SWITCH FROM PAXTON
Paxton to Calisto Access
Run doors, keys, visitors, occupancy, Alerts and roll call in Calisto Access, from the desk or a phone that keeps working with no signal.
Feature by feature
Calisto Access beside Paxton
- 20 In both
- 1 Only in Paxton
| 21 features | Calisto Access | Paxton |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring | ||
| Browser-Based AdministrationCalisto: Access runs in the browser and installs inside the Calisto app on a phone, with nothing to install on a server.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Built-In Video ManagementPaxton10 records and plays live and recorded camera footage in the same system as its doors.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Door Control From a Site PlanCalisto: Live shows a place's floor plan with every door in its live state, and a door on the plan locks or unlocks with a tap.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Dashboards People Build ThemselvesCalisto: each person builds their own dashboard from Access's figures: doors, alarms, people inside, entries, refusals and keys.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Doors | ||
| Multi-Site ManagementCalisto: Locations holds every site, and each door and zone belongs to one.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Remote Door ControlCalisto: Unlock and Lock on a door's page or in the Commands lens show what the door itself answered.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Special Days and Extended HoursCalisto: Holidays sets the days a schedule changes, beside Schedules in the Doors workspace.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Sites in Different Time ZonesCalisto: each door takes its time zone from its Location, so its code windows run on that site's clock.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Landlord and Tenant PermissionsCalisto: a landlord shares chosen zones and hours with each tenant business, the tenant's admins give their own people access within them, the landlord sees everyone by tenant, and ending the agreement revokes it all.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile | ||
| Phone CredentialsCalisto: a mobile key opens a door from the phone, and a wallet pass works in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Roll Call on a PhoneCalisto: marshals mark people safe or missing on the phone with no signal and call them with the phone's own dialer.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Live Events on a PhoneCalisto: Live and each alarm open on the phone, with Acknowledge and Escalate on the push itself.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Alerts | ||
| LockdownCalisto: an Alert protocol arms a lockdown from the desk or with one swipe on a phone, and records each door's outcome.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Roll Call and Muster ReportsCalisto: Roll Call lists everyone on site for an armed Alert, and On Site Now prints the evacuation list or saves it as CSV.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Email Alerts for Alarms and LockdownsCalisto: shipped Automations rules tell the business of an alarm, a watchlist hit or a zone near capacity, and arming an Alert pushes everyone (with Automations).Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | ||
| Rules Triggered by EventsCalisto: door, alarm, visitor and zone events are Automations triggers, and the business builds its own rules on them (with Automations).Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Fire and Intruder Alarm InputsCalisto: a fire or intruder panel's output wired to an input Signal reads raises an alert; a fire alarm can start the evacuation at that place, and a watched zone raises an intrusion when a door opens with no key (with Signal and Automations).Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Zones | ||
| Anti-PassbackCalisto: a zone refuses a key passed back for a second entry with no exit between, or within its re-entry minutes, or raises it as an alarm.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Reports | ||
| Predefined and Custom ReportsCalisto: Reports holds Access's report catalog, and a schedule sends one by email on its own day.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Visitors | ||
| Door Intercom Answered on a PhoneCalisto: a visitor scans the door's intercom sticker and calls; the people the business chose answer by video or audio on their phone and open the door.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Credentials | ||
| Cards That Can Be CopiedCalisto: each card records its technology, and the business chooses to allow, warn about or refuse cards that can be copied; reading one at a business that refuses them raises the door's alarm.Checked 30. okt. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Paxton
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 Paxton and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from Paxton can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Moving from Paxton
Questions about switching
Can Calisto Access drive my Paxton doors?
Calisto reaches locks only through their manufacturer's cloud (TTLock, Nuki, igloohome, Salto KS, Tuya, SmartThings) or MQTT, and it builds no connector to on-premises controllers. You can keep Paxton running its doors and record each key in Access by hand, or move doors to locks Calisto connects to.
How do my people and their tokens come over?
People come from the business's shared contacts. A Paxton token you keep is recorded as a key on the person, and a door Calisto connects to gets its credentials through grants and profiles on Schedules.
What happens to visitors?
Visitors, Invites and the Watchlist live in Access: a walk-in is recorded and checked at the door, an expected guest gets a pre-registration link and QR, and the host is told when they arrive.
How do lockdowns and roll call work?
Alerts holds each protocol. Arming one sends its door commands, shows what each door answered, puts the Alert over your TVs and opens a roll call that marshals can mark on a phone with no signal.
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