SWITCH FROM DATAWIFI
Datawifi to Calisto WiFi
Run the sign-in page, guest segments and follow-up by email, SMS and WhatsApp in Calisto, with each guest on your own contacts and consent off until you ask.
Feature by feature
Calisto WiFi beside Datawifi
- 12 In both
- 6 Only in Datawifi
| 18 features | Calisto WiFi | Datawifi |
|---|---|---|
| Design | ||
| Branded Captive PortalCalisto: build the sign-in page in the website builder from Themes, a Library of pieces and Templates fitted to each sector.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Logo, Colors, Forms and Sign-In Flows Without SupportCalisto: the business designs its own page and picks its own ways in, from open and email to booking code, room number, member number and voucher.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Promotions Before and After AccessCalisto: the designer holds sign-in, offers and welcome pages, and a guest who connects sees the business's published offers.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Marketing | ||
| Surveys Before AccessDatawifi shows a survey or a form before granting the connection.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| SMS CampaignsCalisto: texts go out from the business's own number, and a STOP reply withdraws consent at once (with Campaigns).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Anniversary CampaignsCalisto: the Birthday This Month list sends to Campaigns like any other list (with Segments, with Campaigns).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| RetargetingDatawifi follows up after the visit with retargeting.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Insights | ||
| Visit Frequency and Return PatternsCalisto: each guest's profile carries their visits, how often and how recently, and Insights counts new and returning guests.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Real-Time AnalyticsCalisto: Who's On Now and Insights show connections, capture, traffic and each location as they happen.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Presence Detection Without ConnectingDatawifi FlowMetrics counts people and their dwell time from WiFi signals, without their phones joining the network.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Heat Maps and Visitor PathsDatawifi FlowMetrics draws heat maps, hot zones and the routes people take through a space.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Guests | ||
| Segments by Behavior and FrequencyCalisto: New, Returning, High Frequency, Lapsed, Long Stays and Members segments are ready, and a segment goes to Campaigns in one press (with Campaigns).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | ||
| Data Straight to the CRMCalisto: every guest who gives an email is found or created on the business's shared contacts, never a separate WiFi list (with Contacts).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Reviews | ||
| Online Surveys and NPSCalisto: Review Requests asks after a real visit, and a survey is a Forms form answered on its own page (with Reputation).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Hardware | ||
| Works With the Equipment You HaveCalisto: 30 network connectors cover the main enterprise and cloud systems, and the box from the internet provider gets Open and Shared Password with its own setup steps.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Security | ||
| Content Filtering by DNSDatawifi SmartFilter blocks or allows sites by category, domain or rule, per network or per type of user.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Plans | ||
| Local Payment GatewaysCalisto: a guest buys a faster plan through the business's own gateway, chosen from Payments' region-native gateways (with Payments).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Sign-In | ||
| Facebook, X and LinkedIn Sign-InDatawifi signs guests in with Facebook, X or LinkedIn.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Datawifi
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 Datawifi and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from Datawifi can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Moving from Datawifi
Questions about switching
Does my existing hardware work?
Yes, in most cases. Meraki, UniFi, Omada, MikroTik, Aruba, RUCKUS and the other connected systems send guests to your Calisto sign-in page, and a router with no connector still runs Open or Shared Password with its own setup steps.
What happens to my guest list?
Bring the contacts you hold into the business's shared contacts in Deals (Settings, Import & Data, Import Contacts). A guest who later signs in with the same email lands on that contact rather than a new one.
Can guests pay for a faster connection?
Yes. Plans set the speed, devices, data and length, and a guest buys one through the business's own gateway or charges it to a stay's folio.
Learn more
Everything Calisto does here
The pages behind this comparison: the sector, the apps and the guides.