SWITCH FROM SOCIAL WIFI
Social WiFi to Calisto WiFi
Keep your access points and run the sign-in page, guest list, reviews and email, SMS and WhatsApp follow-up in Calisto, with every guest on your own contacts.
Feature by feature
Calisto WiFi beside Social WiFi
- 19 In both
- 6 Only in Social WiFi
| 25 features | Calisto WiFi | Social WiFi |
|---|---|---|
| Design | ||
| Branded Captive PortalCalisto: build the sign-in page in the website builder from Themes, a Library of pieces and Templates fitted to each sector, with a page of its own per location.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Banners on the Login PageCalisto: the designer holds sign-in, offers and welcome pages, and a guest who connects sees the business's published offers as tiles.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Sign-In | ||
| Email Sign-InCalisto: email is one of the ways in the business picks, and the address lands on the business's own contacts.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Facebook, X and LinkedIn Sign-InSocial WiFi signs guests in with their X, Facebook or LinkedIn account.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| SMS Code Sign-InSocial WiFi texts the guest a code, and each verified number joins the marketing list.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| WhatsApp Sign-InSocial WiFi sends the guest a code on WhatsApp to sign in, which confirms the number.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Privacy | ||
| Marketing Consent at LoginCalisto: the marketing box is its own tick, never pre-checked and off until the business turns it on, and an operator can withdraw a guest's consent on their page.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Guests | ||
| Guest Database From Every LoginCalisto: Guests & Segments lists everyone who signed in, each on the business's shared contacts (with Contacts).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Guest List Export to ExcelSocial WiFi exports the guest database to an XLSX file.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Networks | ||
| Many Venues With Shared SettingsCalisto: every field of the sign-in page inherits from the account default, and a location changes only the fields it sets.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Hardware | ||
| Works With Your Existing HardwareCalisto: 30 network connectors cover MikroTik, UniFi, Omada, Aruba, RUCKUS, Juniper Mist, Fortinet, Cambium and more, and a router with no connector gets its own setup steps.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Marketing | ||
| Automated Emails From Guest BehaviorCalisto: a captured, returning or lapsed guest is an Automations trigger, and a rule sends from Campaigns only to guests who opted in (with Automations, with Campaigns).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Win-Back for Lapsed GuestsCalisto: the Lapsed segment lists guests not seen in 30 days, and the lapsed-guest event starts a win-back rule (with Automations).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Birthday EmailsCalisto: the Birthday This Month list sends to Campaigns like any other list (with Segments, with Campaigns).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Drag-and-Drop Email Editor With TemplatesCalisto: the email builder carries starters, the business's own templates and shared themes (with Campaigns).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| AI Email DraftsCalisto: Generate drafts the copy and hands it to the email composer (with Campaigns).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| SMS CampaignsCalisto: texts go out from the business's own number, and a STOP reply withdraws consent at once (with Campaigns).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| WhatsApp CampaignsCalisto: a WhatsApp send uses a Meta-approved template from the business's own number, under its own WhatsApp opt-in (with Campaigns).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Selling Login Page Space to PartnersSocial WiFi lets a venue sell banner space on its login page to partner businesses.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Ad Audiences on Meta, Google and TikTokSocial WiFi places ad pixels through the captive portal so guests can be retargeted on Facebook, Instagram, Google, TikTok and more.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Reviews | ||
| Review Requests After a VisitCalisto: Review Requests asks a customer after a real visit, with one reminder, and Google, Facebook, Yelp and TripAdvisor are connected (with Reputation).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Unhappy Guests Reach You PrivatelyCalisto: a rating below the line is offered the business's private feedback form first, and the public review link is still shown, as Google requires (with Reputation).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| AI Replies to ReviewsCalisto: an Automations rule drafts or publishes a reply to each new review in the tone the business sets (with Reputation).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | ||
| Guest Records in Your CRMCalisto: every guest who gives an email is found or created on the business's shared contacts, never a separate WiFi list (with Contacts).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Webhooks and ZapierCalisto: guest events are Automations triggers, and Custom HTTP sends them to any outside system (with Automations).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Social WiFi
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 Social WiFi and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from Social WiFi can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Moving from Social WiFi
Questions about switching
Does my existing hardware work?
Yes, in most cases. MikroTik, UniFi, Omada, Aruba, RUCKUS, Juniper Mist, Fortinet, Cambium and the other connected systems send guests to your Calisto sign-in page, and a router with no connector still runs Open or Shared Password with its own setup steps.
What happens to my guest list?
Bring the contacts you hold into the business's shared contacts in Deals (Settings, Import & Data, Import Contacts). A guest who later signs in with the same email lands on that contact rather than a new one.
How do follow-up emails and texts work?
A captured, returning or lapsed guest is an Automations trigger. Rules send from Campaigns by email, SMS or WhatsApp, and only to guests who ticked the marketing box.
Where do review requests come from?
Reputation asks a customer after a real visit, sends one reminder, offers a low rating the private feedback form first and still shows the public link.
Learn more
Everything Calisto does here
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