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SMS texting and live chat for sales, support & ops teams

Avochato Reviews

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  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9.05/10

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Pros and cons

I looked at a bunch of other services like this but this was the best. The interface is very easy to use and it functions flawlessly.
I liked it being user friendly and that it meets the demands for our company. I like how Avochato is willing to work with us to make it better and more personalized for our type of business.
Again, powerful, cost effective, and the Avochato support is amazing. This is the new way of connecting with my past clients.
Not sure if that is the software fault or a problem with the script.
Their customer service alone puts them in another league compared to the other companies and I have tried and used all of the mainstream platforms.
The voicemail feature is a little annoying and I think shouldn't be an option.
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Andrew K.

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Information Technology and Services, 1,001-5,000 employees

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Awesome tool, ripe for automation

Reviewed 4 years ago

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Andrew K.: My name is Andrew. I'm a program manager at a software company, and I would give Avochato...

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Melanie A.

Publishing, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Let people text you

Reviewed 4 years ago

This program makes it easier for me and my team to stay on top of things. We love the communication we have with our clients now. I recommend this program to all. My small business is running even more smoothly with this program.

Pros

I really like the option of texting, live chat or calling. It gives me the flexibility I need. Customers can reach me or team members with ease. I've gotten positive feedback from my clients and my team. It's easy to use and customize to my business.

Cons

I really haven't found a down side to this program.. yet. I may in time though. I'm pleased with it so far.

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Peter S.

Leisure, Travel & Tourism, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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Invaluable tool for us

Reviewed 5 years ago

We have seen an immediate change is speed of response for seasonal employees who are typically of college / millennial age who are always on their phones and not their email.

Pros

Avochato and it's API integration has been gaming changing for both our customer acquisition and seasonal employee hiring.

Cons

Honestly not much, it's the perfect tool for us.

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Jessica H.

Real Estate, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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Avochato for Real Estate

Reviewed 5 years ago

Overall this software helps keep in touch with our database automatically sending out SMS text messages.

Pros

This software helps you easily create SMS drip campaigns to send to your database of leads. You can create as many as you campaigns as you need.

Cons

This software is pretty simply and gets the job done. Not a lot of unnecessary bells and whistles which I like.

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Ariana M.

Hospitality, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Mainstream and easy

Reviewed 5 years ago

Mainstream, (everyone texts) simple, and great guest experience when they can simply text us questions about their upcoming vacation or any maintenance issues when the arrive.

Pros

What I like most about this software is it gives not only our guests and vendors a mainstream and easy way to communicate with us but Avochato is also very user friendly, simple and an overall amazing platform for commercial purposes. The text Broadcast feature is a great way for use to send a que’d message to over 1,000 in-house guest timely and efficiently. Customization is also something I have been very impressed with this company. Our tech team has worked hard with them to meet our needs as a small company to ensure we are using all features and resources to the greatest extent we can.

Cons

I can’t complain much, truthfully. One thing that our company is working with Avochato on is automatic “close-out” of our housekeeping survey. The company has worked diligently and closely with us to help meet our very personal needs.

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Hospitality, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Awesome support, easy to send messages -- Good software

Reviewed 5 years ago
Pros

Support was great and helped us find a work around or solve the issue. The analytics for messages was great, as well as custom fields for mass broadcasting.

Cons

Did need some more reporting and could improve the UI of the mobile side a bit.

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Real Estate, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Great SMS Platform for Teams - Highly Recommend!

Reviewed 6 years ago

We have successfully switched over to Avochato for our team of 22 sales people and everyone loves it! It also makes my life as an Administrator a lot easier because the leads are automatically round-robined to my team.

Pros

I like the fact that Avochato takes care of the round-robin rotation of leads as they come through in real-time.

Cons

The software is very easy-to-use. I really don't have any complaints that I can think of for Avochato. Great system at a great price!

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Nina W.

Real Estate, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Avachato

Reviewed 6 years ago

We are contacting guests quickly and diligently.

Pros

I like how easy it is to contact our guests quickly without interrupting their vacation.

Cons

I didn't like getting emailed everytime there was a mass text was sent out and someone replied.

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Abdi B.

Real Estate, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Great Service!

Reviewed 6 years ago

Excellent service! Quick to respond to any questions! Hats off to customer service. The Kiger Group owes you alot!

Pros

The software is simple and easy to use.

Cons

Uploading can be difficult at first however, great customer service staff are always there to help via phone, video conference, or simple email exchange!

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Brooke P.

Hospitality, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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Ease & Efficiency

Reviewed 6 years ago

Not only drinking the koolaid but I’m eating the guac! I’ve experienced the progression of Avochato. The team actively listens and rapidly responds to your business needs.

Pros

It’s the people! Avochato support team is not only quick to acknowledge your request, but reliably provides solution(s) or an alternative method. Other notable pros- ease of sending one or 1,000 messages with a few clicks, custom fields & templates for mass broadcasting, broadcast analytics

Cons

Lack of reporting. Interested in exporting data from broadcasts, tags, contacts. Ie: contacts that have replied stop or start ‘Out of Office Reply’ interested in the functionality of sending ooo replies to any contact who reaches us outside of business hours, not just to new contacts.

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Real Estate, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend5/10

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Avochato Review

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

It's a very simple, easy to use, and does the job of a texting platform!

Cons

There were quite a few bugs that popped up that made use difficult, but the support team was usually able to rectify the problems within a few hours.

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Sarah N.

Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Easy B2B Texting Solution

Reviewed 6 years ago

Overall, Avochato is a great platform. They have capabilities that I had previously thought were exclusive to other platforms. Their sales team is professional and fun to chat with. The software is easy to use and learn. Overall I think Avochato is a great product.

Pros

Overall, I loved the ease of use with this product. The platform itself is designed in a way that is easy to understand and use. Texting clients helps to build trust with our brand and this is definitely a great solution for that need.

Cons

We are really looking for a texting solution that allows us to send native video. So far, we have been unable to find this. Avochato allows you to send links to hosted videos, such as YouTube or Vimeo. But we want to be able to load MP4s as if we were using a cellphone.

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Alex C.

Individual & Family Services, 1-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Simple and powerful platform for Local Business

Reviewed 6 years ago

The product is very powerful and great value for the price. The customer service is some of the best I’ve ever dealt with

Pros

The interface allows me to easily Text clients in multiple local areas all from one platform

Cons

The mobile app isn’t nearly as powerful as the mobile web version or the desktop version. I only use it for notifications of new text messages

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Lauren B.

Airlines/Aviation, 1-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Fantastic Text Marketing Tool

Reviewed 6 years ago

I am able to reach our members in a whole new way with Avochato. Before we were limited to email and print notifications. Now we are able to instantly communicate with members on their phones!

Pros

The customer service is really fantastic. They are all very quick to respond and answer any questions I have regarding their services. Their Broadcast feature is great. It allows me to send text messages to a segment of people (any size) and send them personalized messages all at the same time! The best feature I found that totally differentiated them from their competition was the option to use our...

Cons

I think the only thing I would like to see them update is filter options in the messages or contact section. Other than that, I think they are continually working to make improvements which makes things better overtime!

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Dave R.

Hospitality, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Simple to use but extremely effective with driving guest hospitality

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

Quick setup, easy to train on, easy to use. Flexibility to use with multiple parties (guests, owners, vendors, internal staff). Search capability is very powerful.

Cons

Would love to see it be able to integrate with other platform software.

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Consumer Services, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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What a difference it has made to our business

Reviewed 6 years ago
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extremely easy role out and implementation. we were able to integrate with our website and have now saved money since we no longer need a webchat...we just text.

Cons

there really are not too many things we are concerned with this software. we would like a little more ability to alter the website widget, but they were able to help us out a bit in the beginning.

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Defense & Space, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Texting for Recruiting

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

I use it to follow up on previous communications with candidates. It allows me to quickly text a number of people.

Cons

The biggest negative is that some people call the number after receiving a text, which does not work well.

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Taylor B.

Real Estate, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend4/10

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Average Avochato

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

Avochato works well for our company because all of the conversations are synced with Salesforce and allow everyone to see conversations.

Cons

I do not like that you can't send pictures via the app. You also cannot put someone on speaker phone when you call from the app. Sometimes it takes a long time to receive voicemails. I know that I have one waiting, but it won't let me listen to it.

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Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Customer Service 10/10

Reviewed 6 years ago

So far, I'm impressed.

Pros

It enables companies & brands to effectively communicate with their audiences via one medium. People tend to feel more comfortable with a brand when there's a phone number provided to contact them directly. Not to mention, being able to assign messages to people is another bonus.

Cons

Some slight hiccups in the beginning when trying to figure out the zapier integration, but the customer support staff is remarkable.

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Len B.

Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Connect instantly with customers

Reviewed 6 years ago

Looking forward to a long relationship and excited about new features rolling out!

Pros

The Avochato customer service is second only to my company’s customer service! Thanks to Avochato! I’m a black belt now! No longer wondering about the quality of engagement from my employees. Real time interaction! Keeping my finger on the pulse of both of my businesses. Amazing!

Cons

None that are not being promptly addressed by the amazing Avochato team!

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Adam C.

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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Super easy to set up and when any issues arise, support is prompt.

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

Very clean interface, everything makes sense organizationally speaking, and most importantly, it integrates right into our CRM software.

Cons

Nothing really. Once in a blue moon there is a deliverability glitch but in the (I think) almost year we've been using it I can only recall 2 times, and I'm the only user.

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Rocky C.

Building Materials, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Avochato has been a great feature that we now can reliably offer customers to send their order to us

Reviewed 7 years ago
Pros

Ease of use and implementation. Avochato is very user friendly and pretty straight forward to use. We have orders sent in via text from one of our bigger volume clients and is a very efficient method of taking orders in. Support is very helpful and responsive.

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Tracy T.

Used daily for 6-12 months

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OUTSTANDING customer service and the software has helped us tremendously.

Reviewed 7 years ago
Pros

The fact that we can "text" our technicians through this program versus from our phones have saved us so much time.

Cons

Once you text a technician, another corporate employee can "take over" the transmission which takes away from yours. This is something their team is working on and they have work arounds.

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Michael M.

Real Estate, self-employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

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Great Customer Support. Interactive & Intuitive.

Reviewed 7 years ago

Save money, time, and expand my options for marketing.

Pros

It will allow me to scale my business in real estate sales. I can get creative and improve my marketing and service for leads and clients. I just added my first assistant and I'm beginning to add more members to my team so that I can expand my business. The features in this software will allow me to delegate a portion of my workflow to others. I like that they're expanding features and willing to accept feedback/suggestions to improve the product over time.

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Vendor response

Thanks Michael! It's been great working with you. We're seeing more and more real estate agents sign up for Avochato. As you mentioned, it helps them save time and effort by delegating some communications to others while keeping the primary agent fully in the driver's seat. Looking forward to continuing to work together and build out great tools together for our real estate customers!

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Michael F.

Financial Services, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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Excellent experience.

Reviewed 7 years ago
Pros

I really like the integration to Slack, and the ability to send pictures via SMS messaging from the dashboard.

Cons

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Vendor response

Thanks Michael! Glad you've enjoyed the Avochato experience. We use our own Slack integration side-by-side with Avochato to support our own customers, and we love it too!

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Shane F.

Internet, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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Avochato is the easiest SMS product to use and setup. It's fast and my customers love it, too.

Reviewed 7 years ago

The categories are very specific to what I'm looking for. The reviews are helpful and it's a great way to explore new products.

Pros

The free trial was critical in helping me make my decision to use Avochato. I was able to test the full product's features at my own pace, and once I tested it with customers I was impressed. My customers were very impressed with my quick response times as well. I love that I can text my customers either from the web dashboard, from the mobile friendly dashboard, or from the iPhone app. The integration...

Cons

I wish Avochato could automate almost all of our customer interactions. It would be amazing if it resolved all of our support requests without the assistance of our agents. The current bot works well but if it could be customizable we could use it for more of our use cases. We'd also love to see it transcribe voicemails and calls into text format.

Vendor response

Thank you! We're glad to help. You touched on some very interesting ideas in the "Cons" section around automation -- since your review, we've been building out a number of tools such as templates and keywords to help our customers save time/effort in composing their texts. But we're going to be taking it much further than that ... stay tuned!