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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

    Tricentis qTest

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ATricentis qTest (formerly QASymphony) provides enterprise-level agile testing tools giving businesses visibility and control needed to ensure application quality in fast-paced development environments. Tricentis and QASymphony merged in summer 2018.

    $1,200

    per year per user

    Pricing
    KayakoTricentis qTest
    Editions & Modules
    Kayako One
    $79
    per month
    Enterprise
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    Pricing Offerings
    KayakoTricentis qTest
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    KayakoTricentis qTest
    Considered Both Products
    Kayako
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    78%
    Would buy again
    31 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    84%
    Delivers good value for the price
    26 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    37 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    27 Answers
    Features
    KayakoTricentis qTest
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Kayako and Tricentis qTest
    Feature
    Kayako
    2.0
    11 Ratings
    122% below category average
    Tricentis qTest
    -
    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 Tricentis qTest
    Feature
    Kayako
    1.0
    9 Ratings
    156% below category average
    Tricentis qTest
    -
    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 Tricentis qTest
    Feature
    Kayako
    1.0
    10 Ratings
    156% below category average
    Tricentis qTest
    -
    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
    Test Management
    Comparison of Test Management features of Kayako and Tricentis qTest
    Feature
    Kayako
    -
    Ratings
    Tricentis qTest
    8.3
    38 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Centralized test management00 Ratings8.037 Ratings
    Manage test hosts and schedules00 Ratings8.832 Ratings
    Map tests to user stories00 Ratings7.68 Ratings
    Test execution reporting00 Ratings9.237 Ratings
    Defect management00 Ratings7.932 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
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    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    KayakoTricentis qTest
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (22 ratings)
    8.9
    (40 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.1
    (4 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KayakoTricentis qTest
    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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    Tricentis
    Tricentis qTest integrates seamlessly with Jira, making it ideal for teams that manage user stories and defects in Jira while keeping test cases and execution in qTest. When paired with automation tools like tosca, Selenium, or WebdriverIO, qTest is excellent for aggregating both manual and automated test results 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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    Tricentis
    • Tricentis qTest manages test cases very well and keeps step by step by details of each and every scenarios
    • Tricentis qTest provides all the details related to functionality in a single place which saves time and efforts of QA
    • QA doesnt require much knowledge for test case execution as every details are there in Tricentis qTest test cases which saves the time of knowledge transfer
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Tricentis
    • We can add some more integration features with JIRA so the users can directly mark the test as executed from JIRA itself when functional testing is done.
    • Tricentis qTest can provide some features like sending reminders for retesting if there are failed test cases marked while testing to keep Tricentis qTest up to date.
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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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    Tricentis
    This has been a core QA management tool for our organization and integrates well with our other SDLC platforms (Azure DevOps/Jira/Katalon).
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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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    Tricentis
    It successfully balances deep enterprise functionality with a clean and modern interface. One of its strongest points is the intuitive, folder based navigation, which makes organizing test case and cycles feel natural. Learning curve is relatively shallow for the new team members to become productive without extensive onboarding. Also the deep integration with JIRA is a significant boost to its usability.
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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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    Tricentis
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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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    Tricentis
    The actual answer is 0. I have never experienced worse support, whether personal or professional
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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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    Tricentis
    Again, supporting documentation could have been a lot better
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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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    Tricentis
    All of them offer formidable solutions in the test management realm, but each one caters to different niche and need. qTest distinguishes itself with its deep integration capabilities, especially with Agile and DevOps tools, enabling streamlined CI/CD process. Its modern, user-centric interface contrasts with ALM's more dated appearance and complex setup. While TestRail provides a clean user experience and caters to a broad spectrum of business, qTest's scalability, from SMBs to large enterprises, stands out. PractiTest's cloud-based solution is geared towards mid-sized companies, but qTest's flexibility, advanced analytics, and robust reporting grant teams actionable insights. qTest' approach to a more holistic test management closely aligning with modern software development practices
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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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    Tricentis
    • Integrating qTest in our workflow helped us in 52% reduction in test authoring effort
    • Overall project management and the time calculation for the quality checking of each project can be managed good in qTest
    • It provides full tracability of a single project from the requirements to the defects raised it helps our team a lot
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    Screenshot of Customizable analytics and reports can be shared across the organization - additional read license requiredScreenshot of Centrally manage automated testing and environments, as well as schedule and or kickoff automated testing with any open source or proprietary toolScreenshot of qTest allows for true test case sharing across teams and projects to help standardize and scale knowledge and best practicesScreenshot of qTest integrates in real-time with Jira for full traceability to requirements during Agile test and developmentScreenshot of Build custom, event-driven workflows with any third-party solution, including ChatOps tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams, to streamline testing and drive collaborationScreenshot of Tricentis qTest comes with over 60 out-of-the-box metrics, with drag-and-drop capabilities to build custom dashboards