HOW WE COMPARE
Calisto Pro vs Mews & Cloudbeds
Mews and Cloudbeds are strong PMS platforms. But neither one replaces your entire tech stack. Calisto does, with 100 products across eight integrated suites and 75 payment gateways you choose.
Night Audit · City Ledger · Token Passport · Day Passes · TV Displays · Digital Keys · VoIP · Meet
- Serviced Apartments
- Hotels & Resorts
- Short-Term Rentals
Feature by feature
Calisto Pro beside Mews
- 18 Only in Calisto Pro
- 7 In both
| 25 features | Calisto Pro | Mews |
|---|---|---|
| Reservation Management | Yes | Yes |
| Intelligent Dynamic Pricing | Yes | Yes |
| Native POS System | Yes | Yes |
| Native Channel Management | Yes | No |
| 75 Payment Gateways (Your Choice) | Yes | No |
| Full Guest Portal (Navigator) | Yes | No |
| TV Display System (Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV) | Yes | No |
| Event Ticketing & Seat Designer | Yes | No |
| Native VoIP Calling | Yes | No |
| Omnichannel Messaging (WhatsApp, SMS, Email) | Yes | No |
| Marketing Automation (Studio) | Yes | No |
| Staff Training LMS (University) | Yes | No |
| GDS Connectivity (Amadeus, Sabre) | Yes | Yes |
| E-Signature Capture (Sign) | Yes | No |
| Referral & Affiliate Program (Circle) | Yes | No |
| Delivery Platform Integration (11 Platforms) | Yes | No |
| IoT Sensors & Energy Management (Signal) | Yes | No |
| Compliance & Inspections (Assure) | Yes | No |
| Central Reservation System (CRS) | Yes | Yes |
| Smart Lock Digital Keys (Access) | Yes | No |
| Website Builder | Yes | No |
| Accounting Integrations (QB, Xero) | Yes | Yes |
| CRM & Guest Profiles | Yes | Yes |
| Amenity Day Passes | Yes | No |
| Video Conferencing (Meet) | Yes | No |
What replaces it
What runs serviced apartments on Calisto
The apps that take over from Mews, 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
PMS-only platforms vs. a complete hotel OS
| The Old Way | The Calisto Way | |
|---|---|---|
| Core PMS | Included | Included |
| Channel management | Third-party add-on | Native, 200+ OTAs |
| Payment processor | Locked to platform | 75 gateways, you choose |
| Guest portal | Basic or none | Navigator, full self-service |
| Revenue management | Acquired add-on | Intelligent dynamic pricing, 7 factors |
| TV displays | Not available | Included, Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV |
| VoIP & messaging | Not available | Native calling & omnichannel |
| Marketing automation | Not available | Studio, included |
| Staff training LMS | Not available | University, included |
| Event ticketing | Not available | Events + Seat Designer, included |
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
WHAT THEY LEAVE TO ADD-ONS
Everything in one platform.
Other platforms leave signage, door access and staff training to add-ons. Calisto includes it all.
TV Displays: Included
Competitors leave digital signage to a separate product. Calisto Display is native and included. Room status boards, kitchen order displays, menu boards, event schedules, all running on Apple TV, Android TV, or Fire TV with offline caching. Room status, kitchen, menu, and event boards. Apple TV, Android TV, and Fire TV native apps. Offline caching, displays work even if internet drops.
Smart Lock Integration: Included
Most platforms leave smart lock connectivity to an add-on. With Calisto, digital key provisioning, access control rules, and audit logging are all included. Guests get digital keys in Apple Wallet and Android, automatically revoked at checkout. Digital keys in Apple Wallet & Android. Access control by time, floor, zone, or room. Automatic revocation at checkout.
Staff Training LMS: Included
Training platforms like Typsy or Lobster Ink are separate products. Calisto University is a complete LMS included in your subscription. Create courses, administer exams, issue certificates, and track compliance, all without a separate contract. Course creation with lessons and assessments. Exam engine with automatic grading. Certificate generation and tracking.
Night Audit Auto-Reconciliation
POS reconciliation, no-show auto-charge, auto-post rules, and one-click close. Night audit in minutes, not hours.
City Ledger with AR Aging
Track accounts receivable with aging buckets (Current, 1-30, 31-60, 61-90, 90+). Grouped by payer with invoice drill-down.
Token Passport
Cross-property payment token sharing. Guests pay once, tokens work across your entire portfolio. No re-entry of card details.
Amenity Day Passes
Sell pool, gym, spa, and coworking access to non-guests. Digital access keys provisioned instantly. New revenue from existing facilities.
TV Display System
Room status boards, kitchen orders, menus, events, and welcome displays on Apple TV, Android TV, and Fire TV.
Smart Lock Digital Keys
Apple Wallet and Android digital keys. Access control by floor, zone, and time. Automatic revocation at checkout.
Native VoIP Phone System
Replace your PBX. Cloud-based VoIP with ring groups, IVR builder, call recording, and callback queue. No hardware.
Video Conferencing (Meet)
Browser-based video with public join links. Guests book meeting rooms through Navigator. Zoom and Teams integration included.
11 Delivery Platforms
Uber Eats, DoorDash, Rappi, and 8 more. Orders flow directly into your kitchen display with automatic menu sync.
Staff Training LMS
Complete learning management system. Courses, lessons, exams, certificates, and progress tracking.
Choose your processor. Not theirs.
Mews locks you into Mews Payments, its proprietary gateway. Cloudbeds pushes Cloudbeds Payments. 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 hard is it to switch from Mews to Calisto Pro?
We provide a guided migration process that imports your reservation data, guest profiles, rate plans, and channel connections. Most properties are fully operational within 48 hours. Your Mews data exports cleanly and our onboarding team handles the heavy lifting.
What if I'm currently locked into Mews Payments?
When you move to Calisto, you choose your own payment processor from 75 supported gateways. Keep your existing merchant account and rates. We don't force you onto a proprietary gateway. Your merchant relationship, your terms, your rates.
Can I try Calisto before committing?
Yes. Zero upfront. Zero monthly. Your account is 100% functional from day one. Calisto's revenue share only applies once you process revenue. Set up your property, connect your channels, and see the difference before you commit.
What about Cloudbeds?
Cloudbeds is a strong PMS with native channel management, something Mews lacks. But Cloudbeds has no intelligent dynamic pricing, no guest portal, no TV displays, no smart locks, no VoIP, no messaging, no marketing automation, no staff training, and no event ticketing. Calisto includes all of these natively.
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 - 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 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.
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