SWITCH FROM KISI
Kisi to Calisto Access
Bring doors, keys, visitors and lockdowns into Calisto Access, with occupancy, Alerts and roll call on a phone that works with no signal.
Feature by feature
Calisto Access beside Kisi
- 22 In both
- 1 Only in Kisi
| 23 features | Calisto Access | Kisi |
|---|---|---|
| Visitors | ||
| Time-Limited Visitor Door AccessCalisto: an invite carries the visit's own time and can hold a door PIN that works only for it.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Visitor QR CodesCalisto: an invite sends a pre-registration link and QR, and reception's Scan checks the visitor in.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Kiosk Visitor Check-InCalisto: a kiosk signs a pre-registered visitor in from their QR and keeps the sign-in when the line drops (with Kiosks).Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Printed Visitor BadgesCalisto: the kiosk prints a badge with a signed QR that signs the visitor out again (with Kiosks).Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Host Arrival NotificationsCalisto: the host is told when their visitor arrives, by a shipped rule the business can change, and answers On My Way.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Door Intercom for Unannounced VisitorsCalisto: a visitor with no invitation scans the door's sticker, chooses who they came for and calls; the call rings the business's chosen people in order and is kept as a visit.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Reports | ||
| Visitor Logs for ComplianceCalisto: Activity and Reports keep every visit, and On Site Now prints or exports who is inside.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Scheduled Security ReportsCalisto: a report schedule set on Reports sends the report by email on its own day.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Occupancy Trend ReportsCalisto: Occupancy shows each zone's count with how it is counted, and Analytics shows how it moves over time.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Alerts | ||
| Site-Wide and Single-Door LockdownCalisto: an Alert protocol locks the doors of its zones, or every door, and records what each door answered.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Monitoring | ||
| Held, Propped or Forced Door AlertsCalisto: a held-open or forced door raises an alarm on Live and a push with Lock and Acknowledge.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Hardware Outage AlertsCalisto: doors offline show under Needs You on the Access home, and device health stays in Signal (with Signal).Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Tailgating DetectionCalisto: when a zone's people counter counts more people in than keys were used at its doors, Access raises a tailgating alarm with both counts.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | ||
| Alerts to Chat Tools and WebhooksCalisto: any Access event can run an Automations rule whose Custom HTTP step posts it to another system (with Automations).Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile | ||
| Employee Badges in Apple WalletCalisto: Keys issues wallet passes for Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, branded once for the business.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Badge Works on a Dead BatteryKisi's Apple Wallet badge keeps opening doors for up to five hours after the iPhone battery runs out.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Zones | ||
| Anti-PassbackCalisto: a zone refuses the same key coming back in with no exit between, or within its re-entry minutes, phone taps included.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Desk and Room BookingCalisto: Coworking keeps the book of rooms and desks ahead at its front desk (with Coworking).Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Doors | ||
| Unlock SchedulesCalisto: a zone's hours hold its doors unlocked, or unlock them after the first person in, in each door's own time zone.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Lift Floors by KeyCalisto: a key at a lift reader switches on the floors its grants reach, each floor decided by its own hours and rules.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Credentials | ||
| Directory SyncCalisto: a business's Entra ID, Okta or JumpCloud invites new people, offboards those switched off (revoking their keys), and opens doors and zones by directory group.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Role-Based Access Across LocationsCalisto: profiles and Zone Access grants give people the doors of each zone across every Location.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Door Access Tied to a BookingCalisto: an Automations recipe gives a client a door code for their meeting, from its start to its end (with Automations).Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Kisi
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 Kisi and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from Kisi can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Moving from Kisi
Questions about switching
Do my Kisi doors come over?
Calisto reaches locks only through their manufacturer's cloud (TTLock, Nuki, igloohome, Salto KS, Tuya, SmartThings) or MQTT. A business that keeps Kisi on its doors records each key in Access by hand; doors moved to a connected lock are run by Access directly.
How do my users and groups come over?
People come from the business's shared contacts. Kisi groups become profiles or Zone Access grants, and each place becomes a Location with its zones.
What happens to visitors?
Visitors move into Access: Here Now records a walk-in and checks the Watchlist, Expected Later sends an invite with a link and QR, and a kiosk can sign visitors in and print their badge.
Does Access do lockdowns?
Yes. Alerts holds lockdown, evacuation and shelter-in-place protocols, arms one from the desk or a phone, shows what each door answered and opens a roll call that works with no signal.
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