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Patreon to Calisto Direct

Direct sells memberships, posts, courses, digital products, pay-per-view and ticketed streams on the creator’s own site and domain, paid through the creator’s own payment provider.

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Calisto Direct beside Patreon

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Calisto Direct beside Patreon, feature by feature
22 featuresCalisto DirectPatreon
Memberships
Membership TiersCalisto: tiers named and priced by the creator, each with what it includes (1:1 messaging, premium video, premium podcast) and an access level that decides what each fan sees.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Monthly and Annual BillingCalisto: each tier has a monthly and an annual price, and a fan picks one at checkout.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Free Members and Public PostsCalisto: a free tier fans follow, and posts set public, for every member, or from a minimum tier up.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Free TrialsCalisto: a trial link starts a paid membership free for its trial days, once per fan per page; the first charge falls when the trial ends.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Merch for MembersCalisto: With Shop and OrderFlow, a tier sends its members a product your print partner makes and ships, after the months on the tier you set; the member confirms their address on your page.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Gift MembershipsCalisto: A fan gives a tier for 1 to 12 months with a message, emailed on the day they choose; it never charges the person, extends a current member, and invites them to continue before it ends.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Win-Back and Upgrade OffersCalisto: With Automations, former members get a win-back offer and members on a lower tier an upgrade offer: a single-use code for one fan, off their first payments, sent by email only with their consent.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Selling
Promo CodesCalisto: promo codes take money off a membership’s first charge or a one-off purchase, and trial and tracking links count their clicks and conversions.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Digital ProductsCalisto: digital products (downloads, presets, guides and bundles), each with its sales and revenue in its own currency, delivered only to the buyer.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Content
Posts and CollectionsCalisto: posts in text, image, video, audio and polls, published now or scheduled, each open to everyone or from a minimum tier up.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Private Podcast Feed for MembersCalisto: Every member gets a private feed per show for any podcast app, members-only episodes included, stopped the moment the membership ends, with a warning and a reset when a link looks shared.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Live
Live StreamingCalisto: live streams from Direct’s own control room, scheduled ahead, free, for members or ticketed, with chat, screen sharing and the recording saved.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Community
Members’ CommunityCalisto: a members’ space per tier, with threads and replies, who may start threads, approval of posts, and pin, lock, hide, mute and ban.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Messages with MembersCalisto: Direct Messages with members whose tier includes messaging, a paid message a fan unlocks, and Bulk Send to a list or a tier.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Comments and PollsCalisto: comments and polls on posts, with comments hidden or removed by the creator.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Discord Roles by TierCalisto: A member links their Discord on your page and gets the roles their tier gives, kept right as the membership changes tier, pauses, lapses or ends.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Audience
Posts by EmailCalisto: a published post is emailed once to the audience the creator picked; a post can be re-sent.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Recommendations and Clips to ShareCalisto: You recommend other creators on your page and after every new member joins, see who recommends you, and make a vertical clip of a video post to share to your social networks.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Analytics
Analytics and ExportsCalisto: Analytics for audience and content, Revenue with recurring revenue and each tier’s share, Statements, and Reports with an export.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Team
A Team in the ConsoleCalisto: the creator’s team works in the console, and what each person may see of money is an owner setting, family by family.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Money
Several CurrenciesCalisto: every price picks its own currency and a tier can carry a second one; mixed totals are shown per currency, never converted.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes
Getting PaidCalisto: every sale is paid to the creator’s own payment provider account, so there is no balance held and no payout to wait for.Checked 28 Okt 2026SourceYesYes

What moves

Bringing your data from Patreon

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 Patreon and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.

Any spreadsheet you export from Patreon can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.

The Patreon migration guideMove my data

Moving from Patreon

Questions about switching

Can I bring my members?

Yes. Import Members takes a CSV onto your tiers, and each member keeps the time already paid for. When it ends, they renew on your page.

Who holds the money?

Your own payment provider. Each sale is paid into your provider account, and Direct holds no balance and has no payout to request.

Where do fans find me?

On your own site and domain, built in Direct’s site builder, which fans can also install as your own app.

Learn more

Everything Calisto does here

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