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.
- Gestión de Instalaciones
Feature by feature
Calisto Pro beside Planning Pod
- 21 Only in Calisto Pro
- 9 In both
| 30 features | Calisto Pro | Planning Pod |
|---|---|---|
| Lead Capture & Event Pipeline | Sí | Sí |
| BEO (Banquet Event Order) Generation | Sí | Sí |
| Event Calendar & Availability | Sí | Sí |
| Invoice and Billing | Sí | Sí |
| Contract Management | Sí | Sí |
| Basic Contact Management | Sí | Sí |
| Reporting & Analytics | Sí | Sí |
| Interactive Proposals with Branded Templates | Sí | No |
| Native E-Signatures (Sign) | Sí | No |
| Visual Floor Plan Builder (Seat Designer) | Sí | No |
| Full Catering Management with Kitchen Display | Sí | No |
| Menu Builder & F&B Minimums | Sí | No |
| On-Site POS (Bar, Kitchen, Merch, Concessions) | Sí | No |
| Dynamic Pricing (7-Factor Algorithm) | Sí | No |
| 75 Payment Gateways (Your Choice) | Sí | No |
| Self-Service Client Portal (Navigator) | Sí | No |
| Omnichannel Messaging (WhatsApp, SMS, Email) | Sí | No |
| Marketing Automation & Campaigns (Studio) | Sí | No |
| Milestone Auto-Emails | Sí | No |
| Referral & Affiliate Program (Circle) | Sí | No |
| Event Ticketing & Capacity Management | Sí | No |
| Crew Management & Call Sheets | Sí | Sí |
| TV Display System (Event Boards, Menu Boards) | Sí | No |
| Staff Training LMS (University) | Sí | No |
| Native VoIP Calling | Sí | No |
| Video Conferencing (Meet) | Sí | No |
| Compliance & Safety Inspections (Assure) | Sí | No |
| Hotel Room Blocks (GRC) | Sí | No |
| Accounting Sync (QB, Xero, Alegra) | Sí | No |
| CRM with Universal Contact Record | Sí | Sí |
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.
- Calendario de espaciosCalisto Bookings
- Consumibles y equiposCalisto Inventory
- Eventos con entradaCalisto Tickets
- Registros de clientesCalisto Registry
- AutomatizacionesCalisto Automations
- Configuración del establecimientoCalisto Purview
- Estándares de múltiples sedesCalisto Blueprint
- Personalización de eventosCalisto Workforce
- Canal de consultasCalisto Deals
- PropuestasCalisto Proposals
- Depósitos y liquidaciónCalisto Payments
- Paquetes y cateringCalisto Catalog
Lead capture tools vs. a complete venue OS
| The Old Way | The Calisto Way | |
|---|---|---|
| Lead capture & pipeline | Core feature | Deals, full pipeline stages |
| BEO management | Basic templates | Auto-generated from event |
| Proposals & contracts | Limited or third-party | Branded, interactive proposals |
| E-signatures | Third-party (DocuSign) | Calisto Sign, native |
| Floor plan builder | Not available | Seat Designer, drag-and-drop |
| Catering management | Basic menus | Full F&B with kitchen display |
| On-site POS | Not available | Bar, kitchen, merch, tickets |
| Client portal | Basic event page | Navigator, full self-service |
| Marketing automation | Not available | Studio, multi-channel, included |
| Payment processor | Limited options | 75 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.
Lugares
Datos de lugares importados
Habitaciones
Datos de habitaciones importados
Diseños
Datos de diseños importados
Seating Charts
Datos de planos de asientos importados
Eventos
Datos de eventos importados
Contactos
Datos de contactos importados
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
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.
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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.
Saber más
Everything Calisto does here
The pages behind this comparison: the sector, the apps and the guides.
- SectorCalisto for Gestión de Instalaciones
Calisto Pro unifica las reservas de calendario, los planos de planta, el inventario de la cafetería, la dotación de personal y la preparación de las instalaciones, asegurando que tu espacio esté constantemente operativo y listo para eventos.
Open - Gestión de InstalacionesConsultas, Propuestas y Pagos
El DM de Instagram a las 11 pm, la llamada de las 9 am y el promotor con seis fechas en la misma cola, precios en tiempo real en la propuesta, y cada línea llegando al libro mayor mientras el evento aún se ejecuta.
Open - Gestión de InstalacionesCalendario, Inventario y Eventos con Entrada
Cada habitación, pasillo y cubeta en un único calendario que sabe que un espacio no puede estar en dos eventos a la vez, un recuento detrás del bar y la jaula de AV, y entradas vendidas sin una tarifa de plataforma inter
Open - Gestión de Instalaciones<Órdenes de eventos, Producción y Personal>
El pedido del evento que leen la cocina, el piso, el mostrador y contabilidad, el equipo de sonido y el rider de producción probados con una fotografía que lo demuestra, y los horarios construidos a partir del conteo de personal en cada departamento que trabaja el espectáculo.
Open - Gestión de InstalacionesSitio Web, Portal y Terminales de Concesiones
Disponibilidad en tiempo real y precios en tiempo real en tu propia web, un portal donde clientes, promotores y productores ven todo sin llamar, y cada terminal de concesiones del edificio se sincroniza con el mismo registro de eventos.
Open - PreciosPricing for Gestión de InstalacionesOpen