Hornbill Systems Supportworks vs Kayako comparison

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168 views|133 comparisons
50% willing to recommend
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99 views|75 comparisons
100% willing to recommend
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Pros
"The solution's business process flow is quite strong. Its reporting is quite good. The standard, basic ITSM functionality like call logging and call flow, for example, are areas the solution really excels in."

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"The most valuable feature of Kayako is its flexibility. We can do anything we want with it, which is nice."

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Cons
"It's worked well for us for a significant period of time. However, we are kind-of outgrowing it at the moment. We're struggling a bit with making it meet our requirements."

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"Some of the reporting in Kayako could be improved. It only has two levels of classification and if there were additional levels added for reporting purposes it would be awesome for our environment."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Our organization pays about $40,000 annually. There are ongoing consultancy costs and if we want to change anything, we're charged a day rate. Other than that, there are no other extra costs involved in working with the solution."
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  • "Kayako is a highly affordable solution."
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    35th
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    Supportworks
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    Overview
    Supportworks brings you the ideal combination of business process automation, functionality and flexibility. It's a comprehensive ITIL-compatible application that satisfies most requirements out of the box. Fully integrated processes and support templates mean you can rapidly adopt key components of the service lifecycle. If you don't need all the disciplines immediately, just switch them off until you're ready. Supportworks has the flexibility to support any service desk requirement: HR and FM applications are available. which means you can run all your service desks on a single platform, eliminating duplicated effort, reducing hardware and software costs, and simplifying support.

    Kayako is a powerful customer service and support platform that gives your team the tools they need to communicate with customers across live chat, email, facebook and twitter.

    Our approach brings every interaction your customer has with your business into Kayako and presents your agents with a comprehensive customer journey. This gives your team the context they need to immediately respond and support customers in a way that’s quick, accurate and personal.

    Kayako is used by over 130,000 customer support pros in businesses of all sizes around the world, including Peugeot, NASA, Fedex, and GE.


    Sample Customers
    Aylesbury Vale District Council
    Toshiba Canada, Disney, Avast, Namecheap, Texas Tech University
    Buyer's Guide
    Help Desk Software
    April 2024
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    768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Hornbill Systems Supportworks is ranked 35th in Help Desk Software while Kayako is ranked 44th in Help Desk Software. Hornbill Systems Supportworks is rated 7.0, while Kayako is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Hornbill Systems Supportworks writes "Excels in call logging and call flows but is limited in terms of scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Kayako writes "Flexible, straightforward implementation, and helpful support". Hornbill Systems Supportworks is most compared with ServiceNow, whereas Kayako is most compared with .

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