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Overview
Beside is a mobile app that combines a business phone service with an AI assistant to help entrepreneurs, freelancers, and small business owners manage client calls. Users can port an existing number or get a new one with a chosen area code, and the service supports unlimited calls and texts in the US and Canada. It records and transcribes calls with about 95% accuracy and automatically creates summaries, key points, to-do lists, and follow-up actions after each call. Outputs can be shared or exported to integrate with other business tools, and the service is offered as a single-price SaaS subscription.
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What believers are saying
- July 2026 pricing hit $16.67 annually, improving SMB adoption and trial conversion.
- Multi-language support and 7,000+ Zapier connections widen addressable service businesses quickly.
- A 4.8 App Store rating across 8,856 reviews signals strong product-market fit today.
What critics are saying
- OpenAI, Google, and Twilio can bundle similar voice agents, crushing pricing by 2027.
- Beside lacks native integrations with Vagaro, Booksy, Fresha, and Mindbody, hurting salons immediately.
- Any transcription or voice-mirroring failure breaks trust; one bad call loses the business number.
What makes Beside unique
- Beside raised $32 million in November 2025 to build AI receptionist software.
- By July 2026, Beside claimed 25,000+ paying owners and 2.6 million quarterly calls.
- The product bundles business phone, cloned-voice answering, transcription, summaries, and booking in one app.
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Funding
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Series A funding typically happens when a startup has a product and some customers, and now needs funding to scale. This money is usually used to grow the team, expand marketing, and improve the product. Venture capital firms are frequently the main investors here.
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