HOW WE COMPARE
Calisto Pro vs FareHarbor & Peek Pro
FareHarbor and Peek Pro are booking widgets. Calisto Pro is a full tour operator platform with multi-day itineraries, guide management, real-time booking, waivers, OTA distribution, customer portals, marketing automation, and 100 integrated products, not just an embeddable checkout.
- Tours & Experiences
- Attractions & Parks
- Recreation & Vehicle Rental
Feature by feature
Calisto Pro beside FareHarbor
- 28 Only in Calisto Pro
- 8 In both
| 36 features | Calisto Pro | FareHarbor |
|---|---|---|
| Online Booking Engine | Yes | Yes |
| Real-Time Availability Sync | Yes | Yes |
| Embeddable Booking Widget | Yes | Yes |
| Viator & GetYourGuide Distribution | Yes | Yes |
| Airbnb Experiences Distribution | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-Day Itinerary Builder | Yes | No |
| Guide Scheduling & Certification Tracking | Yes | No |
| Guide Payroll & Commission Tracking | Yes | No |
| Intelligent Dynamic Pricing (7-Factor Algorithm) | Yes | No |
| Abandoned Cart Recovery | Yes | No |
| Cancellation Protection | Yes | No |
| 7-Stage Booking Automations | Yes | No |
| Customer Portal (Navigator) | Yes | No |
| Photo & Video Delivery | Yes | No |
| Automated Review Collection | Yes | No |
| Digital Waivers & E-Signatures (Sign) | Yes | Yes |
| Self-Service Guest Kiosk | Yes | No |
| 75 Payment Gateways (Your Choice) | Yes | No |
| Equipment & Gear Tracking | Yes | No |
| Vehicle & Transport Management | Yes | No |
| Safety Checklist & Compliance (Assure) | Yes | No |
| Omnichannel Messaging (WhatsApp, SMS, Email) | Yes | No |
| Marketing Automation & Campaigns (Studio) | Yes | No |
| Cross-Promotion Engine | Yes | No |
| Referral & Affiliate Program (Circle) | Yes | No |
| Native VoIP Calling | Yes | No |
| POS for Merchandise & Add-Ons | Yes | No |
| Store Credit System | Yes | No |
| TV Display System (Departure Board) | Yes | No |
| AI Daily Pulse Briefing | Yes | No |
| Staff Training LMS (University) | Yes | No |
| Video Conferencing (Meet) | Yes | No |
| Accounting Integrations (QB, Xero) | Yes | Yes |
| CRM & Guest Profiles | Yes | Yes |
| Reseller Hub with API Keys | Yes | No |
| Weather Integration for Tour Planning | Yes | No |
What replaces it
What runs tours & experiences on Calisto
The apps that take over from FareHarbor, each in the words tours & experiences businesses use.
- Tours & departuresCalisto Experiences
- Business setupCalisto Purview
- Operating standardsCalisto Blueprint
- WaiversCalisto Sign
- OTA distributionCalisto Sync
- Agents & groupsCalisto Deals
- PaymentsCalisto Payments
- Seasonal pricingCalisto Pulse
- ProposalsCalisto Proposals
- Vehicles & gearCalisto Inventory
- Pickup routingCalisto Dispatch
- AccountingCalisto Ledger
Booking widgets vs. a complete operator platform
| The Old Way | The Calisto Way | |
|---|---|---|
| Online booking | Core feature (widget) | Native engine + embeddable widget |
| OTA distribution | Viator, GYG via reseller | Native Viator, GYG, Airbnb Experiences |
| Guide management | Basic availability | Full scheduling, certs, payroll |
| Multi-day itineraries | Not available | Day-by-day builder with logistics |
| Customer portal | Not available | Navigator, full self-service |
| Waiver management | Built-in or third-party | Calisto Sign, legally binding |
| Marketing automation | Not available | Studio, included |
| Payment processor | Locked to platform | 75 gateways, you choose |
| VoIP & messaging | Not available | Native calling + omnichannel |
| Staff training | Not available | University, included |
What moves
Bringing your data from FareHarbor
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 FareHarbor and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Suppliers
Imported suppliers data
Products
Tours and activities, imported as experiences
Bookings
Imported bookings data
Customers
Imported customers data
Pricing, side by side
What FareHarbor publishes, beside what Calisto Pro charges
Each figure as its publisher states it, in your currency only. Nothing is converted between currencies.
Calisto Pro
Revenue share on Commerce
WHAT BOOKING WIDGETS LACK
Running tours takes more than a checkout page
A booking widget handles the transaction. But managing guides, building multi-day itineraries, tracking equipment, ensuring safety compliance, and marketing to past guests requires a platform that FareHarbor and Peek Pro were never built to be.
Guide Management: Not Just an Availability Toggle
FareHarbor lets you mark guides as available or unavailable. Calisto provides full guide operations: certification tracking with automatic expiration alerts, language capabilities, specialty skills, scheduling with conflict detection and overtime rules, payroll integration, commission tracking per tour, performance analytics, and a guide-facing mobile portal where they see their upcoming tours, route details, and guest manifests.
Multi-Day Itineraries: Not a Single Time Slot
FareHarbor and Peek are built for single-session activities: a 2-hour kayak tour, a zip-line session. Calisto handles multi-day adventures: a day-by-day itinerary builder, accommodation and transport coordination per day, meal planning, checkpoint management with guest progress tracking, and automated guest communication at each stage. Perfect for multi-day treks, diving packages, safari circuits, or island-hopping tours.
Customer Portal: More Than a Confirmation Email
FareHarbor sends a confirmation email. Peek sends a confirmation email. That's where the customer experience ends. Calisto Navigator gives every guest a self-service portal: view their upcoming tours with itinerary details and meeting points on a map, sign waivers digitally before arrival, upload required documents, message their assigned guide, leave reviews, and rebook for their next trip.
Choose your processor. Not theirs.
FareHarbor requires its own payment processing. Calisto connects to 75 payment gateways across 11 global regions. Keep your existing merchant rates. Your terms.
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Switching questions
Will I lose my Viator and GetYourGuide listings?
No. Calisto connects natively to Viator, GetYourGuide, and Airbnb Experiences. Your OTA listings remain active with real-time availability sync.
Does Calisto include a booking widget for my website?
Yes. Calisto provides an embeddable booking widget with dynamic pricing, group discounts, add-ons, and waiver collection at checkout. You choose your own payment processor with your own rates.
Does Calisto include dynamic pricing for tours?
Yes. Calisto's 7-factor intelligent pricing engine is built in. It covers demand, weather, day-of-week, season, competition, lead time, and historical patterns.
How does Calisto handle safety compliance?
Calisto Assure handles safety checklists, equipment inspection logs, guide certification tracking with expiration alerts, incident reporting, and compliance documentation. Digital waivers are handled by Calisto Sign with legally binding e-signatures. All records are audit-ready.
How does pricing work?
Setting up costs nothing and no card is required. You get full access to all 100 products with no feature restrictions. Core and Enterprise carry no additional cost. Commerce is a 1% revenue share. Every other suite is priced per app in the Marketplace.
Why do you charge a percentage of revenue?
Because it makes us partners, not a vendor. A flat subscription means your software company collects the same fee in your best month and your worst. A revenue share means we only grow when you grow. Slow month or off-season? Your bill scales down with you.
Learn more
Everything Calisto does here
The pages behind this comparison: the sector, the apps and the guides.
- Calisto ExperiencesCalisto for Tours & Experiences
Calisto Pro integrates multi-channel ticketing, guide dispatch, live manifests, and post-tour reviews into one smooth engine, removing friction from booking to drop-off.
Open - Tours & ExperiencesBooking, Equipment & Waivers
One departure, one seat count, and a waiver that is signed before anyone reaches the dock.
Open - PricingPricing for Tours & ExperiencesOpen
- Calisto ExperiencesCalisto for Recreation & Vehicle Rental
Calisto Pro unites online bookings, digital waivers, GPS status, maintenance schedules, and security deposits on one dashboard, keeping your assets turning and profitable.
Open - Recreation & Vehicle RentalFleet, Booking & Availability
One calendar that cannot double-book, and a 103-field record on every unit from purchase to retirement. Season passes and partner rates are remembered rather than re-negotiated at the counter. Included with every account. Powered by Calisto Core.
Open - PricingPricing for Recreation & Vehicle RentalOpen
- Calisto ExperiencesCalisto for Attractions & Parks
Calisto Pro puts the sessions, the tickets, the waivers, the passes and the door on one record, so the 11 o’clock never sells more people than the floor holds.
Open - Attractions & ParksTickets by Guest Type
Adult, child, senior and family prices on one product, each guest counted against the session by the places they take.
Open - PricingPricing for Attractions & ParksOpen
- 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.
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