Quick start

From signup to your first connected dashboard in under 15 minutes. Most new users land in SMAQ through one of two entry points — read whichever section matches yours.

There are two ways into SMAQ:

1. Through the pre-signup audit — you tried smaq.io/audit, saw the findings, and clicked "Claim your report" to create an account. Your account is pre-populated with your audit findings and a connected platform.

2. Through a direct signup — you hit app.smaq.io and created an account from scratch. You'll go through the onboarding wizard before seeing the main app.

Either way, you end up in the same place: a project with one or more data connections and a dashboard ready to go.

The flow at a glance

   Signup
     │
     ├── via pre-signup audit ───► account pre-populated with audit + platform
     │
     └── via direct signup ──────► onboarding wizard ──► category, profile,
                                                        connect, audit, plan pick
     │
     ▼
   Project home: dashboard + chat + automations ready

Step 1 — Create your account

1. Go to app.smaq.io.

2. Sign up with Google OAuth (recommended) or email + password.

3. If you chose email + password, verify your email from the confirmation message (check spam if it doesn't arrive). Log in once verified.

[Screenshot needed] Sign-in / sign-up page at app.smaq.io showing both Google OAuth button and the email/password form.

Step 2 — Set up your organization

1. Enter an organization name.

2. Pick an organization slug, or click Generate for a suggestion.

3. Enter the billing email that should receive trial-related notifications.

Your 14-day Growth-tier trial starts as soon as the org is created. No credit card required. See Trial & restricted mode for what's included and what happens after day 14.

[Screenshot needed] Organization creation form with name, slug, and billing email fields filled in.

Step 3 — Run the onboarding wizard

After org creation you're dropped into the Onboarding wizard. It walks you through:

1. Category — pick the archetype that best matches your business.

2. Business profile — name, website, industry context (so the AI knows what you sell).

3. Connect — authorize one ad platform or analytics tool.

4. Audit — SMAQ runs an automated audit on the platform you connected.

5. Plan pick — review the audit findings, then choose to stay on the free trial or subscribe to a tier.

The whole wizard is skippable if you want to land in an empty project and explore on your own.

[Screen video needed] End-to-end walkthrough of the wizard from category pick through plan selection. Aim for ~90 seconds.

Step 4 — Explore your project

You'll land on the project home page. From here:

• Connect more data sources — Connections overview covers every supported platform.

• Build your first dashboard — see Build your first dashboard.

• Set up your first automation — see Run your first automation.

• Talk to the AI — see Chat with SMAQ AI.

[Screenshot needed] Project home page right after onboarding, with the default dashboard, connection list, and the chat sidebar visible.

Step 5 — Invite your team

If you're working with collaborators, head to Settings → Project Management and invite them. See Invite team members.

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Getting help

• Documentation: you're reading it.

• Email: [e-mail] — same-day response during APAC and US business hours.

Tip: Start with a single project and one or two connections. Once you're comfortable, you can add more projects (the Growth tier and above include unlimited projects).