HOW WE COMPARE
Calisto Pro vs kvCORE & Follow Up Boss
kvCORE and Follow Up Boss are lead management tools. Calisto is a complete agent platform: CRM, proposals, e-signatures, client portals, MLS syndication, marketing automation, and 71 native products. Core carries no additional cost. Commerce is a 1% revenue share. Every other suite is priced per app in the Marketplace.
- Real Estate Agents
Feature by feature
Calisto Pro beside kvCORE
- 19 Only in Calisto Pro
- 3 In both
| 22 features | Calisto Pro | kvCORE |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Management & CRM | Yes | Yes |
| Lead Routing & Distribution | Yes | Yes |
| Automated Drip Campaigns | Yes | Yes |
| Proposal Builder (Listing & Buyer) | Yes | No |
| E-Signatures (No DocuSign Required) | Yes | No |
| MLS Syndication (Zillow, Realtor.com, 20+) | Yes | No |
| Client Portal with Document Vault | Yes | No |
| Transaction Management (Deals) | Yes | No |
| ZipForms Integration | Yes | No |
| Visual CMA & Market Reports | Yes | No |
| 75 Payment Gateways (Earnest Money) | Yes | No |
| Full Marketing Automation (Studio) | Yes | No |
| Open House Management | Yes | No |
| Native VoIP Calling (Not Just a Dialer) | Yes | No |
| Omnichannel Messaging (WhatsApp, SMS, Email) | Yes | No |
| Video Conferencing (Meet) | Yes | No |
| Team Scheduling & Calendar | Yes | No |
| Referral & Affiliate Program (Circle) | Yes | No |
| Staff Training LMS (University) | Yes | No |
| Accounting Sync (QuickBooks, Xero) | Yes | No |
| Quality Inspections (Assure) | Yes | No |
| TV Display (Open House Signage) | Yes | No |
What replaces it
What runs real estate agents on Calisto
The apps that take over from kvCORE, each in the words real estate agents businesses use.
- Listings & MLS distributionCalisto Listings
- Showings & open housesCalisto Bookings
- Client recordsCalisto Registry
- AutomationsCalisto Automations
- Business setupCalisto Purview
- Brand standardsCalisto Blueprint
- Team schedulingCalisto Workforce
- Pipeline (CRM)Calisto Deals
- Listing presentations & CMACalisto Proposals
- E-signatureCalisto Sign
- Earnest money & commissionCalisto Payments
- Trust accounting & commissionCalisto Ledger
Lead tools vs. a complete agent platform
| The Old Way | The Calisto Way | |
|---|---|---|
| Lead capture & CRM | Core feature | Universal contacts, 10 roles |
| IDX website | kvCORE only (locked) | Sites: drag-drop + MLS search |
| Proposals & offers | Not available | Calisto Proposals, included |
| E-signatures | Third-party (DocuSign) | Calisto Sign, included |
| Client portal | Not available | Navigator, full self-service |
| MLS syndication | Not available | Zillow, Realtor.com, 20+ |
| Marketing automation | Basic drip campaigns | Studio, full omnichannel |
| Transaction management | Not available | Deals, end-to-end |
| VoIP & messaging | Basic dialer only | Native calling + omnichannel |
| Training LMS | Not available | University, included |
What moves
Bringing your data from kvCORE
Your data is read in your own browser and sent to your Calisto account. Calisto never sees your login for the old system.
Pulled live from your browser
Paste a key you create in kvCORE. Your browser reads your records and sends them to Calisto; the key never leaves your browser.
Contacts
Contact profiles and CRM data
Listings
Property listings and details
Transactions
Transaction records and pipeline data
PRICING TRANSPARENCY
1% of revenue on Commerce. Core is included.
kvCORE charges $300-500/month per agent with annual contracts. Follow Up Boss charges $69-139/user/month. Calisto is free to set up. Core carries no additional cost. Commerce is a 1% revenue share. Every other suite is priced per app in the Marketplace. No per-agent fees, no annual contracts. You pay when you earn.
Calisto Pro
Revenue share on Commerce
kvCORE
$300–500/mo Per Agent
Per-agent pricing · Annual contract · Locked IDX · No proposals, no e-sign, no portal
Follow Up Boss
$69–139/user/mo
Per-user pricing · CRM only · No listings, no proposals · Third-party integrations required
WHAT THEY CANNOT DO
The gaps no lead tool fills
Lead management tools capture contacts and send drip emails. But closing deals requires proposals, signatures, transaction management, client portals, and marketing that kvCORE and Follow Up Boss simply do not offer.
Proposals & E-Signatures: No DocuSign Required
kvCORE and Follow Up Boss have no proposal builder. You create listing presentations in Canva, send contracts through DocuSign ($25-65/month), and track everything in spreadsheets. Calisto includes Proposals for building branded listing and buyer presentations, delivered to the client portal with real-time status tracking, plus Sign for legally binding e-signatures with a full audit trail. One system, zero add-on fees.
Client Portal: Transparency That Closes
Neither kvCORE nor Follow Up Boss offers a client-facing portal. Your clients call and email for updates. Calisto Navigator gives every client a self-service portal with listing search results and a property shortlist, showing schedules, a document vault holding the signed contracts, a transaction timeline, and direct messaging. Buyers and sellers see their deal progress in real-time without calling you.
MLS Syndication: Direct, Not Through IDX
kvCORE locks you into their IDX website. Follow Up Boss has no listing syndication. Calisto syndicates your listings directly to Zillow, Realtor.com, Rightmove, Domain, Idealista, PropertyFinder, and 20+ portals. Your listings carry your branding rather than the platform's, distributed globally without IDX lock-in.
Collect earnest money. Your way.
kvCORE and Follow Up Boss have no payment processing. You juggle separate systems for earnest money deposits and commission collection. Calisto connects to 75 payment gateways: collect earnest money, process referral fees, and handle commission splits all in one platform.
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Switching questions
Does Calisto replace my IDX website?
Calisto does not include an IDX website. You can keep your existing website or use any IDX provider. What Calisto does provide is direct MLS syndication to 20+ property portals, a proposal builder, e-signatures, client portals, and marketing automation, none of which kvCORE's IDX site replaces.
How does Calisto handle real estate-specific workflows?
Calisto includes ZipForms integration for state-specific forms, MLS syndication to 20+ portals, transaction management with milestone tracking, CMA tools for market analysis, open house management with lead capture, and client portals for buyer and seller transparency. All built specifically for real estate workflows.
How does pricing work?
Setting up costs nothing and no card is required. You get full access to all 71 products with no feature restrictions. Core carries 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.
- SectorCalisto for Real Estate Agents
Calisto Pro combines client intelligence, document flows, viewing schedules, and transaction tracking into one central system, keeping your entire pipeline operating at peak performance.
Open - Real Estate AgentsListings, Showings & Lead Capture
Listings as structured records, showings that carry the buyer context, and every lead source into one pipeline with attribution.
Open - Real Estate AgentsPresentations & Buyer Matching
The listing presentation the other two agents cannot send, and the shortlist the other five cannot match. Both signed in the same session.
Open - Real Estate AgentsTransaction & Commission
Buyer verification before the tour, twenty-four stages to closing, contracts signed in place, and commission calculated from the deal record.
Open - Real Estate AgentsDashboard, Governance & Compliance
Monday morning on one screen, standards enforced at every office, and a license expiring in thirty days you already knew about.
Open - PricingPricing for Real Estate AgentsOpen