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Kayako vs LiveChat comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Kayako
Ranking in Help Desk Software
44th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Shared Inbox (10th)
LiveChat
Ranking in Help Desk Software
45th
Average Rating
9.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
IT Service Management (ITSM) (49th), Live Chat (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Help Desk Software category, the mindshare of Kayako is 0.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of LiveChat is 0.1%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Help Desk Software
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1712472 - PeerSpot reviewer
Flexible, straightforward implementation, and helpful support
We are in the process of switching from Kayako to ManageEngine Desktop Central. We went through a full review of our service desk processing and one of the solutions we purchased was a ManageEngine Desktop Central. When we were looking at the integrations into the Kayako system and how it works, we found that ManageEngine Desktop Central did very similar things. It had better layers of classification, other templating, and additional features that we did not have with Kayako. Our service manager made the decision to switch at that time. My advice to others wanting to implement Kayako would be for them to plan out their service processes first, prior to trying to implement them in the tool. We made the mistake of jumping in too soon back 10 years ago. I started using it in a way that we could have tooled it in a different way to make it better. We could have had more implementation process information to make sure we received what we wanted to out of the solution. I rate Kayako an eight out of ten.
it_user371517 - PeerSpot reviewer
We cannot monitor it 24/7, so the ability to leave a message if we are not on helps us capture those interactions.
We have recommend this product to many camps in our industry and it is being adopted as a best practice during summer camp sales season. I am not tech savvy. This is a product we implemented and I love it. There is nothing that I feel is missing. It truly does what I need it to do and anything else I would say, I would be making it up.
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Toshiba Canada, Disney, Avast, Namecheap, Texas Tech University
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