Bento for Business - Simple Employee Expense Tracking and Funds Disbursement
Pros
- Track expenses by employee
- Restrict purchases based on amount and category
- Import transactions directly into QuickBooks
Cons
- 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
Return on Investment
- 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
Alternatives Considered
Concur Expense, Expensify and ExpenseWire
Other Software Used
QuickBooks Online, RUN Powered by ADP, Google Ads (formerly AdWords), GoToMeeting, Dropbox Business





