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Kayako vs Olark Comparison (2026)

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Overview

Kayako - Customer Support Software made personal and simple with a unified customer service platform that helps you build closer relationships.

Your customers know Olark live chat. They are looking for that little tab in the bottom corner of your website that says, “Click Here to Chat.” We let you be yourself and talk directly with customers on your website right now. We believe the more human you are, the more you’ll make customers happy.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

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Pricing

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No pricing info

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

29

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.0

176

5

4

3

2

1

68

68

25

5

10

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
54%
would recommend this app

4.5

472

5

4

3

2

1

288

157

22

4

1

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
83%
would recommend this app

Pros

“You approve or tweak the draft, publish it, and Kay handles that ticket type unassisted from then on.”
DM

David M.

Admin

“What surprised me was how much of it happens quietly in the background: ticket routing, KB drafting, first-pass resolutions.”
DM

David M.

Admin

“This enables efficient organization and tracking, while facilitating multi-channel customer engagement.”
KM

Kilmer M.

Senior Director of Advertising and eCommerce

Pros

“It would be amazing that when someone claims a chat, it gets removed from the long list so other users don't lose time going through the requests.”
CB

Cynthia B.

Client Care Representative

“Olark is missing features like smart assign, complex group configurations & smart bots compared to other chat tools in the market”
JR

Jayanth R.

Project Manager

“This has been a long journey that keeps evolving and maturing with constant feedback and teamwork”
CB

Cynthia B.

Client Care Representative

Cons

“The main interface is clunky, sometimes tickets are slow to load in and notifications were easy to miss.”
NM

Natale M.

Senior Field Technician

“Setting up the automations can be a bit difficult when you are first learning the program.”
CP

Christie P.

Director of Operations

“Renewals are fraught with misleading comments and empty promises. ”
JV

Josh V.

Systems administrator

Cons

“Tried it on Trial, didn't like it, because can'tbe online all the time, because they don't have an app for mobile.”
NM

Nick M.

BDM

“Not good analys and didn't like the chat module.”
NM

Nick M.

BDM

“The interface's colors can be frustrating.”
Bİ

Betül İ.

Organizator

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review6 months ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review9 days ago

Key features

  • Total features71
  • AI Copilot
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Agent Design Tools
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Asset Tracking
  • Automated Routing
  • Autoresponders
  • Availability Management
  • CRM
  • CRM & Sales Stack Integration
  • Call Center Management
  • Canned Responses
  • Capacity Management
  • Change Management
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communication Management
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Configuration Management
  • Contract/License Management
  • Customer Database
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Reports
  • Dashboard
  • Data Visualization
  • Deployment Management
  • Email Management
  • Email Templates
  • Embedded AI
  • Event Triggered Actions
  • Feedback Management
  • File Sharing
  • Geotargeting
  • Help Desk Management
  • Human-in-the-loop (HITL)
  • Incident Management
  • Interaction Tracking
  • Issue Auditing
  • Issue Management
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Live Chat
  • Mobile Access
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Language
  • Multiple LLM Models
  • Offline Form
  • Performance Metrics
  • Proactive Chat
  • Problem Management
  • Project Management
  • Queue Management
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-time Consumer-facing Chat
  • Recurring Issues
  • Release Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Revenue-Native Data Model
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Rules-Based Workflow
  • Sales Task Automation & Forecasting
  • Screen Sharing
  • Search/Filter
  • Self Service Portal
  • Service Catalog
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
  • Single Sign On
  • Social Media Integration
  • Support Ticket Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Tagging
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Ticket Management
  • Transcripts/Chat History
  • Transfers/Routing
  • Website Integration
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features36
  • AI Copilot
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Agent Design Tools
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Asset Tracking
  • Automated Routing
  • Autoresponders
  • Availability Management
  • CRM
  • CRM & Sales Stack Integration
  • Call Center Management
  • Canned Responses
  • Capacity Management
  • Change Management
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communication Management
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Configuration Management
  • Contract/License Management
  • Customer Database
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Reports
  • Dashboard
  • Data Visualization
  • Deployment Management
  • Email Management
  • Email Templates
  • Embedded AI
  • Event Triggered Actions
  • Feedback Management
  • File Sharing
  • Geotargeting
  • Help Desk Management
  • Human-in-the-loop (HITL)
  • Incident Management
  • Interaction Tracking
  • Issue Auditing
  • Issue Management
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Live Chat
  • Mobile Access
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Language
  • Multiple LLM Models
  • Offline Form
  • Performance Metrics
  • Proactive Chat
  • Problem Management
  • Project Management
  • Queue Management
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-time Consumer-facing Chat
  • Recurring Issues
  • Release Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Revenue-Native Data Model
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Rules-Based Workflow
  • Sales Task Automation & Forecasting
  • Screen Sharing
  • Search/Filter
  • Self Service Portal
  • Service Catalog
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
  • Single Sign On
  • Social Media Integration
  • Support Ticket Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Tagging
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Ticket Management
  • Transcripts/Chat History
  • Transfers/Routing
  • Website Integration
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations62
  • 123FormBuilder
  • ActiveCampaign
  • Adobe Commerce
  • Alchemer
  • Basecamp
  • BigCommerce
  • Calendly
  • Campaign Monitor by Marigold
  • Chargebee
  • Constant Contact
  • Dropbox
  • Drupal
  • Eventbrite
  • FreshBooks
  • Front
  • Geckoboard
  • GetResponse
  • GitHub
  • Gmail
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Docs
  • Google Drive
  • Google Workspace
  • Hootsuite
  • HubSpot CRM
  • HubSpot Service Hub
  • Hubstaff
  • InsightSquared
  • Intuit Mailchimp Email Marketing
  • Jira
  • Joomla
  • Keap
  • LinkedIn for Business
  • Marketo Engage
  • Meta for Business
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Viva Engage
  • Nicereply
  • Nimble
  • Nutshell
  • PagerDuty
  • PayPal
  • Pipedrive
  • Pivotal Tracker
  • Podio
  • QuickBooks Online
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • Recurly
  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement
  • Salesforce Platform
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Shopify
  • Slack
  • Stripe
  • SurveyMonkey
  • Teamwork.com
  • Trello
  • Twitter/X
  • Typeform
  • ValueOps
  • WooCommerce
  • WordPress
  • Wufoo
  • Xero
  • Zapier
  • Zendesk AI
  • Zoho CRM
  • Zoom Workplace
  • Zuora
  • Total integrations13
  • 123FormBuilder
  • ActiveCampaign
  • Adobe Commerce
  • Alchemer
  • Basecamp
  • BigCommerce
  • Calendly
  • Campaign Monitor by Marigold
  • Chargebee
  • Constant Contact
  • Dropbox
  • Drupal
  • Eventbrite
  • FreshBooks
  • Front
  • Geckoboard
  • GetResponse
  • GitHub
  • Gmail
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Docs
  • Google Drive
  • Google Workspace
  • Hootsuite
  • HubSpot CRM
  • HubSpot Service Hub
  • Hubstaff
  • InsightSquared
  • Intuit Mailchimp Email Marketing
  • Jira
  • Joomla
  • Keap
  • LinkedIn for Business
  • Marketo Engage
  • Meta for Business
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Viva Engage
  • Nicereply
  • Nimble
  • Nutshell
  • PagerDuty
  • PayPal
  • Pipedrive
  • Pivotal Tracker
  • Podio
  • QuickBooks Online
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • Recurly
  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement
  • Salesforce Platform
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Shopify
  • Slack
  • Stripe
  • SurveyMonkey
  • Teamwork.com
  • Trello
  • Twitter/X
  • Typeform
  • ValueOps
  • WooCommerce
  • WordPress
  • Wufoo
  • Xero
  • Zapier
  • Zendesk AI
  • Zoho CRM
  • Zoom Workplace
  • Zuora

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