SWITCH FROM HOSTAWAY
Hostaway to Calisto Stays
Stays, turnovers, owners and folios in one app, with Sync, Pulse and Threads beside it.
- Serviced Apartments
- Hotels & Resorts
- Short-Term Rentals
Feature by feature
Calisto Stays beside Hostaway
- 18 In both
| 18 features | Calisto Stays | Hostaway |
|---|---|---|
| Channels | ||
| Listings synced to Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.comCalisto: with Sync. One connection reaches Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and Vrbo, with availability updated within the minute. | Yes | Yes |
| Calendar | ||
| One calendar across every channelCalisto: the Calendar holds every stay from every channel on the room timeline. | Yes | Yes |
| Threads | ||
| Unified inbox with templates, assignment and response timesCalisto: with Threads. Saved replies, each conversation assigned to a person, and response-time targets. | Yes | Yes |
| AI replies sent automatically or reviewed firstCalisto: with Threads. Replies drafted from the knowledge base for a person to send, or Autopilot while the business keeps it on. | Yes | Yes |
| SMS and WhatsApp from the inboxCalisto: with Threads, on the business's own numbers. | Yes | Yes |
| Automations | ||
| Automated messages at each point of the stayCalisto: Automations rules for the pre-arrival message, the door code, the long-stay extension offer and the review request. | Yes | Yes |
| Rates & Availability | ||
| Dynamic pricing with minimums and maximums per propertyCalisto: with Pulse. Autopilot stays inside the floor and ceiling the business sets. | Yes | Yes |
| Gap night settingsCalisto: the gap rule finds the nights between stays that will not sell, and Pulse prices them. | Yes | Yes |
| Booking Page | ||
| Direct booking website with promo codes and instant bookingCalisto: the Booking Page takes stays instantly or on request, and a private rate plan sells only with its rate code. The website is built with Sites. | Yes | Yes |
| Client Portal | ||
| Guest portal with upsells and self-serviceCalisto: with Navigator. The client checks in, pays, buys Add-ons and asks for late checkout from their portal. | Yes | Yes |
| Units | ||
| Content and pricing set per channelCalisto: each Unit's listing covers what Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and Vrbo ask, with each channel's limits, and each channel's mark-up is set with Sync. | Yes | Yes |
| Reviews | ||
| Automated review requestsCalisto: an Automations rule asks for the review after departure, with Reputation. | Yes | Yes |
| AI review insights by sentimentCalisto: with Reputation. Reviews filtered by sentiment, and alert words that raise a finding for operations. | Yes | Yes |
| Housekeeping | ||
| Cleaning tasks routed by guest schedule, with checklists on a mobile appCalisto: a turnover opens at check-out and goes to the best-fit cleaner on shift, with the room's checklist on the phone. | Yes | Yes |
| Owners | ||
| Owner statements generated monthlyCalisto: owner statements are generated, checked and published per period, with the management fee on gross, net or a fixed amount. | Yes | Yes |
| Owners block their own datesCalisto: owners book their own stays from their portal, with Navigator, as their agreement allows. | Yes | Yes |
| Doors | ||
| Smart lock codes created and revoked with each reservationCalisto: with Access. A stay's code goes on the room's locks for its dates and follows the stay when it moves rooms. | Yes | Yes |
| Lock battery and network statusCalisto: with Signal. A lock's low battery or lost connection raises an alert. | Yes | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Hostaway
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 Hostaway and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Properties
Rental properties and listings
Reservations
Guest bookings and reservations
Guests
Guest profiles and contact information
Pricing, side by side
What Hostaway publishes, beside what Calisto Stays charges
Each figure as its publisher states it, in your currency only. Nothing is converted between currencies.
Calisto Stays
Calisto catalog price
Moving from Hostaway
Questions about switching
How do we bring our Hostaway data over?
In Hostaway, download your reservations as CSV with the complete list of fields, and export guest data from the reservations table. Drop both files into the switch tool, and clients and stays come across into Stays.
Which smart locks work with Stays?
Locks reached through their maker's cloud, such as TTLock, Tuya and SmartThings, or directly over MQTT. They connect once in Signal, and Access puts each stay's code on them.
Can owners stay in their own homes?
Yes. An owner books their own stay from their portal, and the stay blocks the dates on every channel.
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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