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Calisto POS

Universal checkout terminal, tuned per vertical.

8 vertical-tuned terminals, 10 order types, 13 payment surfaces, 129 routes. One unified cart for products, services, events, tickets, and folio charges.

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. Unified payment processing and receipt generation across all five.

  • Products from Shop catalog via barcode scan or category browse
  • Services with time-slot selection, staff assignment, and duration pricing
  • Event tickets and walk-up admission from the event calendar
  • Folio charges posted to a guest or member account
  • Membership enrollment, renewal, and package-credit top-up
Active CartDine-In · Table 4
Cortado
2x9.00
Avocado Toast
1x14.50
Fresh Juice
1x8.00
Total31.50
Pay Now
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.

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
  • 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.

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page routes across verticals

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industry-specific terminals

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API endpoints

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Calisto AI endpoints

Order Types

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

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

4 event surfaces. Concerts to self-service kiosks.

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.

Kitchen Flow

Ticket to plate. Every station, every course.

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

  • Full-kitchen ticket view with priority sorting and bump-to-complete
  • Per-station KDS showing only routed items with prep-time countdown
  • Expediter view tracking every item across all stations
  • Station definition, item routing rules, and prep-time targets
  • Course-fire pacing with hold-and-fire controls per course
Grill Station2 Active
#10423:12
Grilled Salmon
Caesar Salad
#10431:47
Ribeye 12oz
Truffle Fries
Payment Layer

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

Thirteen payment and settlement surfaces. Multi-currency with live exchange rates.

Payment Stack

13 surfaces. Cash to financing to gift card wallet pass.

Cash drawer reconciliation, multi-currency with live rates, installment financing, and Calisto AI void classification. Split by amount, percentage, item, or seat.

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 presets.

Wallet Payment

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

Financing

Apply, capture, and track installment plans at checkout.

Split Payment
Visa ****4812
22.50
Apple Pay
15.00
Gift Card
10.00
Total47.50

Store Credit

Issue, redeem, and track store credit balances.

Gift Cards

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

Wallet Pass

Apple Wallet and Google Wallet pass generation for gift cards.

Multi-Currency

Accept payment in guest currency with live exchange rates.

Rate Config

Configurable rate source with margin and rounding rules.

Age Verification

Automated age verification at point of sale.

Receipt Scanning

Calisto AI receipt scan for returns and exchanges.

Tax Engine

Multi-jurisdiction stacking with exemption handling.

Configure tax rates by jurisdiction and product category. Stacking rules, inclusive and exclusive pricing, and 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

5 rule types. Auto-gratuity to void controls.

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

Auto Gratuity

Party-size-triggered gratuity rules with configurable thresholds.

Auto Post Rules

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

Discount Rules

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

Upsell Prompt

Contextual upsell suggestions triggered by cart contents and item pairings.

Void & Comp

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

Operations

Devices, sessions, staff, customers, reports.

Enroll hardware, manage register sessions, look up customers by name or room. Every shift tracked from clock-in to cash variance.

Devices

8 device types. Registers to guest screens.

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

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 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. Each register session tracks every transaction, payment method, and variance. Calisto AI generates end-of-shift summaries.

  • Staff clock-in and clock-out with role-based terminal access per shift
  • Manager-written pre-shift briefings displayed at clock-in: specials, outages, policy changes
  • Active and historical register sessions with open/close timestamps and assigned staff
  • Per-session transaction log, payment breakdown, cash variance, and Calisto AI end-of-shift summary
Session #247Active
RegisterBar 1
StaffMaria S.
Opened09:02
Transactions34
Cash Variance+0.25
Customers

5 lookup surfaces. Name to room number to loyalty ID.

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

Contact Lookup

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

Guest Lookup

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

Customer History

Full transaction history, purchase frequency, and lifetime value per customer.

Loyalty Enrollment

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

Guest Display

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

Reports

5 report categories. Sales to Calisto AI shift summaries.

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

Sales Reports

Transaction volume, revenue by payment method, and hourly breakdown.

Inventory Reports

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

Staff Reports

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

Margin Analysis

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

Calisto AI Summary

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

Platform

Online orders, delivery sync, Calisto AI, offline mode.

Inbound orders from every channel with menu sync to delivery platforms. Offline-capable with local transaction queuing and PWA support.

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. Ship-from-store generates pick lists against store inventory.

Incoming Orders
Website
#W-1091Pending
Delivery App
#D-4227Accepted
Curbside
#C-0088Preparing
  • Connect ordering channels (website, mobile, third-party) with acceptance rules per channel
  • Unified inbox for inbound orders with accept, reject, and prep-time controls
  • Menu sync and 86-item propagation to third-party delivery apps
  • Vehicle-identified arrival queue with SMS triggers and staff assignment
  • Pick, pack, and ship against store inventory with carrier tracking
Calisto AI

6 endpoints embedded inside the terminal.

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

Age Verification

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

Void Classification

Categorizes void reasons to surface patterns in loss-prevention reporting.

Menu Descriptions

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

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. Card reader, printer, and device context hooks bind directly to hardware.

  • Transactions queue locally when connectivity drops and sync when restored
  • Offline-aware state management wrapping the entire terminal UI
  • Real-time connectivity indicator visible on every terminal screen
  • Direct hardware integration with card readers via device hooks
  • Runtime device identity, capabilities, and assigned register exposed via hooks
  • Installable as a Progressive Web App on tablets and dedicated terminals
Terminal Status
Online
DeviceiPad Pro · Register 2
Queued Txns0
Last Sync2s ago
Card ReaderConnected
PrinterReceipt · OK
Cross-Product

6 native interconnects. Zero configuration.

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

Shop Catalog

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

Shop → Product Sync → POS Catalog → Cart

Events & Tickets

Event admission and ticket scanning handled directly at the terminal.

Live Event → Ticket → POS Scan → Admission

Rentals Bridge

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

Rental Agreement → POS Charge → Ledger

Venues Bridge

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

Venue Booking → POS Charge → Invoice

Sites & Online

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

POS Menu → Sites Storefront → Online Order → POS Queue

Inventory Sync

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

POS Sale → Stock Deduction → Inventory Count
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
$0/month
+ 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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