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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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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
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Audio and Video Chat
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Chat Encryption
Chat History
Chat Routing
Chat Tags
Chat Transcripts
Chat Transfer
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File Sharing
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Offline Messaging
Proactive Chat Invitations
Queue Management
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Social Media Integration
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223 Olark Reviews
4.3 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 20, 2016
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
HN
H D N.
Human Resources
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"Olark Chat tool extremely valuable for us!"
What do you like best about Olark?

Very easy to implement and modify to fit your website.

What do you dislike about Olark?

We do not have a team member monitoring 24/7.

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

We strive for excellent customer service which means immediate response when possible. Olark Chat gives us this capability.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 20, 2016
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Magda W.
Author
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"Easy to get started, easy to use"
What do you like best about Olark?

How easy everything is. Installation on the site is super quick as is setup and changes. Adding new team members is fast, as is monitoring conversations. If you have a small-ish team you want engaged on chat, you should 100% use this tool. If you have bigger teams (10+) then read other reviews because I haven't used the teams feature yet. But considering how easy everything else is on Olark, I would be surprised if teams is any different.

What do you dislike about Olark?

Nothing. I really love this tool. If there's an improvement I would make, it's to make finding various settings a bit more intuitive. They aren't always where you'd expect to find them and there's no quick search to figure out it. It's not a drama though - just adds a couple clicks while you look for it.

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

We want to make sure we can answer customer questions as they have them. Olark helps us do that in real time. It helps us engage customers at the exact moment they are considering our product.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Sep 20, 2016
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Benjamin E.
Customer Service Team Manager And It And Infrastructure
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"Excellent platform "
What do you like best about Olark?

Easy to use great price, easy set up. Excellent

What do you dislike about Olark?

Admin views of live chat. Be able to see live chats as they are being sent

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

Customer satisfaction

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Sep 20, 2016
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
SG
Sheri G.
Marketing Specialist
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"Olark Review"
What do you like best about Olark?

Reporting, ease of use, people can leave messages while we are away

What do you dislike about Olark?

how it saves people and conversations in the website.

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

we've gained lots of leads. people like to speak with someone live right away rather than waiting for a call back.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 20, 2016
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Ryan T.
Sales Team Lead
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"Great Chatting Tool!"
What do you like best about Olark?

I like the simplicity and how you can preset commands! Very easy to lean how to use and very user friendly. I have looked into many chatting tools and and very happy with Olark and will be continuing to use Olark

What do you dislike about Olark?

I think some of the rating questions could be better.

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

I have realized Olark brings in lead generation! Also the activity on our website has increased.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 20, 2016
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Monica R.
Founder
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"Olark is Awesome"
What do you like best about Olark?

Olark is very easy to use and the front face is very nicely designed.

What do you dislike about Olark?

There is nothing that I dislike about Olark.

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

I am solving customer support issues.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jul 01, 2016
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Praveen K.
Business Development Manager North India
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"A perfect tool to acquire and retain customer"
What do you like best about Olark?

Consider a scenario where each company is competing to get new business and retain the existing one in online business domain. Business to be anything e-commerce, online customer support etc.; Olark is the best live chat tool to provide smoother and happy experience for you customers. (1) Grabs customer's attention: It's UI catches the attention of your customers to get connect with your support team. (2) Behavioral/Sentimental Analysis: The behavior of customers is traced and could be used to analysis to know their sentiments.

What do you dislike about Olark?

Although it is a very light tool but compatibility with applications designed on older technology is a challenge. Also due to high number of upgrades, the API changes frequently. So integration needs to be taken care of.

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

For all the visitors on our company website and the existing customer support tool; we have integrated Olark. It provides the instant and fast conversation. It's so easy for customers to use that the existing raise their tickets/queries via Olark only. It's improving customer satisfaction and therefore, sales.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
May 20, 2016
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Phil K.
Team Lead, Business Development
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"Simple To Use, Solid Live Chat Tool"
What do you like best about Olark?

The ease of use for any department. I am primarily a sales user and use it to communicate with potential leads trafficking our website. We also use it for our support team as well so I love the simplicity for transferring someone to another operator within our account.

What do you dislike about Olark?

I have not had any real issues to this point with the exception of maybe one or two service outages within the past 8-9 months.

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

Engagement with potential prospects or leads who visit our website and have questions. Client success team also uses for handling support related questions and tickets with existing clients.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
May 17, 2016
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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David G.
Vp, Sales & Marketing
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"Fantastic sales aid working 24/7"
What do you like best about Olark?

A really great tool that sits on our site and never misses an opportunity to engage with visitors, even when we're not available. It's really easy to customize the solution to suit our needs with appropriate messages and timed responses to site visitors. Great reports too to show who was on your site (guess from revers IP look up), which pages they visited and of course a record of any conversations.

What do you dislike about Olark?

Nothing really. I would recommend any company to use it.

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

Using Olark means we never miss the opportunity to engage with website visitors in a friendly and non-evasive way. It's like having our sales guys monitoring activity 24 hours a day. We have definitely found new prospects through Olark.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
May 11, 2016
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Pete B.
Salesforce Administrator & Business Systems Analyst
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"Great chat tool"
What do you like best about Olark?

Ease of use and robust ability. We use Olark on our site and it has been a great tool to add as we have been able to capture additional client info when they are not willing to use our web form.

What do you dislike about Olark?

Honestly there is not much to dislike. It is a straight forward tool for businesses to connect with their clients online via chat.

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

Capturing additional information from clients as well as engaging them in a less forward manner. Also increasing the amount of time people spend on our site.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
May 09, 2016
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Adam D.
Enterprise Success Coach
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"The only Live Chat we use"
What do you like best about Olark?

We use Olark for our in-product Live Chat, as well as when leads are watching a demo. Our sales team can live chat potential clients and get them engaged right away. We have 2 member of our team rotate to live chat weekly to ensure that all of our team is trained on how to answer tickets quickly.

What do you dislike about Olark?

I struggle to find issue with it, but I would say that there seems to be an issues where the chat does not load for certain users.

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

Olark has bridged a gap between our Users and our team to make communication seamless and delightful. Our support team is able to handle 3 times the amount of tickets now that we are utilizing a Live Chat Feature.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
May 05, 2016
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Wilhelm L.
Engineering Chief Of Staff
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"Providing us with a great solution for live chat"
What do you like best about Olark?

Riskalyze has recently been using Olark as our live chat solution and our clients are loving it. Having quick and reliable contact with our world class support team has made all of our users very happy. We first started the roll out on a smaller scale, but after that went so well, we decided to open Olark up to all users. Although there is a split in our user base and most of our user base is of an older demographic, Olark is loved. No one has difficulty using it and our support team is able to provide every customer with great service.

What do you dislike about Olark?

Olark does not provide us with much information. It is common for one of our support staff to report that "chat" wants this. It would be very beneficial to automatically be able to grab information about the person on the other side of the chat.

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

Olark is providing our business with a solution to not having live chat. In today's modern world not having live chat is extremely irresponsible. Phone and email are no longer enough, and Olark gives us a way to be modern with live chat that's fast and reliable.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
May 04, 2016
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Overall Rating:
5.0
HB
Harrison B.
Support Team
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"Olark: Chat it up ALL DAY!"
What do you like best about Olark?

Live chatting with my customers makes my job like 10x easier! Instead of slogging through phone calls all day, I can help like 8-10 customers an hour over 2-3. This is amazing.

What do you dislike about Olark?

The screen sharing is still in beta, but that is totally okay. Its a snazzy feature I look forward for a full release.

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

We can now scale our customer support team much smoother! There are no words to describe how important that is. We dont need 15 people on the phones call day, we need 3 people on phones and 5 live chat operators. BOOM!

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 04, 2016
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Robert H.
Founder
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"Wriggle-review of Olark"
What do you like best about Olark?

Very easy to use. Good features, like customers being able to leave messages when the team is offline, and ability to see what page the customer is viewing (and where they're based). Very simple to add onto our website (a Squarespace site) as well

What do you dislike about Olark?

On the free version you can only have 1 account. It would be good to have 2 (although I understand why they do it!). The conversation limit is also low.

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

Allowing customers to communicate issues and questions with my team more efficiently, and thereby increasing conversion rates.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 09, 2015
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Corey T.
Co Founder
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"Great app for live chat!"
What do you like best about Olark?

Easily log in each day to accept chats. Settings very easy to configure. Integrates easily with our landing page program (Unbounce).

What do you dislike about Olark?

It logs you out if you are away from the computer and miss a chat. I guess it should be like that, but sometimes do not notice and forget to log back in :)

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

Livechat=increased conversion rate for both us and our clients. Some consumers like to use Livechat over filling out a lead gen form or calling in. So Olark has resulted in more sales overall.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Apr 16, 2015
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Pete K.
Co Founder, Head Of Product & Lead Designer
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"Olark is awesome – highly recommended"
What do you like best about Olark?

• Integration was simple • They have lots of great tools for non-developers to customize how it works using rules (like automatically launching chats on certain pages) • They have amazing customer service - they use their own livechat tool on their site, which is a great sign. I've used it 10+ times and have always gotten an immediate response and an incredibly helpful support rep.

What do you dislike about Olark?

Nothing. I've had a great experience with Olark.

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

We've increased our conversion rate of free to paid users by livechatting with users as they • Hit certain milestones within our product • Ask us support questions while they're using our product

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Apr 08, 2015
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
SR
Stephanie R.
Business Development Representative
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"Olark has worked great!"
What do you like best about Olark?

I like that it always works great and any issues are solved promptly. Any time that Olark is down we are notified and the people communicate how the issue is being solved.

What do you dislike about Olark?

It does not work well on mobile and one does not get notifications. I would like for the mobile version to allow you to see when a chat comes through instead of just showing that you are logged in.

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

We are getting customers looking at website

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 26, 2015
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Matthew W.
Operations Manager
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"Olark is where it's at!"
What do you like best about Olark?

Olark is the best chat tool hands down. It's simple to use, has a depth of features, and utilizes great features. I love the chat interface a lot, the Accepting New Chats/Not Accepting New Chats functionality is perfect. I have 4 monitors and being able to see out of the corner of my eye if I'm accepting chats is key. Your status is obvious and since I am away from desk off and on a lot not accepting chats is easy to set and easy to confirm that's my setting. We have Olark integrated with our CRM software, Nutshell, using their available API. It allows us to talk to leads on our site and log the conversation in Nutshell simply by typing !lead when the conversation is done. There are desktop notifications so you are notified even if you somehow have the tab hidden. We also used some options to pull data from our web application for users that are signed in, name, email, phone are all pulled automatically and we're working on adding additional functionality. The customization settings are very well done and easy to navigate.

What do you dislike about Olark?

I did have a dislike here but after some searching I found out what I was hoping to do was already possible! So as of now, I'm not finding anything that I currently dislike or could even hope to improve.

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

Sometimes you get leads on your website and they aren't the phone call or email type. Having chat is a necessary business decision and every web application needs it to provide the best customer service. For our paying clients having chat adds more legitimacy to the system as they know help is a chatbox away and they don't need to call in.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 26, 2015
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Tyler D.
President
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"I am a happy customer of Olark"
What do you like best about Olark?

it has very simple integration with Zen Cart or any site. it just works. Users need very little training. I like the new feedback function. With very simple configurations you can do it to do very powerful things. It integrates with Google Analytics very well. I love being able to see what page our customers are on while they browse our site. When we are not available it turns into an awesome contact us form. I love the ability to magically push a site visitor to a different page on our site. The dashboard, transcripts, reporting has been great. I really like the new Customer Satisfaction surveys that it asks.

What do you dislike about Olark?

The zen cart shopping cart system olark integration has to be able to show me the product names, quantity, attributes, and order total of what is in my customers shopping cart at any given time. I wish I could see a record of when my reps were listed as available or not. I wish I could see a record of when chats were so busy that their max number of chats were reached. I wish a follow up to the customer saying "are you still here or is there any way i can serve you more?" and then a customer satisfaction survey would be asked automatically after a set amount of time.

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

we serve our customers much better because we are right in front of them ready to serve them. We can react within seconds instead of minutes or hours. Also site visitors don't have to call us to get their questions answered. They can do it with the same device they are already using. We are also able to increase sales dramatically by solving customer confusion or offering additional products based on their browsing habits.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 24, 2013
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Ruban K. avatar
Ruban K.
Founder
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"Reliable IM"
What do you like best about Olark?

Easy to set up chat in Olark. I came across this service when I was chatting with a Mailgun representative. I like the way it tells us where the customer is currently looking at. It helps us troubleshoot the problems easily. It gives me the default location and system information like in any other client. I removed the Contact Us page on our website and placed the Olark chat box.

What do you dislike about Olark?

The upgrade link is all over. Upgrading to avail integration and add more users make sense. But, requiring pre chat info (like name and email) is not Free.

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

Not provided