Bento for Business Reviews & Product Details

Bento is a very convenient platform for managing budgets and creating virtual credit cards within them. Both of my companies are using their offering.

In our case, we run ad campaigns for multiple clients and across multiple ad networks, and Bento makes it easy to set budgets at the client level. We are able to use a unique card for each campaign, erasing headaches from our card numbers being exposed to clients. Virtual cards are also faster and more green than our old solution of ordering plastic cards for each employee, when most never make purchases offline.

I also had a very unsatisfactory experience with Emburse previously so have been pleasantly surprised by everything always operating smoothly here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is a limit of 50 cards in our account which is not enough, but have so far yet to get that limit raised. We still have to rely on physical cards from another provider to cover the rest of our needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is very convenient to provide cards to employees and also keep track of the usage. I also let me choose the categories for my employees to use the card and I can also restrict where they cannot use the card so that is very good on my part to control the usage of the card and money used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dont understand the limit things which always shows up in my email. But it is a good source to provide money with any issue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The app is pretty intuitive, not a lot of instruction needed to keep all your records organized Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The way the pictures are cropped when photographing the receipts, I have to go back and adjust to capture all the info and I'd prefer it the other way around. Give me the whole image by default and the option to crop if necessary Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love that the cardholders have virtually instant access to their charges to select account codes, write a description and upload a receipt without anything from me. They love not having to wait for a spreadsheet I would typically give them after month close. Bento makes it easy to export to our accounting system. Their technical team was very helpful setting me up to import to Quickbooks Online with rules. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rarely, cards are declined with no vague reasons. Most of the time it's the vendor's fault but sometimes it's just a quirky transaction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can categorize all my budgets and assign cards to different departments or people within my organization. It is so easy to set new cards up, activate them, and adjust the controls on them. Using Bento gives me complete peace of mind that budgets are being adhered to. The integration with QuickBooks is also very convenient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only thing I wish was better is when the transactions are imported into QuickBooks, they are all uncategorized, so it takes a little bit of work to go back and forth between Bento and QuickBooks to categorize each transaction in Quickbooks. This may even be more of a QuickBooks problem than a Bento one, but that's about the only thing I wish was improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bento has helped our growing company by both allowing more of our employees to spend and helping us as leadership to control spending. Providing debit accounts to employees is a great way to regulate our expenditures and keep us from unnecessary debt. It is an easy to use service and allows all controls to be maintained in one simple location. Admins are easy to add and control as well, along with managers that allow more eyes to monitor transactions.

I especially love the ability to upload receipts directly to the Bento transaction and link all of my transactions to my QuickBooks Online account.

Truly a great service that we would not survive without! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have had very few problems with Bento, but there was one occasion where I requested and paid for an expedited card and it came over a week later. Definitely a problem for a rush situation.

I also am not fond of the fact that I cannot set a limit to refill the account that is greater than the refill amount. We occasionally have large purchases to make (i.e. a new vehicle or piece of equipment) and having more in the account that we are spending month to month is crucial, but the automatic funds system just does not allow for a circumstance such as this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The phone application makes the aspects of tracking and managing company expenses and spending super simple and quick. Being able to have this capability with me wherever has been a tremendous help. This in conjunction with the card control options and the data visualizations make this an excellent solution for our companies bookkeeping and finance needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

At the moment Bento is meeting all my needs. There is nothing I can think of or have experience that I have disliked so far. Excellent platform, no issues with the card or card controls and great customer service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love that you can assign online cards to different employees that way they can use that to purchase their items and you’re able to see which purchases are coming from who. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don’t have too many complaints. I wish it were a better process to deposit money into the bento account. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the fact that Bento for Business allows me to easily manage and monitor individual business expenses as they relate to different facets of my business operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Believe it or not, there is nothing I dislike about Bento for Business Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use for my employees and pulls into QuickBooks online. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Wish that it would pull the memo into QB to make coding faster. And more mobile options especially for the managers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to scan my receipts to the site directly is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have not found anything I dislike so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its a very easy to use, user-friendly platform- allows for multiple cardholders, restrictions on specific cardholders, east to understand pricing and statements. We like the flexibility for the overall use and each individual who uses the card. Ordering the card was easy and quick. The fees were lower than many other sites so we decided to go with bento. Our techs have never had any issues making purchases or replacing a lost card. Very simple, very helpful, very worthwhile. Not sure if there is anything else to add here! It should cover it all! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Honestly, it's great, I would prefer quicker money transfers from the bank but thats, not exactly a Bento issue- thats how bank wires work. Aside from that not much! If they had the ability to do the same day / immediate transfer it would be super useful at times. Not sure if there is anything else to add here! It should cover it all! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We use the Team Bento service as we have several employees who do a lot of traveling, which can be challenging costs for employees to cover upfront. The Bento cards have completely solved this problem for us and our employees are able to attend their meetings and arrange their travel with autonomy and ease. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't think there is anything we really "dislike". I guess it would be helpful to have a debit/PIN function for the few times that the card is recognized as a debit card and won't process as credit. But those instances are few and far between...not a big deal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Super easy to do, with a simple transfer. I was able to establish different spending limits by department.

Expense reports are accessible online and we can track fraud by looking at transactions online. Being able to stop suspicious activity immediately if needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing, it works exactly as advertised. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Employees of our organization are located across the globe. Bento has simplified our payment system thru one simple online platform. We appreciate the interface, and the ease with which we can immediately make payments, make changes to our account and upload additional funding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The platform works well - no dislikes at all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that it is debit instead of credit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I used to dislike the 2 days waiting time for funding. Now that it's only one day, there is nothing to dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Their web dashboard and mobile allows gives a lot of control to manage spending limits and even disable cards when not in use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We need to plan loading money as you cannot load instatntly. Since Bento cards are prepaid cards, any unplanned large expense can hit the overall limit. This is very rare though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how you can instantaneously add receipts and add notes. You can see limits right away and never have issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is not much I don't like. I would say having to use my business' address for the zip code.. that's just a thing to remember. Not a big deal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can monitor my employees transactions daily. I can control their spending easily and make changes instantly. My employees dont need to lay out money and we never owe them. I can easily add funds to my account at any time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

That all the funds are pooled instead of being allocated to each card. Also, there is no way to add money to a monthly card limit w/o resetting the card's controlled limit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Our card holders are able to upload purchases immediately, they are able to look at what has been spent and funds remaining and they do not have to hold on to receipt until they are back in the office or risk losing the receipts to complete expense reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish that statements were more accurate as a true monthly bank statement...opening balance, deposits into your account, purchases and ending balance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

How easy it is to reload and use cards anywhere. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing particularly that I dislike with the card. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the fact I control all cards and accounts from a distance. They are always upgrading and adding benefit for my account. Great for small business owners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have no dislikes as of yet. I think the Credit cards could look better with the design Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

How like how you can keep record of purchase and verify with a image of receipt Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So far there hasn’t been anything that I dislike about Bento Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease of use on the Bento for Business dashboard Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish the sync to QBO matched to the Chart of Accounts. Currently it syncs to one of the tags instead of multiple tags. I have shared my feedback with the Support team at Bento Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.