SWITCH FROM BOOQABLE
Booqable to Calisto Rentals
Rentals runs what you rent and at what rate, quotes and orders, the Planner, hand-outs and returns at the counter, late returns, photo checks and damage, deliveries and collections, the fleet and its maintenance, and sub-rentals, with Payments, Dispatch, Assure, Signal, Sync, Sites and Identity built in.
- Recreation & Vehicle Rental
Feature by feature
Calisto Rentals beside Booqable
- 25 In both
- 1 Only in Booqable
| 26 features | Calisto Rentals | Booqable |
|---|---|---|
| Products | ||
| Serialized and Bulk StockCalisto: each unit tracked on its own with its serial or plate, or bulk stock counted by quantity, on one fleet register.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| BundlesCalisto: kits booked as their parts’ units and priced once per kit, on a quote, at the desk and on the website alike.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Rental Periods and Tiered RatesCalisto: rental periods and rate tiers by the hour, day, week or month, with a lower rate for a longer hire.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Seasonal and Weekend PricingCalisto: seasons and dynamic pricing rules raise or lower rates on the dates the business sets.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Booking | ||
| Real-Time Availability CalendarCalisto: the Planner shows what is booked and free by place, and every rental, held quote and downtime counts against the same units.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Buffer Time Between RentalsCalisto: availability rules keep a turnaround buffer between hires and set the shortest and longest hire.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Coupon CodesCalisto: a discount code is checked once over the rental’s units, at the desk or in the website’s checkout.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Fleet | ||
| Multiple LocationsCalisto: units belong to their pickup and return places, and Free by Place shows what each place has free for a window.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Temporary Stock for Sub-RentalsCalisto: sub-rentals counted as supply, with their supplier and dates, beside a Shortages list of what the business’s own stock cannot cover.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Maintenance | ||
| Downtime SchedulingCalisto: downtime takes a unit off hire for a repair, a service or a lapsed paper, and any rental it collides with is shown.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Payments | ||
| Security Deposits and Card HoldsCalisto: with Payments, a security deposit or a card hold under the business’s deposit rules, released at the return or kept for a confirmed charge.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Payment Links and Partial PaymentsCalisto: with Payments, a rental’s payment link, part payments and paying later, all on the rental’s own bill.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| In-Person Card PaymentsCalisto: with Payments, a card terminal paired in Settings ▸ Devices takes the payment at the counter.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Quotes | ||
| QuotesCalisto: a sent quote holds its gear until it runs out, the client accepts or declines it from its link, and accepting confirms the rental.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Rental Contracts with E-SignaturesCalisto: with Sign, the business’s rental agreement templates, signed by the renter at the hand-out.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Deliveries | ||
| Packing SlipsCalisto: a packing slip for each rental, printed or opened as a page from Going Out Today.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Delivery FeesCalisto: delivery fees by zone or delivery site, and with Dispatch, delivery and collection runs with their driver and vehicle.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Counter | ||
| Barcode and QR Scanning at Pickup and ReturnCalisto: scan a unit’s barcode or QR code to hand it out or take it back, at the desk or on a phone.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile App for Pickups and ReturnsCalisto: Rentals installs as part of the Calisto app, with hand-outs, returns and photo checks on a phone and the counter’s lists kept for no signal.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Returns | ||
| Late ReturnsCalisto: Late Returns lists every unit past due, and the late fee is charged per rate period after the item’s grace window.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Website | ||
| Website Builder and Online BookingCalisto: with Sites, the website’s Book a Rental shows what is free, quotes the window and books several items with one payment.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Customer AccountsCalisto: with Navigator, the renter’s portal holds their rentals and documents and takes the photos they shoot at hand-out and return.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Reports | ||
| ReportsCalisto: reports on rentals, how busy each unit is and each job’s margin.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Business | ||
| Team Members and PermissionsCalisto: with Workforce, people are added from Team, and what each may see or do with money is an owner setting.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| ZapierCalisto: with Automations, rules connect to Zapier, Make or any address by webhook.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Xero IntegrationCalisto: the books are kept with Ledger, on the same records; Rentals lists no sync to outside accounting software.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | No | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Booqable
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 Booqable and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Orders
Imported orders data
Customers
Imported customers data
Moving from Booqable
Questions about switching
Can I bring my products and bookings from Booqable?
Your bookings, yes. Import Rentals takes a CSV or Excel file of rentals and matches each to a unit by its code, name or plate; a rental it cannot match is imported as a quote or left out, by your own rule. Products, kits and units are set up in Products and Fleet.
Do Experiences, Events and Golf need separate rental systems?
No. Experiences ▸ Rentals, Events ▸ Rentals and Golf ▸ Carts & Rentals are the same Rentals screens and records in each app’s own words, so a unit is booked once wherever it is shown.
How are damage charges decided?
A return’s photos are compared with the hand-out’s, and anything new is only a suggestion until a person confirms it. A confirmed damage is priced from your damage price list and taken from the renter’s damage waiver first, then the card hold, then the bill.
Learn more
Everything Calisto does here
The pages behind this comparison: the sector, the apps and the guides.
- Leisure & TourismCalisto for Recreation & Vehicle Rental
Hire out jet skis, boats, RVs, bikes and ATVs by the hour or the week. Hand each one only to who may take it, photograph it at both ends, and let the return charge itself: late, usage, fuel and the damage, with the card hold settled before the renter leaves.
Open - Recreation & Vehicle RentalFleet, Booking & Availability
Every unit on one register, every rental on one booking list, and each unit free or taken by place, so the counter, your website and the channels can never hand out the same unit twice.
Open - Recreation & Vehicle RentalWho May Rent, Waivers & Deposits
Each unit’s license, class, minimum age and briefing judged for every driver at the hand-out, the renter’s waiver asked first, and a card hold taken at collection on your own gateway.
Open - Recreation & Vehicle RentalGuided Rides & Tours
A jet ski safari, a trail ride or a bike tour runs as departures from your templates, with its guide, the vehicle it runs with, the manifest and check-in at the water’s edge.
Open - PricingPricing for Recreation & Vehicle RentalOpen
- AppCalisto Experiences
Tour operators, activity providers and attractions: departures made from templates, customer types with their own prices and seats, the manifest and check-in on a phone, waivers, resellers, and Calisto Rentals included for every bike, kayak, boat and vehicle out and back.
Open - AppCalisto Rentals
Event, recreation, vehicle, equipment and tool rentals: products, kits and rates on one availability count, quotes and orders with card holds and damage waivers, scan out and in, late returns, photo checks with the damage priced, deliveries, sub-rental, the fleet, its repairs and GPS for a hire.
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