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Calisto POS

Universal checkout terminal, tuned per vertical.

129 page routes across 8 industry-specific terminal adaptations. Unified transaction surface for products, services, events, tickets, and folio charges. 10 order types. Full kitchen flow. 13-surface payment stack. 152 API endpoints.

8 Verticals · 129 Routes · 152 API Endpoints · 10 Order Types · 6 AI Endpoints

Universal Checkout

One terminal. Every transaction type.

Products, services, events, tickets, and folio charges ring through a single cart with unified payment processing and receipt generation.

Products

Physical goods from the Shop catalog, added to the cart by barcode scan or category browse.

Services

Bookable services with time-slot selection, staff assignment, and duration-based pricing.

Events & Tickets

Concert tickets, experience passes, and walk-up admission, scanned or selected from the event calendar.

Folio Charges

Hotel room charges, coaching session folios, and membership billing posted to a guest or member account.

Memberships

Recurring membership enrollment, renewal, and package-credit top-up processed at the register.

8 Vertical Terminals

Tuned per industry. Not a generic screen.

Each vertical terminal surfaces industry-specific workflows, lookups, and billing patterns. The hotel terminal posts room charges. The restaurant terminal manages tabs. The gym terminal checks memberships.

Hotel Terminal

  • Room-charge posting with property-management folio bridge
  • Minibar item scanning with room-number association
  • Night-audit settlement and end-of-day reconciliation
  • Room-service ordering with delivery tracking
  • Serviced-apartment billing with extended-stay rate logic
  • Guest lookup by room number, name, or reservation ID
Order Engine

10 order types. Dine-in to ship-from-store.

Each order type carries its own flow: tab management, pickup queues, vehicle tracking, pack-and-ship fulfillment, membership enrollment. The terminal adapts its UI to the active order type.

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page routes across verticals

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industry-specific terminal adaptations

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API endpoints

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automated terminal features

Order Types

Dine-in, curbside, ship-from-store, and seven more.

Each order type carries its own flow: tab management for dine-in, pickup queues for takeout, vehicle tracking for curbside, pack-and-ship for fulfillment.

Dine-In Tabs

Open tabs by seat or party, split and transfer between servers.

Quick Service

Counter-mode ordering with speed-optimized item entry.

Takeout

Timed pickup queue with SMS-ready notifications.

Curbside

Vehicle-identified handoff queue with arrival detection.

Online Orders

Inbound orders from website and delivery platforms.

Ship from Store

Pack-and-ship fulfillment against store inventory.

Retail Sales

Scan-and-sell product checkout with inventory deduction.

Service Sales

Appointment-linked service checkout with staff assignment.

Membership Sales

Enrollment, renewal, and package-credit top-up.

Guest Order

Walk-in guest ordering without account requirement.

Events

Concerts, experiences, kiosks, course fire.

Four event-specific terminal surfaces. Concert terminals handle ticket scans and bar tabs. Experience terminals sell walk-up admissions. Course-fire paces multi-course banquet service.

Concerts

Concert-day terminal with ticket scanning, merchandise sales, and age-gated bar tabs.

Course Fire

Multi-course meal pacing for banquet and prix-fixe events with kitchen coordination.

Experiences

Walk-up experience sales with booking lookup and same-day checkout at the terminal.

Experiences Kiosk

Self-service kiosk for experience browsing and walk-up purchases without staff.

Back of House

Kitchen display, station KDS, expediter, course fire.

Orders route from the terminal to per-station displays. The expediter coordinates across all stations. Course-fire controls pace multi-course meals. Menu management governs what appears on every terminal.

Kitchen Flow

Ticket to plate. Every station, every course.

Orders route from the terminal to per-station displays, through expediter coordination, with multi-course fire controls and prep-time tracking.

Kitchen Display

Full-kitchen ticket view with priority sorting, time-since-fire alerts, and bump-to-complete.

Station KDS

Per-station filtered display showing only that station's routed items with prep-time countdown.

Expediter

Cross-station coordination view tracking every item across all stations with hold and rush flags.

Prep Station Config

Station definition, item-to-station routing rules, and per-item prep-time targets.

Course Fire

Multi-course pacing with hold-and-fire controls per course and table-level firing sequence.

Payment Layer

Cash, card, wallet, financing, gift card, split, refund.

Thirteen payment and settlement surfaces. Multi-currency with live exchange rates. Installment financing with checkout flow. automated void classification for loss-prevention reporting.

Payment Stack

Cash, card, wallet, financing, gift card, split, refund.

Thirteen payment and settlement surfaces. Cash drawer reconciliation, multi-currency with live rates, installment financing, and AI-assisted void classification.

Cash Drawer

Open/close tracking, float counts, variance reconciliation.

Split Payment

Split by amount, percentage, item, or seat.

Refunds

Partial and full refunds with automated void classification.

Tip Prompt

Configurable tip suggestions with custom percentage and dollar presets.

Wallet Payment

Apple Pay, Google Pay, and stored-value wallet processing.

Financing

Apply, capture, and track installment plans at checkout.

Store Credit

Issue, redeem, and track store credit balances.

Gift Cards

Sell, activate, redeem, and check balances with barcode scanner.

Gift Card Wallet Pass

Apple Wallet and Google Wallet pass generation for gift cards.

Multi-Currency

Accept payment in guest currency with live exchange rates.

Currency Rates

Configurable rate source with margin and rounding rules.

Age Verification

Automated age verification at point of sale.

Receipt Scanning

AI receipt scan for returns and exchanges.

Tax Engine

Multi-jurisdiction tax computation with exemption handling.

Configure tax rates by jurisdiction and product category. The calculator applies stacking rules, handles inclusive and exclusive pricing, and supports per-item overrides.

Tax Configuration

Tax rate rules organized by jurisdiction, product category, and exemption type. Supports nested jurisdictions with stacking.

Tax Calculator

Real-time tax computation at the register with support for both inclusive and exclusive price display.

Capabilities

  • Multi-jurisdiction stacking
  • Exemption handling
  • Tax-inclusive pricing
  • Per-item tax override
  • Tourist tax refund tracking
Promotions & Rules

Auto-gratuity, discounts, upsells, void controls.

Rules fire at the right moment. Auto-gratuity applies by party size. Upsell prompts appear based on cart contents. Voids route through automated classification before processing.

Auto Gratuity

Party-size-triggered gratuity rules with configurable thresholds and per-revenue-center overrides.

Auto Post Rules

Time-based automatic charge posting for hotel minibar, resort fees, and recurring service charges.

Discount Rules

Percentage and fixed-amount discounts with eligibility conditions by item, category, time, or customer segment.

Upsell Prompt

Contextual upsell suggestions triggered by cart contents, including item pairings, size upgrades, and add-on prompts.

Void & Comp

Void and comp workflows with manager approval routing and automated reason classification.

Operations

Devices, sessions, staff, customers, reports.

Enroll and monitor hardware. Manage register sessions with clock-in and pre-shift notes. Look up customers by name, room, or loyalty ID. Generate sales, inventory, staff, and margin reports.

Devices

Registers, handhelds, scanners, printers, guest screens.

Enroll and monitor every device from one hub. Printer discovery with heartbeat checks. Guest-facing displays with real-time line items. Barcode scan-to-cart.

Registers

Named register stations with session binding and shift assignment.

Terminals

Tablet and fixed-terminal enrollment and status monitoring.

Handhelds

Mobile POS devices for line-busting and tableside ordering.

Barcode Scanners

Scan-to-cart, scan-to-lookup, and barcode registration.

Printers

Receipt and kitchen printers with job routing, discovery, and heartbeat monitoring.

Guest Display

Customer-facing screen showing line items, totals, and tip prompt.

Points of Service

Location-specific POS configuration with insights and sharing.

Receipt Templates

Customizable receipt layouts per location or register.

Sessions & Staff

Clock in, read the pre-shift notes, open a session.

Staff clock in with role assignment. Managers post pre-shift notes. Each register session tracks every transaction, payment method, and variance. AI generates end-of-shift summaries.

Clock-In

Staff clock-in and clock-out with role-based terminal access. Each shift logs hours and assigned register.

Pre-Shift Notes

Manager-written shift briefings displayed on the terminal at clock-in: specials, outages, policy changes.

Sessions

Active and historical register sessions with open/close timestamps, assigned staff, and session status.

Session Detail

Per-session transaction log, payment breakdown, cash variance report, and AI-generated end-of-shift summary.

Customers

Lookup, history, loyalty, and a guest-facing display.

Pull up any customer by name, email, room number, or loyalty ID. View full purchase history. Enroll in loyalty at the terminal. The guest display shows the live cart on a customer-facing screen.

Contact Lookup

Search contacts by name, email, phone, or loyalty ID directly from the terminal during checkout.

Guest Lookup

Hotel guest search by room number, name, or reservation. Links the transaction to the guest folio.

Customer History

Full transaction history, purchase frequency, and lifetime value per customer, visible at the register.

Loyalty Enrollment

In-terminal loyalty program enrollment with real-time points-balance display and redemption.

Guest-Facing Display

Customer-visible screen showing live cart, running totals, tip prompt, and property branding.

Reports

Sales, inventory, staff, margins, AI shift summaries.

Five report categories. ABC analysis ranks inventory by movement velocity. Margin reports track cost-of-goods per item. AI generates a narrative shift summary covering sales, voids, and anomalies.

Sales Reports

Transaction volume, revenue by payment method, and hourly breakdown across all terminals.

Inventory Reports

Stock counts, current valuation, and ABC analysis ranking items by movement velocity.

Staff Reports

Clock-in/out hours, sales per staff member, and tip distribution across shifts.

Margin Analysis

Product-level margin reporting with cost-of-goods tracking per item and category.

AI Shift Summary

End-of-shift narrative generated by AI covering sales totals, voids, and anomalies.

Platform

Online orders, delivery sync, AI, offline mode.

Inbound orders from every channel. Menu and 86-item sync to delivery platforms. Six AI endpoints embedded in the terminal. Offline-capable with local transaction queuing. PWA-installable.

Online & Delivery

Online orders, platform sync, curbside, ship from store.

Inbound orders from every channel land in one queue. Menus and 86-item status sync to delivery platforms. Curbside tracks vehicle arrivals. Ship-from-store generates pick lists against store inventory.

Online Order Config

Connect ordering channels (website, mobile app, third-party platforms) and configure acceptance rules per channel.

Online Orders

Unified inbox for inbound orders from website, apps, and delivery platforms with accept, reject, and prep-time controls.

Delivery Platform Sync

Menu sync and 86-item propagation to third-party delivery apps. Price and availability update automatically.

Curbside Queue

Vehicle-identified arrival queue with SMS notification triggers and staff assignment for order handoff.

Ship from Store

Pick, pack, and ship against store inventory. Generates pick lists, packing slips, and carrier tracking numbers.

AI

Six AI endpoints embedded inside the terminal.

Age verification at the scanner. Void classification for loss-prevention reporting. Natural-language product search. Receipt-photo returns. AI-written shift summaries.

Age Verification

Camera-based age check for restricted product sales at the terminal.

Void Classification

AI categorizes void reasons to surface patterns in loss-prevention reporting.

Menu Descriptions

AI-generated item descriptions from ingredient lists and product photos.

Product Search

Natural-language product search across the full terminal catalog.

Receipt Scan

Photograph a receipt to initiate a return or exchange without manual entry.

Shift Summary

AI-composed narrative of the shift covering sales, comps, and anomalies.

Architecture

Offline-capable. PWA-installable. Hardware-aware.

Transactions queue locally during connectivity loss and sync on restore. The terminal installs as a PWA. Card reader, printer, and device context hooks bind directly to hardware.

Offline Queue

Transactions queue locally when connectivity drops and sync when restored.

Offline Provider

React context wrapping the entire terminal UI with offline-aware state management.

Offline Status

Real-time connectivity indicator visible on every terminal screen.

Card Reader

Direct hardware integration with card readers via device hooks.

Device Context

Runtime device identity, capabilities, and assigned register exposed via hooks.

PWA

Installable as a Progressive Web App on tablets and dedicated terminals.

Cross-Product

Shop catalog, Events, Rentals, Venues, Sites, connected.

POS reads from the Shop catalog, sells Event tickets, posts Rental agreement charges, captures Venue event fees, publishes menus to Sites storefronts, and syncs inventory deductions back to stock counts.

Shop Catalog

Products defined in Shop appear in the POS terminal catalog automatically.

Events & Tickets

Event admission and ticket scanning handled directly at the terminal.

Rentals Bridge

Rental agreement charges posted through POS and linked to the rental record.

Venues Bridge

Venue event charges captured at the terminal and applied to the venue booking.

Sites & Online Ordering

POS menus and availability published to Calisto Sites storefronts for online orders.

Inventory Sync

Stock deductions from terminal sales flow back to inventory counts in real time.

Pricing

High-Performance Ops. Zero Monthly Overhead.

Get all 15 Core modules at no monthly cost. You only pay 2% of processed revenue.

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Calisto Core
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+ 2% of revenue
CommitmentNone
UsersUnlimited
Products15 included
Best for: Businesses of any size. Revenue is auto-calculated from POS orders, reservations, folios, and event tickets.
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Checkout terminal with 8 vertical adaptations and 10 order types.

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