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Categories/Help Desk & Support/Kayako
Kayako

Kayako

Founded 2001

Automate customer support tickets and chat conversations across multiple channels

Pricing model

Paid

Rating

★ People love it

Time to value

Quick Setup (< 1 hour)

You can use Kayako to manage customer service conversations across email and live chat. The service includes a shared inbox, an automated help desk agent, and a knowledge base to help answer common user questions. Support teams can monitor customer journeys, track open ticket backlogs, and organize incoming requests by product lines or channels. Kayako also provides reporting dashboards to track resolution times and team performance.

What Kayako does

Assign tickets to specific support agentsPublish help articles in a knowledge baseRoute customer conversations based on channelTrack customer support response timesAnswer customer inquiries via live website chatView customer interaction history across email and chatUnified shared inbox for managing team communicationsAutomated ticket routing and queue managementContinuous 24/7 chat support widgetCustomer journey timeline tracking across touchpointsSelf-service knowledge base hostingReal-time KPI performance reporting dashboard

Pricing breakdown

Pricing model: Paid

PlanList price
Kay (per resolved ticket)$1 / mo

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