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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

    Publer

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/APubler is a social media management tool used by individuals and businesses in crafting, scheduling, and analyzing their online presence across various social platforms. Publer aims to simplify the complexity of social media management, as a companion for digital marketers, influencers, and businesses of all sizes. Key Features: Scheduling: Publer enables users to plan and schedule posts across multiple social media platforms, to ensure a consistent…

    $5

    per month per user

    Pricing
    KayakoPubler
    Editions & Modules
    Kayako One
    $79
    per month
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Professional
    $5
    per month per user
    Business
    $10
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KayakoPubler
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—VAT not included in the price. 14 days money back guarantee. Discount available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    KayakoPubler
    Considered Both Products
    Kayako
    No answer on this topic
    Publer
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    73 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    70 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    70 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    68 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    71 Answers
    Features
    KayakoPubler
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Kayako and Publer
    Feature
    Kayako
    2.0
    11 Ratings
    122% below category average
    Publer
    -
    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 Publer
    Feature
    Kayako
    1.0
    9 Ratings
    156% below category average
    Publer
    -
    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 Publer
    Feature
    Kayako
    1.0
    10 Ratings
    156% below category average
    Publer
    -
    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
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Kayako and Publer
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Publer
    9.0
    73 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings9.673 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings8.769 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.767 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Kayako and Publer
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Publer
    8.4
    61 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings8.450 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings8.460 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Kayako and Publer
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Publer
    9.4
    70 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Twitter00 Ratings9.249 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings9.164 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings9.554 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings9.729 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings9.465 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings9.735 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings9.442 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Kayako and Publer
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Publer
    8.0
    54 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings8.352 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings7.743 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Kayako and Publer
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Publer
    8.7
    57 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings8.651 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings8.854 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    KayakoPubler
    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
    KayakoPubler
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (22 ratings)
    9.5
    (74 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (54 ratings)
    Availability
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.1
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KayakoPubler
    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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    Publer
    Where Publer is well suited: + Organisation of multiple social media accounts for when you have multiple brands + The integration of Google Maps makes it easy to organise multiple locations + Calendar with a nice overview makes it easy to see your social media planning for the following period of time Where it is less suited for: - Comparing competition and ideal posting time is quite a surplus in cost - No native Dutch version
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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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    Publer
    • A unified drag-and-drop calendar with genuine native previews allows us to bulk-upload images or videos, shuffle posts between dates and platforms, and see exactly how each platform (FB, IG, TikTok, Threads, etc.) will display before we hit “Schedule.”
    • Role-based approvals that streamline teamwork: interns draft, managers approve, and the audit trail ensures that nothing inconsistent slips through.
    • Quick-glance analytics built right into the calendar, surface engagement spikes, best-time suggestions and post-level stats without exporting to another tool, so we can tweak campaigns on the spot.
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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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    Publer
    • Some IG features are currently missing, like syncing with trending sounds, but I think that's more of an API limitation than a fault with Publer
    • The website interface can be a bit challenging to navigate. It isn't quite as intuitive as I'd like with where things are placed.
    • Some of the terms are confusing, like "recycling" and "recurring." I wish they'd combine these two particular posting options into one.
    • I'd also love to see better integration with my personalized AI, trained on my business.
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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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    Publer
    I love the tool, is simple and useful
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    Usability
    Kayako
    I did not come from an IT background and I picked this program up quickly
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    Publer
    The menu is very clear. The big green button for adding a post makes it obvious where to post from. There are all the tools I might need for scheduling, and more. I gave a 9 instead of 10 because I find the "Explore" menu to be superfluous for the way I use Publer and feel it adds clutter to the experience. But honestly - I can just not go to that menu and it's fine.
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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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    Publer
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Kayako
    No answers on this topic
    Publer
    The pages do load very quick but in the the iPad form
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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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    Publer
    Every time I have contacted Publer, I get answers right away
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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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    Publer
    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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    Publer
    In our opinion, Sendible is poorly designed and takes too many menus, clicks, opens and closes to perform a simple task. Their pricing structure changes suddenly with price increases and loss of seats. Socialbee was a contender but had restraints for a multi brand company that we did not want to workaround.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Kayako
    No answers on this topic
    Publer
    I just used the web integration
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    Scalability
    Kayako
    No answers on this topic
    Publer
    I think this is well designed product. I really enjoy that I am able to learn it quick, integrate all the socials very easily
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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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    Publer
    • I can on-charge the price of the subscription within my package, so I can charge it out for what I want, allowing me to make some profit
    • Every one of my clients has loved using it, so they are more inclined to keep using our social media services
    • Publer helps my business to look professional
    Incentivized
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