users.
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    Oracle
    If you have never used a CRM program is is hard to know exactly what you need. We had lots of changes during implementation and even more afterward once the users started working in it everyday. Also the partner we used didn't inform us about Allotments and not being able to Batch delete custom objects (you can now in recent releases). There were so many unknowns, that if I had it to do over, I would educate myself more and ask more questions of the partner that we used for implementation.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Oracle
    As compared to other CRM, this happens to be one of the best and most affordable as there are some cons, but the pros are great, and I have seen an increase in sales by using this platform. It works great for the sales process from start to end, like lead generation to closure.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Kayako
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    When we purchased this system it was one of the more expensive options in the market. However, with an adjustment in service and a relative price structure, this has become a lot more cost-effective over the past few years. It’s now more of a middle-ranking in the pricing structure and I would definitely say this is value for money.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Oracle
    • We can very easily pull up a customer's order and provide any detail they need. The time this saves compared to manually tracking customer orders and accounts is incredible.
    • Knowing exactly who is contacting customer service and what their orders status is before answering the calls makes the customer service reps job much easier than before.
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