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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

    SALESmanago

    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    SALESmanago is a Customer Engagement Platform for eCommerce marketing teams, including AI-driven solutions that boast users among 2000+ mid-size businesses in 50 countries, as well as global brands such as Vodafone, Lacoste, New Balance and Victoria’s Secret. SALESmanago aims to improve eCommerce KPIs by leveraging three principles: (1) Customer Intimacy to create authentic customer relationships based on Zero and First Party Data; (2) Precision Execution to provide superior…

    $499

    per month

    Pricing
    KayakoSALESmanago
    Editions & Modules
    Kayako One
    $79
    per month
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Essential
    $499
    per month
    Professional
    $1,999
    per month
    Enterprise
    $4,000
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KayakoSALESmanago
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    KayakoSALESmanago
    Considered Both Products
    Kayako
    No answer on this topic
    SALESmanago
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    30 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    30 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    26 Answers
    Features
    KayakoSALESmanago
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Kayako and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Kayako
    2.0
    11 Ratings
    122% below category average
    SALESmanago
    -
    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 SALESmanago
    Feature
    Kayako
    1.0
    9 Ratings
    156% below category average
    SALESmanago
    -
    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 SALESmanago
    Feature
    Kayako
    1.0
    10 Ratings
    156% below category average
    SALESmanago
    -
    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
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Kayako and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    SALESmanago
    8.2
    35 Ratings
    6% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings9.835 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings8.932 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings7.931 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings5.027 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings7.131 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings7.931 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings8.034 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings9.033 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings9.927 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Kayako and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    SALESmanago
    8.2
    33 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings8.931 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings8.030 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings8.830 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings7.024 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Kayako and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    SALESmanago
    4.3
    25 Ratings
    55% below category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings6.223 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings2.521 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Kayako and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    SALESmanago
    2.6
    18 Ratings
    98% below category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings2.517 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings2.617 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Kayako and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    SALESmanago
    7.3
    35 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings7.935 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings7.934 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings6.128 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Kayako and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    SALESmanago
    7.0
    31 Ratings
    9% below category average
    API00 Ratings9.830 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings8.024 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings8.025 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings2.414 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings7.112 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    KayakoSALESmanago
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Iterable
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    KayakoSALESmanago
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (22 ratings)
    8.9
    (35 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.8
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KayakoSALESmanago
    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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    SALESmanago
    I find SalesManago to be a good tool for email marketing and automation processes. They live chat service allows fast and direct communication with customers. Website personalisation (tools like pop-ups and browser notification) work fine but I'd like to have a bit more personalisation options to be avalaible to users.
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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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    SALESmanago
    • Segmentation - you can segment people in many ways (e.g using tags, rfm matrices, sales funnels, dynamic segments).
    • Automation flows - using workflows, automation rules, and website automations you can automatically do marketing actions after a trigger and in specific conditions. You have a lot of events, conditions and actions
    • Product Recommendations - this tool allow you to recommend products on your website. Maybe it's not quick to prepare it but the results at the end are awesome
    • RFM Segmentation - this is a great tool to segment and reach people according to their RFM profile
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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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    SALESmanago
    • Their expansion into the US has not been very successful, and if you are a West Coast customer want training, be prepared to get up at 4 a.m.
    • While their functionality is comparable to competing products there is nothing particularly unique to what they offer
    • Their instructional literature was obviously not produced by people for who English is a first language and they are not particularly English proficient.
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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
    Incentivized
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    SALESmanago
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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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    SALESmanago
    SALESmanago is a pretty big tool (with lots of features), but if you know the principles - everything is easy to find, and easy to understand. Of course there are some settings or funcionalities which needs to be updated but still using SALESmanago is totaly different experience than 5-6 years ago (in a good way)
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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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    SALESmanago
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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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    SALESmanago
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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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    SALESmanago
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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.
    Incentivized
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    SALESmanago
    I use many marketing automation tools, and I choose the right tool for the right job. I like to use SALESmanago because of its great support and very good price for the product.
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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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    SALESmanago
    • The automated system has improved advertising campaigns.
    • We noticed an increase in customer activity.
    • We received valuable data about your users.
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