SWITCH FROM ZOHO INVENTORY
Zoho Inventory to Calisto Inventory
Keep stock by location, variant and lot, count it by scan or by voice, cost it by the method each category uses, buy it from suppliers and receive it, and keep a register of the units the business owns or hires out.
Feature by feature
Calisto Inventory beside Zoho Inventory
- 18 In both
- 3 Only in Zoho Inventory
| 21 features | Calisto Inventory | Zoho Inventory |
|---|---|---|
| Stock and Locations | ||
| Multi-Warehouse ManagementCalisto: stock is kept per location in a ledger, in decimal quantities, and an item's on hand is the sum of its locations.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Transfer OrdersCalisto: a transfer takes its units off the source when it is sent and holds them in transit, offered nowhere, until each line is received; units still on the road when it is closed are booked as lost in transit.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Bin LocationsCalisto: a stock location is a place, such as a store or a warehouse, or a room inside one, such as a walk-in cooler or a stock room; renaming it keeps its stock attached.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Inventory AdjustmentsCalisto: Adjust Stock records each change with its reason, at a stated or the current cost; made with no signal, it is held on the phone and sent once.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Barcodes | ||
| Barcode ScanningCalisto: every printed code is one row in one register; a UPC-A, its EAN-13 and its GTIN-14 are one code, a case code counts its pack size, and GS1 in-store codes are generated for items with none.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Items | ||
| Item Groups by AttributeCalisto: a variant is the counted unit, with its own stock at each location; the product only groups its variants.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Recipes and Assemblies | ||
| Composite Items and AssembliesCalisto: recipes, sub-recipes, kits and manufacturing BOMs are one composition model, with a yield % on each line.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Batches and Expiry | ||
| Batch Tracking and Expiry DatesCalisto: batches carry their lot and expiry, sales draw the first-expiring lot first at the location that sold them, and expiring lots are announced.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Product RecallsCalisto: a batch's page lists every sale and order that took it, with the buyer, and Notify These Buyers tells each one once.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Purchasing | ||
| Reorder Points with NotificationsCalisto: each item has a reorder point, reorder quantity and maximum, each location can have its own par, and falling below either is announced.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Purchase OrdersCalisto: a purchase order runs from draft, through approval when the business asks for it, to sent, confirmed, partly received and received.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Purchase ReceivesCalisto: one receive form records the quantity received and refused with its reason, the lot, expiry, invoice price, freight, packing slip and carrier, in part or in full.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Purchase BillsCalisto: supplier bills are read and matched to the order and its deliveries in Ledger, and the purchase order's Bills tab shows where each bill stands (with Ledger).Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Costs and Valuation | ||
| FIFO and Inventory Detail ReportsCalisto: Valuation values the remaining cost layers by each category's method, per currency and never converted, with nightly snapshots.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Notifications | ||
| Workflow Rules and Email AlertsCalisto: every stock notice is an Automations rule the business can see and change: low and out of stock, expiring lots, overdue counts, usage spikes and drafted orders.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Channels | ||
| Real-Time Stock Sync Across ChannelsCalisto: Sync pushes on-hand stock to each marketplace every 15 minutes and on demand, and Amazon FBA and Mercado Libre Full warehouses are stock locations of their own (with Sync).Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Shipping | ||
| Packing Slips, Rates and Shipping LabelsCalisto: parcel carriers, FedEx, UPS, DHL Express and USPS among them, connect in Orderflow, which gets rates, prints labels and tracks each shipment (with Orderflow).Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| On a Phone | ||
| Mobile AppCalisto: the phone app has Scan, Items, Counts and Orders tabs, opens its stock pages with no signal, holds waste, usage, adjustments and deliveries made offline, and has Stock Alerts and Deliveries Due widgets.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Gaps | ||
| Serial Number TrackingGive each product its own serial number and follow it individually to the customer.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Drop ShipmentsHave the supplier ship an order straight to the customer when stock runs low.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| EDI with Third-Party LogisticsReceive orders by EDI and send them to third-party logistics providers.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | No | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Zoho Inventory
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 Zoho Inventory and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from Zoho Inventory can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Moving from Zoho Inventory
Questions about switching
How do my items come over from Zoho Inventory?
Items are set up in Stock ▸ Items, each with its variants, its unit and its printed codes; a UPC, EAN or GTIN is one code, and Scan to Link adds codes by walking the stockroom with a scanner. Recipes come in from a spreadsheet through the recipe import, each row made through the one recipe writer and answered for itself.
How do my stock levels come across?
Opening stock is entered at each location with its cost, which starts the item's cost layers, or it is counted in: start a count, scan in any order or count by voice, and approving the count sets the stock at each location.
Do my suppliers and purchase orders move over?
Suppliers are added in Procurement ▸ Suppliers. Open orders are raised again as purchase orders: kept as a draft or sent for approval, emailed to the supplier from the business's connected mailbox, and received in part or in full on one receive form with the lot, expiry, invoice price and freight.
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