Universal POS: One Terminal, Every Vertical, Every Catalog
We're built different. Because a hotel with a restaurant, gift shop, and spa shouldn't need four separate point-of-sale systems.
One terminal sells everything.
Products from the Shop catalog. Services from the Services catalog. Spaces from the Spaces booking engine. Equipment from the Equipment catalog. Events and tickets. F&B menu items. The terminal recognizes what you are selling and adapts the checkout flow to match.
Products (Shop)
Retail items, merchandise, gift shop inventory. Scan a barcode, tap a category, or search by name. Inventory decrements in real time. Stock alerts fire when thresholds drop.
Services
Spa treatments, salon appointments, consulting sessions. The terminal shows available time slots, assigns the provider, and creates the calendar entry. Checkout and scheduling in one step.
Spaces (Bookings)
Meeting rooms, event spaces, studio rentals. Check availability, create the reservation, and collect payment in a single transaction. The calendar updates instantly.
Equipment Rentals
Bikes, kayaks, golf carts, AV equipment. Track rental duration, calculate charges, and manage returns. The equipment catalog knows what is out, what is available, and what needs maintenance.
Events and Tickets
Sell tickets at the door. Check capacity. Apply group discounts. Scan QR codes for pre-purchased tickets. The same terminal handles walk-ups and pre-sales without switching modes.
F&B Menu Items
Restaurant orders, bar tabs, poolside service. Modifiers, special instructions, and course sequencing. Kitchen display integration for dine-in. Pickup and delivery modes for takeout.
Vertical-aware terminal modes
The same POS hardware runs different modes depending on the vertical. Hotel mode is not restaurant mode. Golf mode is not gym mode. Each mode surfaces the right catalogs, the right workflows, and the right checkout experience.
Hotel Mode
Room charges and folio posting. Guests charge dinner, spa treatments, and minibar items to their room. Everything appears on one folio at checkout. Split billing between guests, corporate accounts, and travel agents.
Restaurant Mode
Dine-in table management, kitchen display routing, and takeout workflows. Course sequencing ensures appetizers fire before entrees. Modifiers track allergy notes. Tab splitting handles groups of any size.
Golf Mode
Tee-time bookings, range ball dispensing, and pro shop retail in one terminal. Member pricing applied automatically. Guest greens fees calculated by day and time. Cart rental added with one tap.
Gym and Studio Mode
Class drop-ins, membership add-ons, personal training sessions, and retail supplements. Member check-in validates active membership. Day passes sold at the front desk. Package credits tracked automatically.
A multi-concept hotel on one terminal
A boutique hotel with a restaurant, gift shop, and spa runs four checkout surfaces on the same Calisto Pro terminal. Same catalog. Same guest record. Same loyalty program. Same payment processor.
Front Desk
Hotel mode. Check-in, room charges, incidental billing, and checkout. The guest's folio accumulates charges from every department. One bill at departure. Corporate billing split automatically.
Result: Unified guest folio across all departments
Restaurant
Restaurant mode. Dine-in orders routed to the kitchen display. Bar tabs managed separately. Guests can charge to their room or pay at the table. Tips, tax, and gratuity calculated per local rules.
Result: Unified room-charge integration
Gift Shop
Retail mode. Barcode scanning, inventory tracking, and real-time stock updates. Guests charge purchases to their room. Walk-in customers pay directly. Same terminal, different mode.
Result: Real-time inventory with room-charge capability
Spa
Services mode. Treatment selection, therapist assignment, and product upsells in one flow. Appointment booked and payment collected in a single transaction. Guest charges posted to the room folio.
Result: Combined service booking and payment
$0.50 per transaction. No per-terminal fees. No per-vertical setup.
Process 100 transactions or 100,000. The rate is the same. No monthly terminal licensing. No extra charges for adding a new vertical or catalog type.
Flat Per-Transaction Rate
$0.50 per transaction regardless of vertical, catalog type, or terminal count. A hotel processing 500 transactions per month pays $250. A golf course processing 200 pays $100. Predictable and proportional.
No Hardware Lock-In
Browser-native checkout works on iPad, Android tablet, laptop, or fixed register. Stripe Terminal hardware supported for card-present transactions. Use the hardware you have. Buy what makes sense.
Unlimited Terminals
Add terminals as you grow. Front desk, restaurant, pool bar, spa, pro shop. No per-terminal monthly fee. The fifth terminal costs the same per transaction as the first.
The POS is not a silo. It is a checkout surface on top of the platform.
Every transaction flows into the platform's data layer. Inventory updates. Calendars adjust. Deals progress. The POS is not a standalone system walled off from operations.
Tied to Inventory
A retail sale decrements inventory in real time. Stock alerts trigger reorder tasks. The gift shop terminal and the online store share the same inventory pool. No overselling. No manual stock counts.
Tied to Calendar
A class check-in updates the calendar. A spa appointment booked at the POS creates the calendar entry and assigns the therapist. The schedule is always current because the POS writes to it directly.
Tied to Deals
A deposit collection at the terminal updates the deal record. Payment milestones progress. Revenue recognition flows to reporting. The POS transaction and the deal pipeline share the same data model.
One POS replaces four
A multi-concept hospitality group running separate retail, restaurant, recreation, and wellness POS systems easily exceeds $4,000 to $6,000 per month before transaction fees. Calisto Pro replaces all four with one terminal billed per transaction.
Patchwork POS Stack
One vendor for retail at $60 per location per month. Another for restaurant at 2.49% plus setup per location. A third for recreation at $179 per location per month. A fourth for wellness at $129 or more per month. Four vendors, four data silos, four reconciliation headaches.
Enterprise POS Platform
Consolidates onto one vendor but at enterprise pricing. $500 or more per month per location. Long-term contracts. Proprietary hardware. Custom development for multi-concept checkout flows. Expensive and inflexible.
Calisto Universal POS
One terminal. Every vertical. Every catalog. $0.50 per transaction. No per-terminal fees. Browser-native hardware. Inventory, calendar, and deals connected natively. One system, one bill, one data model.