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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Freshdesk Omni

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AFreshdesk Omni is an AI-powered, comprehensive solution for offering customers seamless experiences today and in the future.

    $35

    per month per agent

    Kayako

    Score6.9 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

    Pricing
    Freshdesk OmniKayako
    Editions & Modules
    Growth
    $29
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Pro
    $69
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Enterprise
    $109
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Kayako One
    $79
    per month
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Freshdesk OmniKayako
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Freshdesk OmniKayako
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Kayako
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Freshdesk OmniKayako
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Freshdesk Omni and Kayako
    Feature
    Freshdesk Omni
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Kayako
    2.0
    11 Ratings
    120% below category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.11 Ratings1.011 Ratings
    Expert directory9.11 Ratings1.05 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications7.31 Ratings1.08 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission8.21 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Ticket response9.11 Ratings1.011 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings1.07 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Freshdesk Omni and Kayako
    Feature
    Freshdesk Omni
    9.1
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Kayako
    1.0
    9 Ratings
    155% below category average
    External knowledge base9.11 Ratings1.09 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base9.11 Ratings1.08 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Freshdesk Omni and Kayako
    Feature
    Freshdesk Omni
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Kayako
    1.0
    10 Ratings
    154% below category average
    Customer portal9.11 Ratings1.07 Ratings
    IVR7.31 Ratings1.02 Ratings
    Social integration4.51 Ratings1.04 Ratings
    Email support7.31 Ratings1.010 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration8.21 Ratings1.06 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Freshdesk OmniKayako
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Help Scout
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score9.7 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score7.1 out of 10
    Front
    Score7.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Freshdesk OmniKayako
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.1
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Freshdesk OmniKayako
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Freshworks Inc
    For a typical technical support help desk use case Freshdesk Omni is great! It has the advanced features of automating responses and canned answers where appropriate. The AI functionality seems good but not something we are leveraging at this point given the volume of tickets.
    Incentivized
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    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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    Pros
    Freshworks Inc
    • When an agent receives a call via Dialpad or Amazon Connect, Freshdesk Omni automatically displays relevant customer details, previous interactions, and ticket history in a single view.
    • Every call (answered, missed, or voicemail) is automatically logged into Freshdesk as a ticket, including details like call duration, customer number, and agent notes.
    • Agents can initiate outbound calls directly from Freshdesk using click-to-call functionality, reducing manual dialing errors and saving time.
    Incentivized
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    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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    Cons
    Freshworks Inc
    • It is a very user-friendly tool. We haven't found any drwback in any of the modules provided. It works excellently at my organization.
    • Its powerful workflow automation reduces manual effort for job assigning and makes our process more efficient and saves valuable time.
    Incentivized
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    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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    Likelihood to Renew
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Usability
    Freshworks Inc
    Utilizing a unified platform has successfully reduced the resolution time for customer-facing issues. This streamlined approach enhances efficiency and generates valuable insights that can be leveraged to improve our services and better understand customer needs, ultimately leading to a more satisfying experience for our clients.
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    Kayako
    I did not come from an IT background and I picked this program up quickly
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    Reliability and Availability
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Support Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Implementation Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Alternatives Considered
    Freshworks Inc
    1) Price is also a point to decide, other Service Providers were providing similar features but the prices were slightly on a higher side. 2) Coming to feature comparison, JIRA offers whole lot of other features but currently we did not require them and Zoho had few less features comparing to Freshworks
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    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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    Return on Investment
    Freshworks Inc
    • Our customers often give feedback to closed tickets to track satisfaction scores
    • Customers appreciate the value of viewing their tickets in the customer portal
    • We save time by having a single source system to interact with our customers and track issue history.
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    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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