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Kayako - Help Desk Software

Kayako Reviews in July 2026: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

Transforming customer support, one chat at a time.

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Kayako Reviews & Ratings

3.5

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Based on 262 ratings & 195 reviews

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Excellent

(89)

Very Good

(73)

Good

(11)

Poor

(4)

Terrible

(18)

Spotsaas Editor’s POV

Kayako stands out with its comprehensive suite of tools designed for customer engagement and support. Its live chat capabilities are particularly beneficial for businesses looking to enhance customer interactions.Read more

Kayako pros and cons

  • Engaging support experience

  • Comprehensive tools

  • Live chat capabilities

  • Sales improvement features

  • Can be complex to set up

  • Higher pricing tier

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Anonymous

03/29/16

4 out of 5

Kayako (highs and deeps)

What do you like best? The initial set up (hosted system was very easy Usability for staff is also easy. few training costs Customer access to his tickets and as manager to all tickets is very good Knowledge base system is very useful User Management is also very good What do you dislike? 1 Any user response to a ticket ("closed" tickets too changes the status of ticket to OPEN. CLOSED tickets goes to be OPEN after user responds "thank you". With this feature a ticket can never ...

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Anonymous

03/28/16

5 out of 5

Excellent helpdesk, versatile and easy to use and maintain

What do you like best? - Easy to use - Low maintenance - Interesting add-ons to enhance functionality - Low TCO - Stable What do you dislike? - Unclear product development plan - Unclear release plan - Cost to upgrade to latest version is high (price and effort Recommendations to others considering the product Kayako is an easy to implement system. It supports all standard host environments and is easy to cusomize with your own templates and css. For staff it provides a lot ...

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Anonymous

03/23/16

5 out of 5

Best value for money

What do you like best? Kayako understands the profession of customer support and therefore comes with a wide variety of neat functions that makes life on the support desk easier. It makes you look good towards your customers: it is a professional tool that does wht it needs to do: provide the customers a communication platform and overview. It's easy to configure yourself and we had it up and running in a day with only minor adjustments afterwards. Kayako support itself is excellent. ...

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Anonymous

03/23/16

5 out of 5

Kayako has given our Help Desk a great resource for managing and tracking the support we provide.

What do you like best? The knowledgebase has proven to be a valuable resource to our staff for support reference, as well as a great tool for our end users to be self-supporting with solving their own issues. Having the ability to assign tickets to specific people on our Help Desk team has been key in keeping us on task with providing great support, as well as project management. And being able to see a ticket history of each end user, or run reports on key support trends helps us to find ...

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Anonymous

03/23/16

5 out of 5

Kayako's excellent features and support services has brought an uplift to our support services.

What do you like best? - the ability to define customer parameters when it comes to statuses, types etc. - excellent SLA management - Creating tickets for email enquiries - Live chat What do you dislike? - The default text editor is not good - No ability to provide inline comments on an existing update - To start with it can take you months to be able to make good use of Kayako - Files cannot be shared in the live chat - I really have no other dislike to share. Most of the ...

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Anonymous

03/22/16

4 out of 5

Kayako - Amazing Hekpdesk Solution and Company

What do you like best? Kayako is a very robust and stable platform. We have been using it since 2009. Technicians are able to manage tickets easily. Clients are able to access ticket information and reply. The built-in automation features save a ton of time. For the price its the best supported solution on the market. What do you dislike? Its missing a scheduling and dispatch feature. Time entry for support staff is very basic and could be more feature rich. Recommendations to others ...

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Anonymous

03/22/16

4.5 out of 5

Outstanding from start to finish. Never Regretted choosing Kayako

What do you like best? Flexibility, reliability, cost. We have used Kayako for 8 years and it is now at the heart of most of our business processes. We couldn't live without it. What do you dislike? The client end user portal has been neglected. The great improvements on the staff control panel should really have been rolled into the client pages. Recommendations to others considering the product Do it, What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you ...

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Anonymous

03/22/16

4 out of 5

Great Ticketing solution

What do you like best? It is seamless to integrate, and fully white labeled! This tool was easy to implement and well worth the cost! What do you dislike? Administrator options are a little confusing, and getting email to work correctly took a little effort, but now it is working great! What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Our client base asked for some type of ticketing system, after reviewing the numerous options I decided on Kayako ...

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Anonymous

03/22/16

5 out of 5

Exceeded our expectations

What do you like best? We have been a Kayako user for many years. At first I was a bit skeptical of the low cost when we got started, especially since there are some much higher priced products and services available. The features of Kayako far exceeded my expectations. What do you dislike? There is an occasional quirk here and there, but it doesn't ruin our impression. It took us a while to upgrade to Version 4, but we really enjoyed the product even more after this upgrade. We are ...

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Anonymous

03/22/16

3.5 out of 5

Best Help/Service Desk Software

What do you like best? Easy to configure and use. Includes all the features a company would require from a Helpdesk, all in one. What do you dislike? Still lacking HTML email features when receiving and sending messages. The documentation can also improve, especially around customization. Recommendations to others considering the product n/a What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Remote agents supporting customers worldwide, one place ...

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