HOW WE COMPARE
Calisto Pro vs Guesty & Apaleo
Guesty is a short-term rental channel manager. Apaleo is a hotel PMS. Neither handles the hybrid reality of serviced apartments: extended stays, corporate billing, tenant portals, and hotel-grade housekeeping. Calisto does, with 100 native products and zero add-ons.
- Serviced Apartments
- Hotels & Resorts
- Short-Term Rentals
Feature by feature
Calisto Pro beside Guesty
- 28 Only in Calisto Pro
- 4 In both
| 32 features | Calisto Pro | Guesty |
|---|---|---|
| Unit & Room Management (Hybrid Model) | Yes | No |
| Multi-Channel OTA Distribution | Yes | Yes |
| Extended-Stay Billing (Monthly/Weekly/Nightly) | Yes | No |
| Corporate Account Management | Yes | No |
| Tenant Portal (Self-Service) | Yes | No |
| Guest Portal with Digital Keys | Yes | No |
| Housekeeping Operations & Scheduling | Yes | No |
| Arrivals & Departures Board | Yes | No |
| Maintenance & Work Orders | Yes | No |
| Guest Services & Concierge Requests | Yes | No |
| Intelligent Dynamic Pricing (7-Factor) | Yes | No |
| 75 Payment Gateways (Your Choice) | Yes | No |
| Digital Key Provisioning (Access) | Yes | No |
| IoT Sensors & Energy Management (Signal) | Yes | No |
| TV Display System (In-Room, Lobby) | Yes | No |
| Native VoIP Calling | Yes | No |
| Omnichannel Messaging (WhatsApp, SMS, Email) | Yes | Yes |
| Marketing Automation & Campaigns (Studio) | Yes | No |
| Staff Training LMS (University) | Yes | No |
| E-Signatures & Lease Documents (Sign) | Yes | No |
| Referral & Affiliate Program (Circle) | Yes | No |
| Quality Inspections (Assure) | Yes | No |
| Video Conferencing (Meet) | Yes | No |
| Accounting Sync (QuickBooks, Xero) | Yes | Yes |
| CRM & Contact Management | Yes | Yes |
| Full Trust Accounting with Running Balance | Yes | No |
| Owner Self-Service Portal (Navigator) | Yes | No |
| Stay Quotes with Public E-Accept | Yes | No |
| AI Unit Auto-Allocation | Yes | No |
| Automated Billing Period Advancement | Yes | No |
| CRM Sales Pipeline (Deals) | Yes | No |
| Community Events & Ticketing | Yes | No |
What replaces it
What runs serviced apartments on Calisto
The apps that take over from Guesty, each in the words serviced apartments businesses use.
- Stay & lease managementCalisto Stays
- Guest & tenant recordsCalisto Registry
- Supplies & linenCalisto Inventory
- Portfolio setupCalisto Purview
- Operating standardsCalisto Blueprint
- Corporate salesCalisto Deals
- Rate managementCalisto Pulse
- Channel distributionCalisto Sync
- Recurring billing & paymentsCalisto Payments
- AgreementsCalisto Sign
- ProposalsCalisto Proposals
- Housekeeping & maintenanceCalisto Dispatch
VR tools or hotel PMS vs. a hybrid operating system
| The Old Way | The Calisto Way | |
|---|---|---|
| Unit management | Listings (Guesty) / Rooms (Apaleo) | Units + rooms hybrid model |
| Channel management | Guesty only | Native, 200+ OTAs |
| Extended-stay billing | Not designed for it | Monthly, weekly, nightly |
| Corporate accounts | Not available | Invoicing, rates, portals |
| Tenant portal | Not available | Navigator, full self-service |
| Housekeeping ops | Basic (Apaleo) / None (Guesty) | Built-in with scheduling |
| Key management | Third-party add-on | Digital keys, auto-revoke at checkout |
| Guest services | Not available | Requests, maintenance, concierge |
| Marketing automation | Not available | Studio, included |
| Staff training LMS | Not available | University, included |
What moves
Bringing your data from Guesty
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 Guesty and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Short-Term Rental Properties
Listing/property records
Reservations
Guest reservations
Guests
Guest contact records
Pricing, side by side
What Guesty 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 THEY CANNOT DO
The hybrid gap neither platform fills
Serviced apartments sit between hotels and rentals. Channel managers ignore hotel ops. Hotel PMS platforms ignore extended-stay billing. Calisto handles both.
Extended-Stay Billing: Built for Hybrid
Guesty bills per night like a short-term rental. Apaleo bills per night like a hotel. Neither supports monthly invoicing for corporate tenants, weekly rates for relocation clients, or blended billing where short stays are nightly and long stays are monthly. Calisto handles all three billing modes natively, with automated invoice generation for long-stay tenants and corporate account management on custom rate plans.
Tenant Portal: Not Just a Guest App
Vacation rental guest apps show check-in instructions and a WiFi password. Hotel apps show room service menus. Serviced apartment tenants need maintenance requests with photo upload, lease documents signed through Sign, payment history and an upcoming invoice preview, package notifications, and community updates. Calisto Navigator provides a full tenant portal with all of these, plus digital keys in Apple Wallet and Android, and messaging.
Housekeeping & Maintenance: Hotel-Grade Ops
Guesty has no housekeeping tools. Apaleo has basic room status. Serviced apartments need scheduled deep cleans for long-stay units, daily service for short-stay rooms, maintenance work orders with vendor dispatch, and photo-documented unit inspection workflows between tenants. Calisto provides all of this natively.
Choose your processor. Not theirs.
Guesty pushes GuestyPay. Apaleo has limited gateway options through their marketplace. Calisto connects to 75 payment gateways across 11 global regions. Your merchant account. Your rates. Zero lock-in.
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Switching questions
How does Calisto handle both short-stay and long-stay guests?
Calisto treats each unit as a hybrid entity. Short-stay reservations use nightly rates with OTA channel distribution. Long-stay tenants use monthly billing with corporate invoicing. The same unit can switch between modes based on your availability strategy. Housekeeping schedules automatically adjust based on stay type.
Does Calisto support corporate housing programs?
Yes. Calisto includes corporate account management with negotiated rate plans, direct invoicing, tenant portals with lease management, and dedicated check-in workflows. Corporate clients get their own portal with booking history, invoice access, and employee stay management.
What about lease management and e-signatures?
Calisto Sign handles lease documents, rental agreements, and corporate contracts with legally binding e-signatures. Documents are stored in the tenant profile and accessible through the tenant portal. No DocuSign or separate e-signature subscription required.
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 StaysCalisto for Hotels & Resorts
Calisto Pro eliminates friction by keeping your front desk, housekeeping, dining, and maintenance in total sync, so all your guests experience is flawless hospitality.
Open - Hotels & ResortsReservations & Revenue
Thirteen intake paths into one queue, a rate approved at 9am live on two hundred channels by 9:01, and a walk-in upstairs in two minutes.
Open - Hotels & ResortsGroup Sales & Billing
A won deal creates the room block, the rate and the billing terms, and the night audit closes on exceptions instead of every line.
Open - PricingPricing for Hotels & ResortsOpen
- Calisto StaysCalisto for Serviced Apartments
Calisto Pro bridges recurring billing, maintenance dispatch, smart access, and tenant portals on a single engine, turning complex multi-unit management into quiet, automated control.
Open - Serviced ApartmentsReservations & Stay Lifecycle
One record from the first night to the renewal, with the extension, the reprice and the gap week handled on it.
Open - Serviced ApartmentsOwner Accounting & Portal
One ledger per owner, and a statement that renders rather than gets assembled.
Open - PricingPricing for Serviced ApartmentsOpen
- Calisto StaysCalisto for Short-Term Rentals
Calisto Pro unifies multi-channel distribution, turnover scheduling, guest verification, and dynamic pricing, delivering a seamless guest journey across every property.
Open - PricingPricing for Short-Term RentalsOpen
- AppCalisto Stays
Hotels, short-term rentals, luxury villas and serviced apartments: one calendar and its channels, the front desk or self check-in, rates, housekeeping, guest messaging, one folio, owner statements and the owner portal.
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