SWITCH FROM MEWS
Mews to Calisto Kiosks
Pick the job each kiosk does, set it up on any tablet at your own kiosk address, and run every screen from one list.
- Serviced Apartments
- Hotels & Resorts
- Short-Term Rentals
Feature by feature
Calisto Kiosks beside Mews
- 16 In both
- 3 Only in Mews
| 19 features | Calisto Kiosks | Mews |
|---|---|---|
| Check-In | ||
| Self Check-InCalisto: guest check-in finds the stay, takes the party's registration card and checks the guest in, with the stay's own steps (with Stays).Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Self Check-OutCalisto: check-out is a step inside guest check-in, with the stay's bill paid on the screen's own terminal (with Stays).Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Reservation LookupCalisto: the stay opens with its confirmation code, or the email or phone on it; a name search answers only initials and dates.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| ID ScanningCalisto: the ID check is handed to the guest's phone, and the lead guest's card is read from their verified ID, fields only, never an image (with Stays).Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Registration CardCalisto: the whole party's registration card, each guest's fields under the property's country rules, signed by that country's rule, with the front desk always offered.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Ordering | ||
| Room UpgradesCalisto: a room upgrade offered at check-in and put on the stay's bill (with Stays).Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| UpsellingCalisto: upsells at ordering, and a room upgrade at check-in, with the take rate measured net of the abandonment they cause.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Payment | ||
| Card Payment TerminalCalisto: each screen charges on its own certified cloud card terminal from the business's own payment provider; the tablet never sees a card (with Payments).Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Pay on PhoneCalisto: a QR to the business's own payment page, and the screen moves on the moment it is paid.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Split BillCalisto: a table's check or a stay's bill paid whole or in parts, one card's part at a time.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Accessibility and Languages | ||
| Multi-LanguageCalisto: Language on every screen, with speech in the language on screen.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Look and Content | ||
| BrandingCalisto: the welcome headline, line and photos, light or dark over the business's brand kit, or a welcome designed in the editor.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Video on IdleCalisto: a designed welcome screen with live data (the menu, an offer, the waiting line, the Wi-Fi) plays until a guest touches it, its pages moving.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Setup and Hardware | ||
| Runs on a TabletCalisto: any tablet opens the business's kiosk address in its browser and signs in; nothing is installed.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Fleet | ||
| Kiosk LockdownCalisto: the tablet guide sets each platform's own lockdown: iPad Guided Access, Android app pinning, ChromeOS kiosk and Windows kiosk mode.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-Kiosk ManagementCalisto: one kiosk runs on any number of screens, and a change to it reaches every screen running it.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Gaps | ||
| Room SelectionGuests filter available rooms by features such as garden view or balcony and pick their own room.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Minibar Charges at Check-OutAt check-out, guests add consumed minibar or in-room items to the bill before paying.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Room Key EncodingWith a key cutter integration, guests choose how many key cards to cut and can cut keys again later.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | No | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Mews
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 Mews and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Customers
Guest/customer records
Reservations
Hotel reservations
Spaces (Rooms)
Room/space inventory
Moving from Mews
Questions about switching
Can I keep my tablets?
Yes. Any tablet opens your kiosk address and is locked with its own operating system's kiosk mode, and nothing is installed on it. A screen that takes cards pairs a certified cloud card terminal from your own payment provider.
Where do check-ins, orders and sign-ins go?
Into the app that runs that job: a hotel check-in is the stay's in Stays, an order goes to Orderflow, a member's visit is Registry's and a visitor is Access's. A kiosk keeps no records of its own.
How do I set up the first screen?
Make a kiosk, or Set Up Every Kiosk for your kind of business, then open yourname.calistokiosks.com on the tablet and sign in, or approve it from your phone, and choose the kiosk it runs.
Learn more
Everything Calisto does here
The pages behind this comparison: the sector, the apps and the guides.
- Hospitality & AccommodationCalisto 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 & ResortsFront Desk, Calendar & Rates
Today’s arrivals and the tape chart, rate plans and night rules on one grid, and a switch for what each channel sells.
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 - Hotels & ResortsF&B & Kitchen
Five outlets on one catalog. The dish sells, the folio posts, and every ingredient behind it depletes in the same beat.
Open - PricingPricing for Hotels & ResortsOpen
- Hospitality & AccommodationCalisto 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 ApartmentsArrivals, Rate Rules & Channels
Arrivals with no desk on shift, the rules on every rate plan, and a switch for what each channel sells.
Open - Serviced ApartmentsGuest App & Access
Check-in, the key and the folio on the guest's phone, with no front desk on shift.
Open - Serviced ApartmentsOwner Accounting & Portal
One ledger per owner, and a statement that renders rather than gets assembled.
Open - PricingPricing for Serviced ApartmentsOpen
- Hospitality & AccommodationCalisto 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.
Open - AppCalisto Kiosks
Self-service terminals for check-in, ordering, wayfinding, and payment in five modes.
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