Calisto Pro

HOW WE COMPARE

Calisto Pro vs Tripleseat & Planning Pod

Tripleseat is a lead capture tool for restaurants and hotels. Planning Pod is a project management app for event planners. Neither handles your full pipeline from inquiry to execution. Calisto does: proposals, BEOs, e-signatures, floor plans, catering, POS, and 71 native products.

  • Διαχείριση Εγκατάστασης

Feature by feature

Calisto Pro beside Planning Pod

  • 21 Only in Calisto Pro
  • 9 In both
Calisto Pro beside Planning Pod, feature by feature
30 featuresCalisto ProPlanning Pod
Lead Capture & Event PipelineΝαιΝαι
BEO (Banquet Event Order) GenerationΝαιΝαι
Event Calendar & AvailabilityΝαιΝαι
Invoice and BillingΝαιΝαι
Contract ManagementΝαιΝαι
Basic Contact ManagementΝαιΝαι
Reporting & AnalyticsΝαιΝαι
Interactive Proposals with Branded TemplatesΝαιΌχι
Native E-Signatures (Sign)ΝαιΌχι
Visual Floor Plan Builder (Seat Designer)ΝαιΌχι
Full Catering Management with Kitchen DisplayΝαιΌχι
Menu Builder & F&B MinimumsΝαιΌχι
On-Site POS (Bar, Kitchen, Merch, Concessions)ΝαιΌχι
Dynamic Pricing (7-Factor Algorithm)ΝαιΌχι
75 Payment Gateways (Your Choice)ΝαιΌχι
Self-Service Client Portal (Navigator)ΝαιΌχι
Omnichannel Messaging (WhatsApp, SMS, Email)ΝαιΌχι
Marketing Automation & Campaigns (Studio)ΝαιΌχι
Milestone Auto-EmailsΝαιΌχι
Referral & Affiliate Program (Circle)ΝαιΌχι
Event Ticketing & Capacity ManagementΝαιΌχι
Crew Management & Call SheetsΝαιΝαι
TV Display System (Event Boards, Menu Boards)ΝαιΌχι
Staff Training LMS (University)ΝαιΌχι
Native VoIP CallingΝαιΌχι
Video Conferencing (Meet)ΝαιΌχι
Compliance & Safety Inspections (Assure)ΝαιΌχι
Hotel Room Blocks (GRC)ΝαιΌχι
Accounting Sync (QB, Xero, Alegra)ΝαιΌχι
CRM with Universal Contact RecordΝαιΝαι

What replaces it

What runs venue management on Calisto

The apps that take over from Planning Pod, each in the words venue management businesses use.

Lead capture tools vs. a complete venue OS

The Old WayThe Calisto Way
Lead capture & pipelineCore featureDeals, full pipeline stages
BEO managementBasic templatesAuto-generated from event
Proposals & contractsLimited or third-partyBranded, interactive proposals
E-signaturesThird-party (DocuSign)Calisto Sign, native
Floor plan builderNot availableSeat Designer, drag-and-drop
Catering managementBasic menusFull F&B with kitchen display
On-site POSNot availableBar, kitchen, merch, tickets
Client portalBasic event pageNavigator, full self-service
Marketing automationNot availableStudio, multi-channel, included
Payment processorLimited options75 gateways, you choose

What moves

Bringing your data from Planning Pod

Your data is read in your own browser and sent to your Calisto account. Calisto never sees your login for the old system.

From an export file

Export your data from Planning Pod and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.

  • Γήπεδα

    Εισαγόμενα δεδομένα χώρων

  • Δωμάτια

    Εισαγόμενα δεδομένα δωματίων

  • Διάταξη

    Εισαγόμενα δεδομένα διατάξεων

  • Seating Charts

    Εισαγόμενα δεδομένα διαγράμματος καθισμάτων

  • Γεγονότα

    Εισαγόμενα δεδομένα γεγονότων

  • Επικοινωνίες

    Εισαγόμενα δεδομένα επικοινωνίας

Pricing, side by side

What Planning Pod publishes, beside what Calisto Pro charges

Each figure as its publisher states it, in your currency only. Nothing is converted between currencies.

Calisto Pro

1%of revenue

Revenue share on Commerce

WHAT THEY CANNOT DO

From inquiry to execution. Included.

Tripleseat captures leads and generates BEOs. Planning Pod manages tasks and timelines. But running a venue requires proposals, floor plans, catering, POS, and day-of execution that neither platform delivers.

  • Proposals & E-Signatures: Included

    Tripleseat generates basic PDFs. Planning Pod has no proposal tools. Calisto Proposals creates branded, interactive proposals that clients can review, customize line by line, and approve online. Calisto Sign captures legally binding e-signatures with a full audit trail, automatic reminders and counter-signing, and triggers deposit collection the moment the contract is signed. No DocuSign subscription needed.

  • Floor Plan Builder: Included

    Neither Tripleseat nor Planning Pod offers visual floor plan design. Calisto Seat Designer provides drag-and-drop venue layout creation from presets, with round tables, square tables, booths, bar counters, stages, and zones. Clients see interactive floor plans in their portal. Staff sees table assignments on TV displays. The same layout powers POS dine-in and the Ops table board.

  • Day-Of Operations: Included

    Lead capture tools stop when the contract is signed. Calisto continues into day-of execution with POS for bar, kitchen, merch and concessions, a kitchen display system routing food orders in real time, crew rostering with automated call sheets, equipment tracking, and live event dashboards. BEO items auto-generate production tasks. Everything connects to the same event, the same client, the same financial record.

Choose your processor. Not theirs.

Tripleseat has limited payment integrations and pushes their preferred processors. Planning Pod uses Stripe only. Calisto connects to 75 payment gateways across 11 global regions. Collect deposits, process final payments, and handle refunds through your own merchant account.

See every payment gateway

Honest answers

Switching questions

Can clients see and approve BEOs in the portal?

Yes. Calisto Navigator gives every client a self-service portal where they can review BEOs, approve floor plans, sign contracts, make payments, and message your team. Changes clients request flow back to your ops dashboard for review. No email attachments or PDF round-trips.

How does the floor plan builder work with POS?

Floor plans created in Seat Designer power both the client-facing layout view and the operational table board. POS servers see the same layout when taking dine-in orders. Ops staff see table status on TV displays. One floor plan, used everywhere.

Can I manage multiple venue spaces and rooms?

Yes. Each venue can have multiple spaces with independent floor plans, capacity limits, and pricing. The event pipeline shows availability across all spaces. BEOs can span multiple rooms for multi-space events. Pricing rules can vary by space, day of week, and season.

How does pricing work?

Setting up costs nothing and no card is required. You get full access to all 71 products with no feature restrictions. Core carries no additional cost. Commerce is a 1% revenue share. Every other suite is priced per app in the Marketplace.

Why do you charge a percentage of revenue?

Because it makes us partners, not a vendor. A flat subscription means your software company collects the same fee in your best month and your worst. A revenue share means we only grow when you grow. Slow month or off-season? Your bill scales down with you.

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες

Everything Calisto does here

The pages behind this comparison: the sector, the apps and the guides.