Aside for sales calls
An app for Mac and Windows that records your sales calls without a bot and shows your goals and prepared answers while the buyer talks. It transcribes English and 24 European languages on your computer (add another language and every call is transcribed online, as on computers too slow to keep up, but for notes-only calls on the free plan).
Which sales calls Aside helps with
Discovery calls, demos and negotiations: the calls where you have a few things to find out and a few questions you know are coming. Aside works in whichever app the buyer sends, because it records your computer’s audio instead of joining the call.
Discovery calls
You need the problem, the budget, the timeline and who signs off. With the buyer talking, it’s easy to leave with three of the four and only notice when you sit down to write the follow-up.
Demos
The demo drifts into features nobody asked about, the clock runs out, and the question you meant to ask at the end about next steps never gets asked.
Negotiations
Discounts, payment terms, security reviews and contract length come up fast. The answer you agreed with your manager is in a doc you can’t open mid-sentence.
The buyer’s call app
One prospect sends Zoom, the next Teams, the next a phone number. A recording bot has to be let in and sits in the participant list. Aside hears your computer’s audio, so nothing joins the call and there is nothing for the buyer’s IT to approve. It works on Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and any other call app.
How Aside helps on a sales call
Before the call you write a short plan. During the call Aside keeps it in view and surfaces your prepared answers. Afterwards it writes the summary and a follow-up email.
A plan for each call
Add a few goals (confirm budget, find out who signs, book the technical demo), background on the account, and ready answers for pricing, SOC 2 or data residency. Or ask Claude or ChatGPT, connected to Aside, to write the plan for a meeting on your calendar, using what Aside remembers about the account.
Know the account before you dial
The day before, Aside looks up the company and the people on the invite, and suggests what to ask and what to avoid. On the paid plan.
Playbooks for each kind of call
Start from the Discovery call, Product demo or Negotiation starter playbooks, or have a connected AI app turn your own sales script into one. Name the playbook in the plan and live guidance reads all of it while coaching that call: the flow, what to listen for, objections and your replies.
Guidance under your camera
A small pill sits just under your camera. Goals are dots that fill in as you cover them, one line suggests your next move, and your prepared answer appears when the buyer raises that topic. Press ⌃⌥N or CtrlAltN to note a number or a name without leaving the call app.
The follow-up, written
After the call you get a summary, the goals you reached, next steps and a follow-up email to copy into your mail or CRM. Speaker names are suggested from clues in the call, so the transcript shows what the buyer said and what the champion said.
Every objection, with your reply
After the call, each question and objection shows their words and whether you answered. One click adds the reply to the follow-up, or a new objection to your playbook.
An example
A discovery call on Zoom
Your plan has three goals and a ready answer on SOC 2. Twenty minutes in, the buyer asks, “Before this goes to procurement, where are you on SOC 2?” Your answer appears in the pill. You give it, the security goal fills in, and the next line suggests asking who signs off above them. After the call, the follow-up email lists the documents you said you would send.
An illustration of how Aside works, not a customer story.
What Aside doesn’t do for sales teams
Aside is for the person on the call. It isn’t a revenue platform, and if you need one of the things below, a team tool such as Fireflies or Fathom will suit you better.
No CRM sync
Nothing is logged to Salesforce or HubSpot. Copy the summary and follow-up, or ask a connected AI app to draft the CRM note from the meeting.
No team analytics or call scoring
There are no talk-time dashboards, scorecards or manager reviews of the team’s calls.
No Team plan yet
A Team plan with shared plans, shared answers and a team library is planned but not available. Today each rep has their own account.
No web or phone app
Aside runs on Mac and Windows. There is no web or phone app.
Related
Discovery call playbook
The flow, the questions and what to listen for on a first call.
Read the playbookNegotiation playbook
Objections, replies and the facts to have ready when price comes up.
Read the playbookAside vs Cluely
Cluely answers on demand. Aside works from goals and answers you prepare.
Read the comparisonAside vs Fireflies
Fireflies is a team platform with CRM sync. Aside keeps the recording on your computer.
Read the comparisonQuestions
Does Aside join sales calls as a bot?
No. Aside records your microphone and the sound your computer plays, so nothing joins the call and the buyer gets no join request. Recording laws differ by place and many require everyone’s consent. Tell people at the start, for example with a line in the call’s chat.
Does Aside sync with Salesforce or HubSpot?
No. Copy the summary and follow-up email into your CRM, or ask a connected AI app such as Claude to draft the CRM note from the meeting.
Can the buyer see Aside when I share my screen?
No. Aside’s pill, cards and note field are hidden from screen sharing on Mac and Windows, even when you share your whole screen. The main Aside window isn’t, so keep it closed while you share.
Is live guidance free?
Recording, notes, transcripts and speaker names are free, with no meeting limits. On Free, only guided calls are transcribed online; in 13 of the online-only languages, the rest are transcribed on your computer after the call. Live guidance and a write-up come free on 2 calls a week; on every call they’re $48 a month, or $456 a year. New accounts get 14 days of the paid features, no card needed. See pricing.