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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

    PLANOLY

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/APLANOLY is a social marketing platform boasting over 5 million users to visually plan, schedule, and measure performance across Instagram and Pinterest.

    $16

    per month

    Pricing
    KayakoPLANOLY
    Editions & Modules
    Kayako One
    $79
    per month
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Social Planner Starter
    $16
    per month up to 1 user
    Creator Pro
    $20
    per month
    Social Planner Growth
    $28
    per month up to 3 users
    Social Planner Pro
    $43
    per month up to 6 users
    Creator Pro Plus
    $54
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KayakoPLANOLY
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Discount offered for annual billing.
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    KayakoPLANOLY
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Kayako and PLANOLY
    Feature
    Kayako
    2.0
    11 Ratings
    122% below category average
    PLANOLY
    -
    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 PLANOLY
    Feature
    Kayako
    1.0
    9 Ratings
    156% below category average
    PLANOLY
    -
    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 PLANOLY
    Feature
    Kayako
    1.0
    10 Ratings
    156% below category average
    PLANOLY
    -
    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
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Kayako and PLANOLY
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    PLANOLY
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    27% above category average
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Kayako and PLANOLY
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    PLANOLY
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Kayako and PLANOLY
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    PLANOLY
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings7.12 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings7.12 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Kayako and PLANOLY
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    PLANOLY
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Lead generation00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings7.12 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Kayako and PLANOLY
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    PLANOLY
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Twitter00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Kayako and PLANOLY
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    PLANOLY
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Kayako and PLANOLY
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    PLANOLY
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    KayakoPLANOLY
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    KayakoPLANOLY
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (22 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.1
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KayakoPLANOLY
    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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    PLANOLY
    Planoly is perfect for managing social media accounts for business or public figures. It would work great for personal use as well but maybe wouldn't be as necessary. For business purposes, it changes the game! Having something that is easy to teach colleagues to use is one of the most important features I looked for when choosing a social media management platform
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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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    PLANOLY
    • Grid view
    • AI Caption generator
    • Auto post feature
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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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    PLANOLY
    • overall not very many points I would add for improvement
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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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    PLANOLY
    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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    PLANOLY
    PLANOLY is super easy to use. We just need to connect our Instagram account and start working in just a few clicks
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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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    PLANOLY
    No answers on this topic
    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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    PLANOLY
    The support team was instantly responsive and were always happy to answer even the simplest software question. I knew that my clients would be in good hands should I not be available for any scheduling question through the support team. Everything was always impeccably handled in a timely manner! 100% satisfaction.
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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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    PLANOLY
    No answers on this topic
    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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    PLANOLY
    I have tried an AI tool called Vocable and used Google Sheets to plan my content. PLANOLY is better because of the visual grid feature. However, vocable is better in terms of the variety of content. With Vocable, we can create text content for Instagram, YouTube, and Linkedin, Product pages, SEO meta titles, descriptions, email newsletters, Blog posts etc. However, PLANOLY is only limited to Instagram and Pinterest.
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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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    PLANOLY
    • It allowed us to engage with potential customers for clients in an easy way
    • Our follower count went up by a steady 100 followers per week
    • Our numbers for viewers on videos and IG Lives doubled
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