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Koala (koala.sh) has 21 customer reviews on Five Star Index, with an average rating of 3.1 out of 5.
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koala.sh
Website
koala.sh
Category
Internet & Software
Location
Gainesville, Florida
Listed on Five Star Index
2026
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Most recent review: June 2026.
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Absolutely terrible customer support.
I paid $295.80 for an annual subscription and later requested a refund for the unused months. Instead of properly reviewing my case, support sent a single email citing their refund policy and rejected the request immediately.
What makes this experience even worse is that despite earlier claims that my case would be reviewed and escalated, there was no meaningful investigation, no attempt to help, and no discussion of alternatives. After the rejection, I was no longer allowed to continue the conversation with the live agent, and my messages could not be sent.
The refund denial is one thing, but cutting off communication and refusing to engage with a paying customer is unacceptable.
If you're considering an annual plan, be aware that customer support may disappear the moment you have a billing issue. Very disappointing experience and a complete waste of my time.
Response from KoalaJun 18, 2026
This is completely false.
You purchased an annual subscription in December 2025 and used over 400,000 words and then you requested a refund over 6 months later.
Our team informed you that a refund is no longer possible and you exchanged over a dozen messages with two different members of our team who informed you of this many times.
You are not blocked from messaging our support team so if you need any assistance with anything else you can always reach out to us.
Our support team is always available within one business day.
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Peters
I had credit there but because I didn't…
I had credit there but because I didn't spend it, all credits are gone and I can subscribe again, no thanks!
Response from KoalaFeb 13, 2026
Hi Peters, the annual plan credits expire after a year and our monthly plans expire after a month. We make this very clear on our pricing page and this is the industry standard. If you reach out to our support team sometimes we can make an exception depending on the situation.
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Somchai S.
Avoid using Koala Writer
Avoid using Koala Writer. This product is marketed as an “AI writer,” but in reality, it’s a low-quality tool that can seriously damage your websites.
All the positive reviews you see online are either paid for or written by affiliates earning a commission. Notice how most blogs posting “glowing” reviews about Koala Writer have their comment sections disabled — because they know they would be flooded with negative feedback from real users.
My personal experience: I used Koala Writer across more than 30 of my websites. The result? Every single one of them was banned by Google. The content this software generates leaves obvious footprints of automation, and search engines detect it quickly.
By contrast, articles written with ChatGPT-5 consistently rank in the TOP-10 for competitive keywords. The difference is huge.
⚠️ Conclusion: Koala Writer is not a helper but a threat to your business. Stay away from this software if you don’t want to lose your projects.
Response from KoalaAug 27, 2025
Hi Somchai, when using AI-generated content, it’s important to continue following SEO best practices.
The articles generated by KoalaWriter can rank on Google long term. However, many other factors play a role, just as they do for any type of content, including human-generated content.
It seems you were bulk publishing thousands of articles across more than 30 websites in categories that Google considers sensitive. It doesn’t seem that you were building backlinks or carrying out any other form of SEO.
That is not a good strategy, and you would have got poor results with any type of content.
Good luck to you!
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Guillaume G.
Really shameful business practice
Really shameful business practice, with a subscription system. No longer possible to buy packs individually. Non-existent customer support, whether on the site or on Discord. No response to questions. To be avoided.
Response from KoalaMar 18, 2025
I understand you're upset that your credit pack expired. However, we've always made it very clear that they only last for one year.
We offer users the ability to extend their credit packs if they purchase a professional plan, as a token of appreciation for their loyalty.
The annual plans we offer replace our credit packs and work in the exact same way. The only difference is that the annual plans automatically renew after a year, but it's easy to cancel the renewal at any time, including right after purchase.
Our customer support team assists our users daily, and we have promptly addressed several of your queries during your time with us, so it is very unfair for you to lie about the lack of support.
I wish you the best!
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Britney
Title: Extremely Disappointing Experience with Koala.sh
Title: Extremely Disappointing Experience with Koala.sh
I chose Koala.sh for its integration capabilities with my Ghost website, but my experience has been incredibly frustrating. Despite paying for their service and hiring a professional freelancer with extensive experience in integrating AI with websites, the integration failed to work. My freelancer reached out to Koala.sh for support, but he received no response. He then asked me to contact them directly.
When I first reached out, it took Koala.sh three days to respond, and their initial advice was to explain the issue more clearly. I provided a detailed and precise explanation, but their follow-up response was even more disappointing. They admitted they had no idea why the issues were occurring and simply offered a refund.
This lack of support and unwillingness to troubleshoot the problem left me feeling that they couldn't be bothered to assist further. The entire process has been a waste of time and money, and their customer service is severely lacking.
For those considering Koala.sh, I would advise looking elsewhere. Their platform did not meet expectations, and their support team failed to provide any meaningful assistance.
Response from KoalaAug 23, 2024
Hi Britney,
We offer a one-click Ghost integration that many users are using successfully.
I apologize that you were not able to find the drafts in your Ghost website after clicking Create Draft in KoalaWriter.
Our support team tried to help, however, your AI-generated replies did not provide the information required for us to help you so we offered you a full refund.
I wish you the best!
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Konstantin
Koala AI Writer is a scam
Koala AI Writer is a scam. I paid $2500 for a lifetime subscription. After I started discussing the poor quality of this AI writer on the forum, because all websites where I used it went to the search engine ban in just 1-2 months after publishing content on them, the creator of the Koala AI writer banned me and canceled my subscription without refunding a dime of my money. The subscription I paid for was for life, but the creator of this AI writer banned me after 4-5 months just for an honest review with lots of screenshots and other proof.
Also, you should be aware of the fact that they prohibit their users from writing negative reviews about them, under the threat of banning the user's account. This is one of the clauses in the user agreement! But this is a violation of the Consumer Review Fairness Act.
After my subscription was canceled without any explanation, I wrote several emails to support. All of them remained unanswered. In the end, when I wrote another email that I would write a review about how I was deceived by canceling my lifetime subscription for which I paid $2500, the owner of this service wrote me the following: "If you fraudulently file a dispute or falsely slander me then I will take the necessary action which will include reports to the police, immigration, and your bank."
But my review is honest and I have plenty of screenshots to prove it. Threatening and intimidating a customer you scammed out of $2500 dollars by selling them a lifetime subscription and canceling it after 4-5 months is shameful.
Avoid it.
UPDATE AFTER KOALA RESPONSE:
This guy is lying again. Because, FIRST, my account was blocked and for 2-3 months absolutely all my requests to support team remained WITHOUT ANSWER, and only then I started using profanity in my emails. It is very funny to accuse a client of using profanity after you block the account and do not respond to his emails asking him to explain the reasons for blocking for 2-3 months.
Also, in the last email this guy wrote to me the following: “You used Koala very actively, spending a lot of credits, so I’m blocking your account.”
I spent as many credits as I paid for when purchasing a “lifetime subscription”. This is 1 million words of ChatGPT-3 per month. This is included in my subscription plan. And I couldn’t spend more than what was allowed in my subscription plan. Thus, I used my subscription plan as much as I paid for.
As a result, the lifetime subscription was canceled by the seller unilaterally without explanation, and now this guy is trying to make excuses.
Thus, if I had used the original ChatGPT-3, I could have used it for 10 years (without any word limits in articles), rather than for 4-5 months in Koala, after which my account was blocked without explaning the reason.
Anyway, just remember that this company is violating US law by forbidding its customers to write reviews that they don't like. Absolutely all positive reviews about Koala are written by "affiliate partners" who get %% of sales. I was also offered to write good reviews for %% of sales, but I didn't do it because I found very low quality content that I can't recommend.
Avoid these scammers, they sold me a lifetime subscription for $2500 and canceled it after 4-5 months with no explanation, embezzling my money, and threatening me with immigration police (this guy knows I'm an immigrant because we once discussed this with him). But I'm not afraid of that. Moreover, my review is honest.
Response from KoalaApr 22, 2024
Konstantin, you first requested a refund several months after your purchase and after generating several hundred articles.
We politely informed you that you were no longer eligible for a refund.
You proceeded to send us dozens of profanity filled, threatening emails. We informed you that this behavior was not acceptable and that it was against the terms of service to send our team such rude, abusive messages.
We warned you several times that if you continue this behavior then we will have to deactivate your account.
You responded with more profanity and threatening emails. We deactivated your account but let you know that if you agree to behave appropriately going forward then we will reinstate your account.
Again, you replied with more profanity and abuse.
You then filed a chargeback but your own bank decided not to refund you after reviewing evidence from both sides, which is very telling.
I'm sorry that your website didn't perform as you had hoped over the last year. Unfortunately lots of websites have been impacted and there have been no clear patterns.
We have lots of users successfully using Koala to grow their organic traffic. We also have a case study with lots of great tips that I recommend checking out on our blog.
I wish you the best going forward.
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Povilas S.
Scammers cannot cancel a subscription…
Scammers cannot cancel a subscription cannot contact, 3 charges without possibility to cancel every month I have to check if it is cancelled I see that it is not.
Bad software with poopy customer support
Also trying to bribe me:
We will refund your last 3 months if you remove your review from Trustpilot. After you have removed your review let us know and we will process your refund tomorrow.
I have initiated the dispute with the bank because they are providing false information. Also I have the emails where they tring to bribe me to remove the trustpilot review.
Response from KoalaJan 22, 2024
Our users can cancel their subscription anytime by clicking Cancel Plan from their Account page.
Povilas canceled their subscription and sent us an email just one hour before leaving their review.
Our support team is very active and can be contacted at [email protected] if our users need any help.
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Tariq A.
The service was not good for me because…
The service was not good for me because the balance was depleted quickly, and not in a real way.
Response from KoalaNov 16, 2023
Hi Tariq,
It sounds like you must have chosen GPT-4 which uses 5 times more credits. It is clearly stated on the Pricing page and on the KoalaWriter page: "Using GPT-4 results in a 5x increase in word count usage. For example a 1,500-word article will consume 7,500 words of your usage allowance. GPT-4 often results in much higher quality articles especially for technical topics."
When our users miss these messages and contact our support then we always reset their credits as a one time courtesy. But it looks like you never contacted our support.
However, I've gone ahead and reset your credits. Please make sure not to select GPT-4 if you don't want to use it and in the future you can easily contact our support if you run into any issues.