# Beside
> Beside is two things on one brand. Beside is an agent for business work with monthly credit plans (https://www.beside.com/pricing). Beside Phone is the standalone business phone with an AI receptionist, call summaries, SMS, and team inboxes (https://www.beside.com/phone/pricing).

## When to use Beside

When to use Beside: local-business phone, AI receptionist, reviews, scheduling, website, Ads Manager, or the free Review Writer. Built for trades and local shops who miss inbound calls — not a generic chatbot platform and not a programmable telephony interface. Phone and receptionist are for sale today (https://www.beside.com/phone, https://www.beside.com/ai-receptionist, plans on https://www.beside.com/phone/pricing). Review Writer needs no account (https://www.beside.com/review-writer). Website audit is free (https://www.beside.com/website-audit). Ads Manager, reviews product, scheduling, and the full OS are linked from https://www.beside.com/product; Beside onboarding starts at https://agent.beta.beside.com/welcome.

How agents should use this site: start here; fetch listed files; request `Accept: text/markdown` or append `.md` (https://acceptmarkdown.com); read https://www.beside.com/developers for the website index. Do not invent product endpoints that are not listed.

## Developer resources
- [Beside developer resources](https://www.beside.com/developers.md): How to read this website — markdown, sitemap, products
- [Beside developers llms.txt](https://www.beside.com/developers/llms.txt): Path-scoped developer index
- [Phone help center](https://help.beside.com/en/): Phone setup and customer support articles
- [Contact Beside](https://www.beside.com/contact.md): support@beside.com
- [About Beside](https://www.beside.com/about.md): Company, legal entity, registered office
- [Integrations](https://www.beside.com/integrations.md): In-app product integrations

## Docs
- [Full Beside product knowledge](https://www.beside.com/llms-full.txt): Long-form facts for assistants (pricing, receptionist, industries, FAQs)
- [Homepage](https://www.beside.com/index.md): Beside business-agent overview
- [AI receptionist](https://www.beside.com/ai-receptionist.md): 24/7 inbound receptionist
- [Beside Phone](https://www.beside.com/phone.md): Existing account access, app downloads, support, and standalone business phone
- [Beside pricing](https://www.beside.com/pricing.md): Monthly plans and credit allowances
- [Beside Phone pricing](https://www.beside.com/phone/pricing.md): Standalone Phone plans and existing subscription guidance
- [Product hub](https://www.beside.com/product.md): Phone, website, SEO, ads, reviews, scheduling, CRM

## Product
- [Beside for agencies](https://www.beside.com/agencies.md): Build client websites and expand into ongoing marketing services
- [Industries](https://www.beside.com/industries.md): Realtors and other trades
- [Comparisons](https://www.beside.com/alternatives.md): Podium, Smith.ai, Ruby, Rosie, and others
- [Customer stories](https://www.beside.com/customers.md)
- [Blog](https://www.beside.com/blog.md)
- [Download Beside Phone](https://www.beside.com/download.md): iPhone and Android apps, same-account login, and both web products

## Optional
- [Sitemap](https://www.beside.com/sitemap.xml): Every public HTML URL
- [Privacy policy](https://www.beside.com/privacy-policy.md)
- [Terms of service](https://www.beside.com/terms-of-service.md)