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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

    Salesflare

    Score10 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Salesflare headquartered in Antwerp offers their small business intelligent CRM, providing automated event tracking and related features designed to aid the operations of SMBs.

    $39

    per month per user

    Pricing
    KayakoSalesflare
    Editions & Modules
    Kayako One
    $79
    per month
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Growth
    $39
    per month per user
    Pro
    $64
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $124
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KayakoSalesflare
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Annual billing discounts are available.
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    Community Pulse
    KayakoSalesflare
    Considered Both Products
    Kayako
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    Salesflare
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    Features
    KayakoSalesflare
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Kayako and Salesflare
    Feature
    Kayako
    2.0
    11 Ratings
    122% below category average
    Salesflare
    -
    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 Salesflare
    Feature
    Kayako
    1.0
    9 Ratings
    156% below category average
    Salesflare
    -
    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 Salesflare
    Feature
    Kayako
    1.0
    10 Ratings
    156% below category average
    Salesflare
    -
    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 Salesflare
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Salesflare
    8.5
    17 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings9.616 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings9.217 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings5.12 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings10.017 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings6.12 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.515 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings9.210 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Kayako and Salesflare
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Salesflare
    8.3
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Case management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Kayako and Salesflare
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Salesflare
    9.7
    15 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Lead management00 Ratings9.415 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Kayako and Salesflare
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Salesflare
    8.3
    15 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Task management00 Ratings8.615 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings8.415 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Kayako and Salesflare
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Salesflare
    9.2
    16 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.813 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings8.814 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Kayako and Salesflare
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Salesflare
    8.9
    15 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings10.015 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings6.812 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Kayako and Salesflare
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Salesflare
    8.3
    14 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.210 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.413 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Kayako and Salesflare
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Salesflare
    6.9
    10 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Social data00 Ratings6.910 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings6.910 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Kayako and Salesflare
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Salesflare
    8.7
    11 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings8.411 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Kayako and Salesflare
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Salesflare
    9.0
    15 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings9.015 Ratings
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    KayakoSalesflare
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    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Salesmate
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    KayakoSalesflare
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (22 ratings)
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.2
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.1
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KayakoSalesflare
    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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    Salesflare
    If a client or friend of mine was in search of a quality tool that is a robust CRM and has a great team behind it, I would highly recommend SalesFlare. The team has consistently updated the application; it is a robust and useful tool, and most importantly, the team behind SalesFlare is easy to work with when needed.
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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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    Salesflare
    • Organization of our clients as well lead and opportunity tracking and management.
    • Pipeline management and a significant amount of depth when it comes to monitoring sales and other opportunities.
    • It provides an overview of the sales process and custom fields for individual accounts (such as branding).
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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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    Salesflare
    • Salesflare automatically captures and organises data about leads so it can effectively surface the ones that require your attention. It also provides you with the tools to do just that. What it doesn't cover as much right now is feeding top of the funnel: I would for example happily pay extra to have a website visitor identification functionality into the mix.
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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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    Salesflare
    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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    Salesflare
    The pipeline, which is the core of the platform, is very clear and full of features. On top of that Salesflare added automations, integrations, plugins and emails. You can easily get your leads there from any platform and nurture your leads until you get the deal done. I think any business can benefit from using this sales CRM.
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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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    Salesflare
    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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    Salesflare
    Hit them on Chat support, and you are gonna get a response within a few minutes (if not in a few hours, during weekends) But they are gonna keep following with you till they make sure that your query has been resolved. Keep it up!
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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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    Salesflare
    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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    Salesflare
    Pipedrive was another option but I chose Salesflare for the seamless integration into my regular everyday workflow as well as its ability to integrate with just about any app you can think of. It plays nice with all of my other apps and makes using a CRM actually fun. I love the fact it works inside my Gsuite account and automatically pulls data from Gsuite into Salesflare.
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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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    Salesflare
    • As a start up, Salesflare was perfect for me. It was easy to get up and running; easy for me to import my contacts, and easy to earn the features.
    • I like the price point - lots of features for a reasonable price.
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    ScreenShots

    Salesflare Screenshots

    Screenshot of the visual, drag-and-drop sales pipeline used to track leads.Screenshot of the centralized dashboard to visualize conversations with leads.Screenshot of an example of the sales reporting.Screenshot of where to send email sequences or automated email campaigns from within a CRM.Screenshot of how a connected CRM can be used from within an email inbox, to stop switching tabs.Screenshot of where to add and track leads straight from LinkedIn, with a built-in email finder.