Kayako data migration service
For more than two years, Kayako together with Help Desk Migration Service offers users a seamless way to migrate their data from any help desk platform to Kayako.
Have a complete history of your previous
interactions in the new Kayako
Customer service reps come and go. But when return customers contact your company, you must have previous correspondence available to get full context into the relationship you have with each of them.
Help Desk Migration allows keeping the customer service history with all data relations intact.
What can be migrated to Kayako
Helpdesk data
- Tickets
- Custom Ticket Fields
- Contacts
- Agents
- Organizations
- Groups
- Private Notes
- Public Replies
- Attachments
- Tags
Knowledgebase data
- Articles
- Categories
- Folders
* note that this list is generalized. The types of records you can migrate depend on the source platform.
Contact our team or start setting up your migration to see the exact list of migrated records.
Follow these simple things to prepare
your data migration into Kayako
Make sure all customer service reps have Agent roles in Kayako
Only Agents can manage and respond to conversations in Kayako.
Therefore, all agents must have this role so we could properly assign ticket
Make sure you have enough seats in Kayako
The Migration Wizard automatically creates agent profiles in Kayako. Therefore if you have fewer seats in Kayako then you had in the source help desk, then we recommend creating the necessary agent profiles by hand.
When creating the profiles, make sure that in Kayako they have the same name and email as in the source help desk. Lastly, all agent profiles in Kayako must be active.
Make sure all custom fields in Kayako created
Custom fields are something that we cannot automatically migrate. You have to create them by hand. When adding the custom fields, make sure that they are the same type as they were in the source help desk.
Only fields of the same type can be matched properly.
Switch to Kayako in six easy steps
Step 1. Create your account
For starters, go to our Migration Wizard and create your account.
When signing up, please provide a valid email and phone. That way we can quickly contact you in case of any questions.
Also, in case the person responsible for the migration quits their job, you’ll still the access to the migration with all settings saved.
Tip: use a generic corporate email instead of a personal or individual corporate email address. This has been proven to the best practice for our customers since it’s easy to share if the migration is handled by several people.
Step 2. Choose your source help desk
Once you have your account set up, click Start Migration Wizard and choose the help desk from which you want to migrate data. Click the select box and find your help desk.
Provide the credentials that the Wizard requires and click Continue.
Also, in case the person responsible for the migration quits their job, you’ll still the access to the migration with all settings saved.
Tip: visit our knowledge base if you need help finding the necessary credentials or reach out to support.
Step 3. Connect your Kayako instance
Now again, click the select box and find Kayako on the list.
Provide the necessary credentials, which are:
The URL of the Kayako instance
Email and password to the Kayako account
Once done, click Continue.
Step 4. Choose the records to migrate and match up fields
Now it’s time to pick what data you want to transition to Kayako. All you have to do is check the necessary boxes.
Note that you can’t migrate contacts without tickets and vice versa. Tickets, Contacts, Agents and other data are related. Therefore, they all need to be included to make the migration possible.
Step 4.1. Matching up fields
You will notice that Tickets and Articles have a button dubbed Map fields. Click it and you will see all the ticket fields and article statuses.
Match them up and click Save Mapping at the bottom of the form when done.
Tip: if you feel like you need help or can’t see al fields, reach out to our support team
Step 5. Test drive the Migration Wizard
Next, you have a Free Demo Migration. With its help, you can migrate a small number of records to Kayako and see if everything looks right. Running the Free Demo Migration also allows getting an exact quote for the migration as well as find out how many records you have. It may take up to five minutes to complete the Demo. Just sit tight.
Go to your Kayako and check the tickets that were migrated. Check if they have the correct type, source, status, priority and custom fields. Also check if agent, requester, and tags migrated correctly.
Lastly, if you chose to migrate knowledge articles then check whether the statuses are correct.
Step 6. Migrate all your data to Kayako
Having checked the results you can start the Full Data Migration.

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Here are some things you should consider after
having initiated the Full Migration:
You must not change or merge any of the records that start appearing in Kayako. It might cause hiccups and data corruption.
You must not change emails or passwords to the accounts you used when setting up the migration. This action will stop the process and we will have to manually restart it from the very beginning.
Before migrating data, the Migration Wizard will automatically remove the records that were imported during the Demo.
Last steps after the migration
Once the migration is complete and you have checked the outcome, you should do some
finishing touches. If you haven’t already, then you should:
- Redirect all support channels to Kayako
- Set up automation rules, macros and other settings used by the support team.
- Integrate Kayako with all the necessary apps.
How much does it cost?
Instantly get the approximate price for your data migration using the form below.
Select how you want to proceed
Automated data migration
Customized data migration
Have any questions?
Pricing FAQs
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What influences the price
Our pricing is based on the total number of records available in the source help desk. That is every Agent, Group, Contact, Company and Ticket; and every Knowledgebase Article, Category, and Folder.
How to get an accurate quote
If you want to know the exact cost of your migration them you should set up a Free Demo Migration. With its help, our Migration Wizard will be able to count the total number of all records that can be migrated.
May I talk to Kayako migration expert?
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