SWITCH FROM SOFTR
Softr to Calisto Navigator
Portals built on your real bookings, invoices and documents, not a spreadsheet: a journey for every client, signing and payments inside, on your own domain.
Feature by feature
Calisto Navigator beside Softr
- 16 In both
- 4 Only in Softr
| 20 features | Calisto Navigator | Softr |
|---|---|---|
| Building | ||
| Start from a templateCalisto: Create a portal from a Calisto Template designed for your kind of business (stay, dining, event, project, membership, law firm, inspection, home services and more), or from a Theme.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| AI builds the portal for youCalisto: Choose Build it for me and Navigator drafts the portal, then you refine it in the website builder.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Visual page editorCalisto: Edit every portal in the shared website builder with sections, live blocks and a Free Layout grid that has its own phone arrangement.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Publishing | ||
| Your logo, colors and domainCalisto: Each portal carries your design and can run on its own custom domain.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Preview the app as a userCalisto: Preview any portal as a client before you publish it.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Clients & Access | ||
| Sign-up and user managementCalisto: Invite a client by email to one portal with an invitation code and link, then suspend, reactivate or revoke their seat at any time.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Passwordless sign-inCalisto: Clients sign in with a single-use link sent to their email, with no password to remember.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| User groups that see different pages and blocksCalisto: Audiences are groups of clients; a page, journey step or block can be shown to one audience only.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Record-level access controlCalisto: Each client sees only their own records, pulled live from other Calisto apps, such as their bookings, invoices and documents.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Journey | ||
| Forms that collect client dataCalisto: An intake step in the portal's Journey collects what you need, in the order you set.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Records & Documents | ||
| Document hub for uploading and sharingCalisto: The portal shows the client's documents and statements, and document requests ask for named files you accept or send back with a reason.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| E-signature requestsCalisto: An agreement step sends the client the envelope to sign, with Sign.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Project, timeline and task views for clientsCalisto: Clients follow their projects, approve milestones and see progress photos in the portal, with Velocity.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Payments & Orders | ||
| Payments and invoices in the portalCalisto: Clients see their invoices and payment schedules and pay inside the portal, with Ledger.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Messages | ||
| Automated notificationsCalisto: Journey Messages send automated email, SMS, WhatsApp or push messages tied to a booking or step, edited per portal, with Automations.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| On a Phone | ||
| Installable mobile appCalisto: Each portal installs as its own app on the client's phone, with web push.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Gaps | ||
| Airtable, Google Sheets and other outside data sourcesSoftr builds portals on top of 17+ outside data sources, including Airtable, Google Sheets, Notion, HubSpot, monday.com, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Supabase and any REST API.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Zapier, Make and n8n connectorsSoftr workflows connect to Make, Zapier, n8n and other automation tools to move data between the portal and outside apps.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| AI assistant that answers clientsSoftr can add a built-in AI assistant to a portal that answers client questions from the portal's live data.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Single sign-on with SAML or OpenIDClients and staff can sign in through a company identity provider using SAML or OpenID single sign-on.Checked Oct 28, 2026Source | No | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Softr
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 Softr and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from Softr can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Moving from Softr
Questions about switching
How do I move my Softr clients into Navigator?
Invite each client by email to their portal. They get an invitation code and link, a reminder on day 3 and day 7, and sign in with a single-use emailed link, so nobody has to set a password.
Can I keep the domain my Softr portal uses?
Yes. Each Navigator portal can run on its own custom domain, so you point the domain you already use at the new portal and clients keep the same address.
What happens to the data my portal showed from spreadsheets?
Navigator shows each client their own records from Calisto apps, such as bookings, invoices, documents and projects, so the portal reads the records your business already keeps in Calisto instead of a separate sheet.
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