Kayako vs Zoho Desk vs Freshdesk
Overview
Kayako
Kayako offers cloud and on-premise solutions to 50 000 organizations around the world. The company bests competitors at putting all the merry bunch of chat, ticketing system, email..., calls, and even the self-service support in one place. While organizing unnecessary stuff they make a go for enabling stellar services without a hustle. Here, we refer to automating routines to create space for sophisticated things.
Platforms supported
- macOS
- Linux
- iOS app
- Android app
Support Options
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Phone Support
- Email/Help Desk
- Chat
Training Options
- Live Online
- Documentation
- In Person
- Videos
- Webinars
Screenshots
Zoho Desk
Designed to deliver top of the line customer support, Zoho Desk is a platform that companies use to increase agent productivity, devise more accurate analytics, and improve general...workflow. The tool is also used to determine KPIs, as well as identify performance bottlenecks. It is a robust system that is trusted by many big name companies. It has gained trust among marketers, managers, retailers, and business owners as it allows them to provide a unified customer service that is not only of high quality but round-the-clock.
Platforms supported
- macOS
- Linux
- iOS app
- Android app
Support Options
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Phone Support
- Email/Help Desk
- Chat
Training Options
- Live Online
- Documentation
- In Person
- Videos
- Webinars
Screenshots
Freshdesk
Freshdesk is a cloud-hosted platform that helps businesses of all sizes deliver a quality support service. It unifies conversations from email, phone, web widgets, chat, and social...media to help agents resolve issues across channels smoothly. With Freshdesk, you can stay on top of customer support by automating workflows, offering self-service options, and managing SLAs.
Platforms supported
- macOS
- Linux
- iOS app
- Android app
Support Options
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Phone Support
- Email/Help Desk
- Chat
Training Options
- Live Online
- Documentation
- In Person
- Videos
- Webinars
Screenshots
Pricing
Kayako
- Kayako Growth $39
- Kayako Scale $99
- Kayako Enterprise $100
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- Free trial
Zoho Desk
- Zoho Desk Standard $14
- Zoho Desk Professional $23
- Zoho Desk Enterprise $40
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- Free trial
Freshdesk
- Freshdesk Sprout $0
- Freshdesk Blossom $15
- Freshdesk Estate $49
- Freshdesk Forest $79
- Free trial
Feature comparison
Kayako
6.3/10
- Agent collision prevention
- Bulk actions
- Canned forms
- Custom & Group Views
- Dynamic content
- Essentials Card
- Filtered Search
- Group your agents
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Light Agents
- Macros
- Mobile app
- Multilingual (Multiple) content
- Occasional agents
- Personal canned responses
- Private Comments within tickets
- Responsive, mobile-friendly Help Center
- Restricted conversation views
- Tags
- Edit/hide threads
- Email signatures
- Traffic cop
- Add reminders on to-dos
- Auto Bcc
- Contextual Workspaces
- Session replay
- Shared canned responses
- Skills-based routing
- Summary app
- To-dos
2.5/10
- Collaboration
- Contextual collaboration with Freshconnect
- Linked tickets
- Parent-child ticketing
6.9/10
- Contacts & Accounts Management
- Contacts & ticket history
- Custom user and organization fields
- Customer 360
- Customer journey
- Customer profiles
- Customer satisfaction ratings (CSAT)
- Group contacts by organization
- Organization profiles
- Contact Form
- Satisfaction Prediction
- Customer segments
- Identify contacts using external ID
6.7/10
- Automatic ticket assignment using Dispatch'r
- Custom business rules (triggers & automations)
- Event-triggered workflow automations
- Time-based Rules
- Time-triggered automations
- Workflow automations
- Auto reply
- Multi-task workflows with one-touch Scenarios
- Round robin ticket assignment
8.2/10
- Business Hours
- Custom status
- Custom ticket fields
- Multiple Ticket Forms
- Service Level Agreement (SLA) management
- Set your Time Zone
- SLA reporting
- Ticket file attachment size
- Ticket sharing
- Dynamic ticket forms
- Sandbox test environment
5/10
- Auto-suggest Solutions
- Multiple SLA Policies
- Form templates
- Task Management
8.6/10
- Branding removal (email)
- Branding removal (Help Center)
- Complete portal customization
- CSS customization
- Custom domain mapping
- Public portal customization
- FreshThemes gallery
7/10
- Community forums
- Help Center insights
- Internal Help Center
- Knowledge base
- Related articles
- Rich text Help Center articles
- Unlimited data
- 301 Redirection
- Article Versioning
- SEO
6.7/10
- API rate limit
- Email integration with Outlook
- Endpoints
- HubSpot Integration
- Integration with Atlassian Jira
- Private custom apps
- Salesforce integration
- Slack integration
- Webhooks
- Zapier integration
- Cloud telephony integration app
- Google Apps (G Suite)
- Integrations
- Public apps (Marketplace)
- Gamification
2.1/10
- Branding removal
- Live chat proactive engagement rules
- Shared organizations
- Two-way email processing
- Active Blueprints per Module
- Call transcription
- Common Transitions per Blueprint
- Custom Functions in Blueprints
- Custom Functions using Deluge script
- Fields and Actions per Transition
- Global Reports
- Integration with Zoho products
- MSP
- Sentiment analysis
- SMS Add-on
- Transitions per Blueprint
- Two-way sync with Zoho CRM
- Zia Voice and Skill Builder
- Zoho Assist Add-on
4.5/10
- Advanced Insights
- Analytics
- Custom Reports
- Export reports
- Google Analytics for Help Center
- Helpdesk in-depth report
- Performance distribution
- Schedule Data Export
- Zendesk Benchmark
- Agent Dashboard (Agent Scorecard)
- Manager Dashboard (The Headquarters)
- Overview dashboard
- Save reports
- Schedule Reports
- Support Performance dashboards
- Ticket volume trends
- User-specific reporting
- Team Dashboards
- Ticket drill down in reports
- Ticket lifecycle report
8.4/10
- Advanced password policy for agents and customers
- Audit logs
- Business rules analysis
- Content Delivery Network
- Custom roles and permissions
- Custom SSL certificates (default free)
- Data center location
- Digitally signed emails (DKIM/DMARC)
- Disaster recovery
- Domain Whitelisting
- Encryption: data at rest and in motion
- GDPR compliance
- Guaranteed availability SLA (1 Hour Support SLA)
- Log in with Google
- Network access restriction (IP Whitelisting)
- PCI compliance (Level 1)
- Privacy Shield and Safe Harbor compliant
- Single sign-on (SSO) for web and mobile
- SPF(Sender Policy Framework)
- SSL encryption
- Two-Factor Authentication
- Custom email servers
- Field-Level Access Control
- Single sign on with SAML
- Ability to configure for HIPAA
6.4/10
- Calling
- Customer Success Manager
- Email Support
- Facebook
- Live chat
- Multibrand Support
- Phone Support (in English)
- SDK
- Twitter
- Chat Support (in English)
- Guidance Program
- Professional Services
- Support Bot
- Web Widget
6/10
- Custom Email Templates
- Email forwarding
- Email tickets
- Mailboxes (inboxes)
- Merge tickets
- Outbound email
- Outgoing SMTP settings
- Public and private notes in tickets
- Satisfaction surveys - Customizable
- Spam filtering
- Support workflow
- Time tracking
- Split tickets
- Ticket export
- Ticket templates
- Watch tickets
- Annotated image attachments
- Assume identity
- Sort ticket conversations
- Undo send
5.6/10
- Backup
- Community forums
- Notifications
- Printer-friendly
- Unlimited End Users
- Automatic sitemap generation
- Facebook in-sync app
- Voicemail integration
- Announcements
Zoho Desk
6/10
- Agent collision prevention
- Bulk actions
- Canned forms
- Custom & Group Views
- Dynamic content
- Essentials Card
- Filtered Search
- Group your agents
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Light Agents
- Macros
- Mobile app
- Multilingual (Multiple) content
- Occasional agents
- Personal canned responses
- Private Comments within tickets
- Responsive, mobile-friendly Help Center
- Restricted conversation views
- Tags
- Edit/hide threads
- Email signatures
- Traffic cop
- Add reminders on to-dos
- Auto Bcc
- Contextual Workspaces
- Session replay
- Shared canned responses
- Skills-based routing
- Summary app
- To-dos
2.5/10
- Collaboration
- Contextual collaboration with Freshconnect
- Linked tickets
- Parent-child ticketing
7.7/10
- Contacts & Accounts Management
- Contacts & ticket history
- Custom user and organization fields
- Customer 360
- Customer journey
- Customer profiles
- Customer satisfaction ratings (CSAT)
- Group contacts by organization
- Organization profiles
- Contact Form
- Satisfaction Prediction
- Customer segments
- Identify contacts using external ID
10/10
- Automatic ticket assignment using Dispatch'r
- Custom business rules (triggers & automations)
- Event-triggered workflow automations
- Time-based Rules
- Time-triggered automations
- Workflow automations
- Auto reply
- Multi-task workflows with one-touch Scenarios
- Round robin ticket assignment
9.1/10
- Business Hours
- Custom status
- Custom ticket fields
- Multiple Ticket Forms
- Service Level Agreement (SLA) management
- Set your Time Zone
- SLA reporting
- Ticket file attachment size
- Ticket sharing
- Dynamic ticket forms
- Sandbox test environment
5/10
- Auto-suggest Solutions
- Multiple SLA Policies
- Form templates
- Task Management
10/10
- Branding removal (email)
- Branding removal (Help Center)
- Complete portal customization
- CSS customization
- Custom domain mapping
- Public portal customization
- FreshThemes gallery
8/10
- Community forums
- Help Center insights
- Internal Help Center
- Knowledge base
- Related articles
- Rich text Help Center articles
- Unlimited data
- 301 Redirection
- Article Versioning
- SEO
8.7/10
- API rate limit
- Email integration with Outlook
- Endpoints
- HubSpot Integration
- Integration with Atlassian Jira
- Private custom apps
- Salesforce integration
- Slack integration
- Webhooks
- Zapier integration
- Cloud telephony integration app
- Google Apps (G Suite)
- Integrations
- Public apps (Marketplace)
- Gamification
7.9/10
- Branding removal
- Live chat proactive engagement rules
- Shared organizations
- Two-way email processing
- Active Blueprints per Module
- Call transcription
- Common Transitions per Blueprint
- Custom Functions in Blueprints
- Custom Functions using Deluge script
- Fields and Actions per Transition
- Global Reports
- Integration with Zoho products
- MSP
- Sentiment analysis
- SMS Add-on
- Transitions per Blueprint
- Two-way sync with Zoho CRM
- Zia Voice and Skill Builder
- Zoho Assist Add-on
7.5/10
- Advanced Insights
- Analytics
- Custom Reports
- Export reports
- Google Analytics for Help Center
- Helpdesk in-depth report
- Performance distribution
- Schedule Data Export
- Zendesk Benchmark
- Agent Dashboard (Agent Scorecard)
- Manager Dashboard (The Headquarters)
- Overview dashboard
- Save reports
- Schedule Reports
- Support Performance dashboards
- Ticket volume trends
- User-specific reporting
- Team Dashboards
- Ticket drill down in reports
- Ticket lifecycle report
8/10
- Advanced password policy for agents and customers
- Audit logs
- Business rules analysis
- Content Delivery Network
- Custom roles and permissions
- Custom SSL certificates (default free)
- Data center location
- Digitally signed emails (DKIM/DMARC)
- Disaster recovery
- Domain Whitelisting
- Encryption: data at rest and in motion
- GDPR compliance
- Guaranteed availability SLA (1 Hour Support SLA)
- Log in with Google
- Network access restriction (IP Whitelisting)
- PCI compliance (Level 1)
- Privacy Shield and Safe Harbor compliant
- Single sign-on (SSO) for web and mobile
- SPF(Sender Policy Framework)
- SSL encryption
- Two-Factor Authentication
- Custom email servers
- Field-Level Access Control
- Single sign on with SAML
- Ability to configure for HIPAA
9.3/10
- Calling
- Customer Success Manager
- Email Support
- Facebook
- Live chat
- Multibrand Support
- Phone Support (in English)
- SDK
- Twitter
- Chat Support (in English)
- Guidance Program
- Professional Services
- Support Bot
- Web Widget
7.5/10
- Custom Email Templates
- Email forwarding
- Email tickets
- Mailboxes (inboxes)
- Merge tickets
- Outbound email
- Outgoing SMTP settings
- Public and private notes in tickets
- Satisfaction surveys - Customizable
- Spam filtering
- Support workflow
- Time tracking
- Split tickets
- Ticket export
- Ticket templates
- Watch tickets
- Annotated image attachments
- Assume identity
- Sort ticket conversations
- Undo send
8.9/10
- Backup
- Community forums
- Notifications
- Printer-friendly
- Unlimited End Users
- Automatic sitemap generation
- Facebook in-sync app
- Voicemail integration
- Announcements
Freshdesk
9/10
- Agent collision prevention
- Bulk actions
- Canned forms
- Custom & Group Views
- Dynamic content
- Essentials Card
- Filtered Search
- Group your agents
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Light Agents
- Macros
- Mobile app
- Multilingual (Multiple) content
- Occasional agents
- Personal canned responses
- Private Comments within tickets
- Responsive, mobile-friendly Help Center
- Restricted conversation views
- Tags
- Edit/hide threads
- Email signatures
- Traffic cop
- Add reminders on to-dos
- Auto Bcc
- Contextual Workspaces
- Session replay
- Shared canned responses
- Skills-based routing
- Summary app
- To-dos
10/10
- Collaboration
- Contextual collaboration with Freshconnect
- Linked tickets
- Parent-child ticketing
9.2/10
- Contacts & Accounts Management
- Contacts & ticket history
- Custom user and organization fields
- Customer 360
- Customer journey
- Customer profiles
- Customer satisfaction ratings (CSAT)
- Group contacts by organization
- Organization profiles
- Contact Form
- Satisfaction Prediction
- Customer segments
- Identify contacts using external ID
8.9/10
- Automatic ticket assignment using Dispatch'r
- Custom business rules (triggers & automations)
- Event-triggered workflow automations
- Time-based Rules
- Time-triggered automations
- Workflow automations
- Auto reply
- Multi-task workflows with one-touch Scenarios
- Round robin ticket assignment
10/10
- Business Hours
- Custom status
- Custom ticket fields
- Multiple Ticket Forms
- Service Level Agreement (SLA) management
- Set your Time Zone
- SLA reporting
- Ticket file attachment size
- Ticket sharing
- Dynamic ticket forms
- Sandbox test environment
10/10
- Auto-suggest Solutions
- Multiple SLA Policies
- Form templates
- Task Management
10/10
- Branding removal (email)
- Branding removal (Help Center)
- Complete portal customization
- CSS customization
- Custom domain mapping
- Public portal customization
- FreshThemes gallery
6/10
- Community forums
- Help Center insights
- Internal Help Center
- Knowledge base
- Related articles
- Rich text Help Center articles
- Unlimited data
- 301 Redirection
- Article Versioning
- SEO
9.3/10
- API rate limit
- Email integration with Outlook
- Endpoints
- HubSpot Integration
- Integration with Atlassian Jira
- Private custom apps
- Salesforce integration
- Slack integration
- Webhooks
- Zapier integration
- Cloud telephony integration app
- Google Apps (G Suite)
- Integrations
- Public apps (Marketplace)
- Gamification
0/10
- Branding removal
- Live chat proactive engagement rules
- Shared organizations
- Two-way email processing
- Active Blueprints per Module
- Call transcription
- Common Transitions per Blueprint
- Custom Functions in Blueprints
- Custom Functions using Deluge script
- Fields and Actions per Transition
- Global Reports
- Integration with Zoho products
- MSP
- Sentiment analysis
- SMS Add-on
- Transitions per Blueprint
- Two-way sync with Zoho CRM
- Zia Voice and Skill Builder
- Zoho Assist Add-on
8/10
- Advanced Insights
- Analytics
- Custom Reports
- Export reports
- Google Analytics for Help Center
- Helpdesk in-depth report
- Performance distribution
- Schedule Data Export
- Zendesk Benchmark
- Agent Dashboard (Agent Scorecard)
- Manager Dashboard (The Headquarters)
- Overview dashboard
- Save reports
- Schedule Reports
- Support Performance dashboards
- Ticket volume trends
- User-specific reporting
- Team Dashboards
- Ticket drill down in reports
- Ticket lifecycle report
7.2/10
- Advanced password policy for agents and customers
- Audit logs
- Business rules analysis
- Content Delivery Network
- Custom roles and permissions
- Custom SSL certificates (default free)
- Data center location
- Digitally signed emails (DKIM/DMARC)
- Disaster recovery
- Domain Whitelisting
- Encryption: data at rest and in motion
- GDPR compliance
- Guaranteed availability SLA (1 Hour Support SLA)
- Log in with Google
- Network access restriction (IP Whitelisting)
- PCI compliance (Level 1)
- Privacy Shield and Safe Harbor compliant
- Single sign-on (SSO) for web and mobile
- SPF(Sender Policy Framework)
- SSL encryption
- Two-Factor Authentication
- Custom email servers
- Field-Level Access Control
- Single sign on with SAML
- Ability to configure for HIPAA
7.9/10
- Calling
- Customer Success Manager
- Email Support
- Facebook
- Live chat
- Multibrand Support
- Phone Support (in English)
- SDK
- Twitter
- Chat Support (in English)
- Guidance Program
- Professional Services
- Support Bot
- Web Widget
10/10
- Custom Email Templates
- Email forwarding
- Email tickets
- Mailboxes (inboxes)
- Merge tickets
- Outbound email
- Outgoing SMTP settings
- Public and private notes in tickets
- Satisfaction surveys - Customizable
- Spam filtering
- Support workflow
- Time tracking
- Split tickets
- Ticket export
- Ticket templates
- Watch tickets
- Annotated image attachments
- Assume identity
- Sort ticket conversations
- Undo send
10/10
- Backup
- Community forums
- Notifications
- Printer-friendly
- Unlimited End Users
- Automatic sitemap generation
- Facebook in-sync app
- Voicemail integration
- Announcements
Reviews
Kayako
4 of 5
Good overall experience. Kayako's customer support team is amiable. Yet, they need to think through their price policy from the custome...
5 of 5
It covers different handling activities, like ticketing, problem and complaint handling. If something is missing, it can be easily fill...
5 of 5
We used another helpdesk before Kayako. Kayako is very serious, but the prices could be better.
Zoho Desk
It's an awesome platform. Very nice to see Zoho Desk as one of the standout products in G2Crowd. It deserves to be up there with other ...
Zoho Desk is one of the simplest tools for making and tracking tickets to help resolve problems brought up by customers. This can easil...
5 of 5
Its task distribution system, client database management, reporting, and chat system are some of the best features found in this tool. ...
Freshdesk
4 of 5
The call center integrated with Freshdesk works great - the call is turned into a ticket right away after the agent has finished a conv...
4 of 5
Freshdesk delivers lots of useful options. To be more precise, it enables dealing with multiple customers at the same time without any ...
5 of 5
The fast and quality service become an obligation if you want to retain a customer. How to handle multiple tickets? The answer is in he...