Easy solution for managing staff spending
We use these cards for smaller, recurring purchases that certain employees need to make on a regular basis. Because the purchases need to …
Bento for Business
Bento for Business
Bento for Business
Starting at $0 2 People or Cards (1 must be business owner)
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What is Bento for Business?
Bento for Business provides employee expense cards with spend controls that allow business owners to control where, when and how much employees can spend. This solution includes a dashboard that pivots data by employee, card, category, date and tag.
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$0
Cloud
2 People or Cards (1 must be business owner)
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$29/month
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Up to 10 People or Cards
Professional
$69/month
Cloud
Up to 20 People or Cards
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- No setup fee
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- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting / Integration Services
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Bento for Business - Business Prepaid Debit Card - Introduction
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What is Bento for Business?
Bento for Business provides employee expense cards with spend controls that allow business owners to control where, when and how much employees can spend. This solution includes a dashboard that pivots data by employee, card, category, date and tag.
Bento for Business Features
- Supported: Turn cards on/of via smartphone, tablet or desktop
- Supported: Set daily, weekly, monthly, or "available until" spend limits (e.g. $500/week)
- Supported: See transactions in real-time and get alerts via email or SMS text message
- Supported: Receive real-time alerts for unauthorized transactions
- Supported: Create additional cards for projects, gas, supplies, petty cash, or teams
- Supported: Export data to QuickBooks
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Bento for Business Video
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Bento for Business Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android, Mobile Web |
| Supported Countries | United States |
| Supported Languages | English |
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Bento for Business Customer Size Distribution
| Consumers | 0% |
|---|---|
| Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | 100% |
| Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees) | 0% |
| Enterprises (more than 500 employees) | 0% |
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November 04, 2021
Easy solution for managing staff spending
We use these cards for smaller, recurring purchases that certain employees need to make on a regular basis. Because the purchases need to happen on a regular schedule, it is much easier for these staff to have their own card, however they are not staff who we felt would need full access to a regular company card. Managing reimbursements were really starting to become time-consuming for these purchases, so Bento was great as a solution for our organization.
- Easily setting up new cardholders
- Tracking receipts in the app
- Setting limits & card controls
- Setting up auto-refill from our bank account
- Sometimes takes a couple weeks to get a new card in the mail once ordered
- Saving time by eliminating reimbursements
- Allowing many staff to have a card to make purchases without worrying about financial control/risk of too many people having a company card
- Efficiently synchs with Quickbooks
March 16, 2019
Do Not Use Bento for Business for your business.
Score 1 out of 10
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Attempted to utilize Bento for Business to assist with fund management with employees whom are mobile. The system would assist with purchasing of fuel and supplies while out of the office. The system would not only assist technicians with the ability to make purchases, allow admin to control purchases, and consolidate the finances of the company.
- Poor Customer Service
- Horrible Signup Process
- Poor Attitude
- Better Customer Service Needed
- People Skills Needed
- Better Signup Process
- Poor Customer Service
- May leave your company stranded
- Will frustrate you
If you are looking for prepaid business care or a business expense card, I highly do not recommend using Bento for Business. Do yourself and your business a favor and use a more customer service orientated services such as Pex, Wex, or Expensify. Bento for Business is bad business. Just don't do it.
We use Bento for Business to manage expenses across our company. We have 6 locations across SC and GA so employees need to travel and make small purchases on a daily basis. These cards allow our employees to do that in a way that is easy to track and import into QuickBooks. Transactions are displayed by employee with details on the amount and place the transaction took place. I'm also able to restrict purchase categories and amounts.
- Track expenses by employee
- Restrict purchases based on amount and category
- Import transactions directly into QuickBooks
- All of the money on the cards is shared by everyone and can't be assigned to just one card
- They are improving classifying transactions, but sometimes they are misclassified and employees have transactions declined
- Limits are based on a day/month/week. It'd be nice if they were limited based on a single transaction too
- Less time spent on expense reports
- Employees don't have to spend their own money and then get reimbursed, which can cause friction with management
- We don't have to use petty cash, which is hard to track and promotes theft
- Saves a lot of time importing expenses directly into QuickBooks
- It does take time to get used to how long transfer take and when to initiate them. Setting up auto replenishments can get expensive if you don't pay attention
There are not a lot of other apps like this. Most of them just track expenses without giving employees the ability to use company funds. I understand that in larger companies this may not be an issue, but for our employees, it is nice to not have to use their own money. You can take pictures of receipts to prove what you bought, in-app, like a lot of other expense tracking apps.
March 29, 2018
Bento for Business
The majority of our organization has switched to using Bento for Business for all our online and in-store purchases. We used to use credit cards but decided to switch to the model that Bento offers - a prepaid debit card that is not tied to anyone's social security number.
- Detailed reporting
- Reporting by Card
- Has a mobile app
- easier way for employees to access their statements without setting them up as admins
- monthly statements generated by card
- monthly fee needs to be added to one of the card statements
- less stress about paying credit card bills on time
- more buy-in for employees - they are more willing to use the company card since it's not tied to their SS#
- easy reporting
- Citi and Chase
In the past, we have used various other credit cards - both business and personal - for business purchases, and some employees have been wary of using them because they have been tied to personal SS#'s. Bento is a prepaid debit card, so there is no anxiety about paying bills on time to avoid late fees and it is not tied to any individual's SS#.