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What is Olark?

Olark is WCAG 2.0 AA compliant, accessible, and GDPR-ready platform touted as the best way to help boost business sales, solve issues and understand your customers. It gives customers the answers they need immediately and helps deliver powerful insights about what they want to build lasting customer relationships.

Company Olark
Year founded 2009
Company size 11-50 employees
Headquarters Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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Olark Product Details
Capabilities
API
Segment
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Desktop Chromebook, Desktop Mac, Desktop Windows, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone
Support 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
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Languages English
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Agent Collaboration
Agent Performance Analytics
Audio and Video Chat
Automated Responses
CRM Integration
Canned Responses
Chat Encryption
Chat History
Chat Routing
Chat Tags
Chat Transcripts
Chat Transfer
Chatbot Integration
Co-Browsing
Custom Branding
Customizable Chat Widgets
Email Integration
Feedback Collection
File Sharing
Mobile Compatibility
Multi-language Support
Offline Messaging
Proactive Chat Invitations
Queue Management
Real-Time Chat
Social Media Integration
Typing Indicators
Visitor Analytics
Visitor Information Dashboard
Visitor Tracking
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223 Olark Reviews
4.3 out of 5
Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jan 16, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Brian C.
Customer Service Representative
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"Useful but could be better"
What do you like best about Olark?

Easy to chat with customers and clients.

What do you dislike about Olark?

The inability to transfer a chat to word or an email. Have to cut and paste and formatting is a pain.

What problems is Olark solving and how is that benefiting you?

Easy for customers or clients to contact us if lines are full.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jan 12, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Olark Is Very User Friendly!!!"
What do you like best about Olark?

How easy it is to use! It never crashes, ability to add personal shortcuts!

What do you dislike about Olark?

When I end chats at times it seems to not work then I have the same person chatting me hours later

What problems is Olark solving and how is that benefiting you?

Customer questions. Chat is great! If the phone lines are busy chat is a great alternative!

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jan 10, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Danielle W.
Founder
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"using olark to chat with customers"
What do you like best about Olark?

It is easy to navigate. I like that you can create you own macros

What do you dislike about Olark?

There isn't much that I don't like about olark. Some customers say that it is hard to minimize

What problems is Olark solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are chatting with customers through our online store.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jan 07, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Jonathan W.
Outbound Account Executive
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"Olark is Great"
What do you like best about Olark?

Shortcut responses, turn on and off easily, find transcripts easily. I like that it remembers who talked to whom.

What do you dislike about Olark?

I don't like how if, I leave it on on accident, sometimes it lets dozens of conversations come through, and other times Ollie cuts me off. I wish it cut me off more consistently.

What problems is Olark solving and how is that benefiting you?

Quick easy responses.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 28, 2017
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Ian C.
Client Advocacy Manager
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"Great UI and Support"
What do you like best about Olark?

The simplicity of the UI used as an operator, and on the viewers side is minimal but effective.

What do you dislike about Olark?

Sometimes Olark network may not be up but out of 1000 times logging in, this happens maybe 1 to 5 times. Not unreasonable. I also hope operator could send attachments. I also hope there could be a group chat feature for operators.

What problems is Olark solving and how is that benefiting you?

Quick and fast website loading allows for maximal speed when logging in as operator. 10/10 there is no issues on the viewer side of chat, where operators are able to work fast with auto prompts and commanges.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 27, 2017
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Sanjit M.
Digital Marketing Strategist, Founder
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"A great chat service."
What do you like best about Olark?

You can customize the chat box however you choose, colors, logos, text, etc. It now has a mobile option so people on their mobile phones can chat.

What do you dislike about Olark?

Nothing at the moment. :) I started using this after a few products a few years ago and it seems to work very well.

What problems is Olark solving and how is that benefiting you?

Trying to be available to potential clients when they want to chat with someone, maybe to ask a question, maybe just to get that warm and fuzzy feeling.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 20, 2017
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Angelica D.
Gerente
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"Olark a great tool for sales!"
What do you like best about Olark?

it is a great tool, is easy to setup and use, it has a lot of features, I like the integrations with other softwares like mailchimp,the reports are very helpful because it shows a lot of important data.

What do you dislike about Olark?

I do not like that it cannot have an integration with a bot, I would like to have a bot integrated so I can have a frecuent questions database that the boot can answer before to call to an agent.

What problems is Olark solving and how is that benefiting you?

We solve a problem in our web chat, must of the people do not like to register in a form, so we setup olark as our contact chat, and our sales were up inmediately.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Dec 12, 2017
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Olark has been a useful tool to us thus far."
What do you like best about Olark?

I really enjoy that you can use API's to integrate Admin access on our end within Olark.

What do you dislike about Olark?

Sometimes the Analytical reports will not email to me in a timely manner.

What problems is Olark solving and how is that benefiting you?

It allows us to chat with our customers - therefore offering quicker support than traditional methods. The ease of communication is excellent, and our customers are big fans of the chat feature.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 07, 2017
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Alexa L.
Director Of Human Resources
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"Olark Review"
What do you like best about Olark?

great company feature for clients to be able to message us right away

What do you dislike about Olark?

there pretty much always needs to be someone managing the olark messages because customers can inquire any time of day

What problems is Olark solving and how is that benefiting you?

tremendously helps our customer support

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 28, 2017
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Kaylee E.
Interim, Head Of Demand Generation
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"Simplistic, Yet All You Need"
What do you like best about Olark?

Olark is super simple to use, but also allows you to do everything you'd expect a chat software to accomplish.

What do you dislike about Olark?

Sometimes Olark times out a little quickly, and marks my status as "away" without me noticing.

What problems is Olark solving and how is that benefiting you?

Olark is a great way to be of service to potential customers, as well as existing customers at any moment. This product breaks down a barrier that without Olark would hinder our revenue growth, and transparency with current customers.