Switch from Planning Pod to Calisto Pro

Feature by feature

Calisto Pro beside Planning Pod

21 Only in Calisto Pro
9 In both

Calisto Pro beside Planning Pod, feature by feature
30 features	Calisto Pro	Planning Pod
Lead Capture & Event Pipeline	Yes	Yes
BEO (Banquet Event Order) Generation	Yes	Yes
Event Calendar & Availability	Yes	Yes
Invoice and Billing	Yes	Yes
Contract Management	Yes	Yes
Basic Contact Management	Yes	Yes
Reporting & Analytics	Yes	Yes
Interactive Proposals with Branded Templates	Yes	No
Native E-Signatures (Sign)	Yes	No
Visual Floor Plan Builder (Seat Designer)	Yes	No
Full Catering Management with Kitchen Display	Yes	No
Menu Builder & F&B Minimums	Yes	No
On-Site POS (Bar, Kitchen, Merch, Concessions)	Yes	No
Dynamic Pricing (7-Factor Algorithm)	Yes	No
75 Payment Gateways (Your Choice)	Yes	No
Self-Service Client Portal (Navigator)	Yes	No
Omnichannel Messaging (WhatsApp, SMS, Email)	Yes	No
Marketing Automation & Campaigns (Studio)	Yes	No
Milestone Auto-Emails	Yes	No
Referral & Affiliate Program (Circle)	Yes	No
Event Ticketing & Capacity Management	Yes	No
Crew Management & Call Sheets	Yes	Yes
TV Display System (Event Boards, Menu Boards)	Yes	No
Staff Training LMS (University)	Yes	No
Native VoIP Calling	Yes	No
Video Conferencing (Meet)	Yes	No
Compliance & Safety Inspections (Assure)	Yes	No
Hotel Room Blocks (GRC)	Yes	No
Accounting Sync (QB, Xero, Alegra)	Yes	No
CRM with Universal Contact Record	Yes	Yes

What replaces it

What runs venue management on Calisto

The apps that take over from Planning Pod, each in the words venue management businesses use.

Lead capture tools vs. a complete venue OS

	The Old Way	The Calisto Way
Lead capture & pipeline	Core feature	Deals, full pipeline stages
BEO management	Basic templates	Auto-generated from event
Proposals & contracts	Limited or third-party	Branded, interactive proposals
E-signatures	Third-party (DocuSign)	Calisto Sign, native
Floor plan builder	Not available	Seat Designer, drag-and-drop
Catering management	Basic menus	Full F&B with kitchen display
On-site POS	Not available	Bar, kitchen, merch, tickets
Client portal	Basic event page	Navigator, full self-service
Marketing automation	Not available	Studio, multi-channel, included
Payment processor	Limited options	75 gateways, you choose

What moves

Bringing your data from Planning Pod

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 Planning Pod and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.

Venues
Imported venues data
Rooms
Imported rooms data
Layouts
Imported layouts data
Seating Charts
Imported seating charts data
Events
Imported events data
Contacts
Imported contacts data

The Planning Pod migration guide Move my data

Pricing, side by side

What Planning Pod publishes, beside what Calisto Pro charges

Each figure as its publisher states it, in your currency only. Nothing is converted between currencies.

Calisto Pro

1%of revenue

Revenue share on Commerce

WHAT THEY CANNOT DO

From inquiry to execution. Included.

Tripleseat captures leads and generates BEOs. Planning Pod manages tasks and timelines. But running a venue requires proposals, floor plans, catering, POS, and day-of execution that neither platform delivers.

Proposals & E-Signatures: Included
Tripleseat generates basic PDFs. Planning Pod has no proposal tools. Calisto Proposals creates branded, interactive proposals that clients can review, customize line by line, and approve online. Calisto Sign captures legally binding e-signatures with a full audit trail, automatic reminders and counter-signing, and triggers deposit collection the moment the contract is signed. No DocuSign subscription needed.
Floor Plan Builder: Included
Neither Tripleseat nor Planning Pod offers visual floor plan design. Calisto Seat Designer provides drag-and-drop venue layout creation from presets, with round tables, square tables, booths, bar counters, stages, and zones. Clients see interactive floor plans in their portal. Staff sees table assignments on TV displays. The same layout powers POS dine-in and the Ops table board.
Day-Of Operations: Included
Lead capture tools stop when the contract is signed. Calisto continues into day-of execution with POS for bar, kitchen, merch and concessions, a kitchen display system routing food orders in real time, crew rostering with automated call sheets, equipment tracking, and live event dashboards. BEO items auto-generate production tasks. Everything connects to the same event, the same client, the same financial record.

Choose your processor. Not theirs.

Tripleseat has limited payment integrations and pushes their preferred processors. Planning Pod uses Stripe only. Calisto connects to 75 payment gateways across 11 global regions. Collect deposits, process final payments, and handle refunds through your own merchant account.

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Honest answers

Switching questions

Can clients see and approve BEOs in the portal?

Yes. Calisto Navigator gives every client a self-service portal where they can review BEOs, approve floor plans, sign contracts, make payments, and message your team. Changes clients request flow back to your ops dashboard for review. No email attachments or PDF round-trips.

How does the floor plan builder work with POS?

Floor plans created in Seat Designer power both the client-facing layout view and the operational table board. POS servers see the same layout when taking dine-in orders. Ops staff see table status on TV displays. One floor plan, used everywhere.

Can I manage multiple venue spaces and rooms?

Yes. Each venue can have multiple spaces with independent floor plans, capacity limits, and pricing. The event pipeline shows availability across all spaces. BEOs can span multiple rooms for multi-space events. Pricing rules can vary by space, day of week, and season.

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.