You do not need an account to start. Type your business name, and Beside shows you what your customers see before it asks you for anything.
The whole thing takes about two minutes.
1. Find your business
Start typing your business name and pick yourself from the list. Beside matches you against your Google listing, so what comes back is your real business, with your real reviews.
If you would rather not search, select Enter your website instead.
2. Beside reads what your customers see
This part you just watch. It takes about a minute, and Beside shows you each thing as it looks at it:
Who you show up against, the businesses Google puts next to you in your category, and how close they are
Your Google listing, exactly as a customer sees it before they call you
What your customers are saying, your most recent public reviews
The photos on your listing, the first impression Google hands out
Your website, and how it looks on a phone, which is where most of your traffic actually lands
✅ Nothing is touched: Beside only reads what is already public about your business. Nothing is changed, nothing is posted, and you have not committed to anything at this point.
3. Unlock your audit
When the scan finishes, Beside tells you it is ready and asks for your email. Enter it and select Continue with email.
Beside sends you a 6-digit code. Type it in and select Verify and continue. There is no password to choose. If the code does not arrive, use Resend code, or Use another email to start again with a different address.
4. Beside prepares your workspace
Once your email is confirmed, you see Preparing your workspace while Beside sets your business up. There is nothing to do here but wait.
Most people are not asked for a card. Your business starts with 1,000 credits that never expire, no checkout, and no work mode to choose yet. Beside gets going straight away, and you pick Part-time or Full-time later, when you want more done.
Some signups are offered a 14-day trial instead, which does ask for your card and adds one more step. You still get 1,000 credits, and anything left of them expires when the trial ends.
Beside starts as soon as your workspace is ready
You land on Beside Agent, where Beside has queued its first pass on your business, eight jobs it works through in order:
Reading your website
Reading your public Google reviews
Sizing up local competitors
Mapping local search demand
Scoring your business health
Collecting your photos
Writing your growth plan
Building your website
A counter shows how many are done, and each line opens to show you what it produced once it lands. So you can watch your website get built rather than wonder whether anything is happening.
Answer what Beside needs from you
While the first pass runs, look at Needs human review on your Beside Agent page. Beside will be waiting on two kinds of thing:
A connection. For example, Connect Google Business Profile so Beside can work with the reviews it has already read. Select Connect.
A permission. For example, Beside wants to use Beside Phone on its own. Choose Allow, or Ask first if you would rather be consulted each time.
Until you answer, anything that depends on that tool waits. 📖 Choose what Beside can do on its own
FAQ
Do I need an account to see my audit?
Do I need an account to see my audit?
You need an email address, not a password. Beside sends a 6-digit code to confirm it is you, and that is the whole sign-up.
Do I have to pay to get started?
Do I have to pay to get started?
Usually not. Most signups are not asked for a card at all: your business starts with 1,000 credits that never expire, and you choose a work mode whenever you want more done. If you were offered a 14-day trial, that one does ask for your card. 📖 Understand your plan and credits
My business does not come up in the search.
My business does not come up in the search.
Try adding your city, since Beside matches against Google listings. If it still does not appear, select Enter your website instead.
Where do I set up my phone line, my calendar and the rest?
Where do I set up my phone line, my calendar and the rest?
Your business line has its own page: Text & Call, under Workspace in the left menu. 📖 Set up your phone line
Everything else you have connected, and everything you can connect, lives under Connectors in the same section. 📖 Connect your tools to Beside Agentic
Can I run more than one business from the same account?
Can I run more than one business from the same account?
Yes. Select your business name at the bottom of the left menu, then Create New Business, or use Switch Business to move between the ones you already have.