Kayako vs Salesforce vs ServiceNow vs Zendesk
| Attribute | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Customer Support & Success | CRM & Customer Management | AI & Automation | Customer Support & Success |
| Pricing | Paid | Paid | Paid | Paid |
| Starting price | $30/month | $25/month | — | $19/month |
| Free tier | No | No | No | Unknown |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes (30d) | No | Yes (14d) |
| Deployment | — | Cloud | — | Cloud |
| API available | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Yes |
| Platforms | — | — | — | — |
| Certifications | — | 12 | — | 9 |
| Integrations | — | 22 | — | 5 |
| Company | — | Founded 1999 | Founded 2004 | Founded 2007 |
| Feature attributes | ||||
| Sso Saml | — Unknown | — Unknown | — Unknown | ✓ Yes |
| Rbac | — Unknown | ✓ Yes | — Unknown | ✓ Yes |
| Mobile App | — Unknown | — Unknown | — Unknown | — Unknown |
| Webhooks | — Unknown | — Unknown | — Unknown | ✓ Yes |
| Data Export | — Unknown | — Unknown | — Unknown | ✓ Yes |
| Pipeline Management | — Unknown | ✓ Yes | — Unknown | — Unknown |
| Marketing Automation | — Unknown | ✓ Yes | — Unknown | — Unknown |
| Custom Objects | — Unknown | ✓ Yes | — Unknown | — Unknown |
| Reporting Dashboards | — Unknown | ✓ Yes | — Unknown | — Unknown |
| App Marketplace | — Unknown | ✓ Yes | — Unknown | — Unknown |
| Ticketing | — Unknown | — Unknown | — Unknown | ✓ Yes |
| Live Chat | — Unknown | — Unknown | — Unknown | ✓ Yes |
| Knowledge Base | — Unknown | — Unknown | — Unknown | ✓ Yes |
| Ai Chatbot | — Unknown | — Unknown | — Unknown | ✓ Yes |
| Omnichannel | — Unknown | — Unknown | — Unknown | ✓ Yes |
Also consider
Unknown values show as “Unknown”/“—”. Nothing is inferred — see each tool page for sources.