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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bento for Business

    Score10 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    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.

    $0

    2 People or Cards (1 must be business owner)

    Brex

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/ABrex headquartered in San Francisco offers a corporate card for expenses, ecommerce, as well as rewards card, and travel expense management.

    $12

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Bento for BusinessBrex
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    2 People or Cards (1 must be business owner)
    Team
    $29/month
    Up to 10 People or Cards
    Professional
    $69/month
    Up to 20 People or Cards
    Enterprise
    $149/month
    More than 20 People or Cards
    Essentials
    $0
    per month per user
    Premium
    $12
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Bento for BusinessBrex
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Bento for Business
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    Brex
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Bento for BusinessBrex
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Bento for BusinessBrex
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Bento for Business
    Our organization runs a lot of short-term or one-off programs where the program staff need to buy supplies -- Bento is perfect for these scenarios. The staff who make the purchases are not staff who would typically have a company card, so we wanted a solution other than giving them a credit card. Bento was perfect because it makes the purchasing & bookkeeping processes for these programs easy and efficient for both the staff and the finance team
    Incentivized
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    Brex
    Very well suited for founders who are building companies in the US but are not US citizens. Works like a charm for start-ups who are looking for a cutting-edge product and not an outdated bank! Small-medium teams. Not well suited for those who are used to traditional banking and prefer in-person interaction or over the phone.
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    Pros
    Bento for Business
    • Track expenses by employee
    • Restrict purchases based on amount and category
    • Import transactions directly into QuickBooks
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    Brex
    • Rewards - The rewards were the main reason for us switching. Our previous card provider did not have a good rewards program.
    • User Interface and experience - When a charge is recorded on the Brex card, users immediately receive a text notification asking them to send a picture of their receipt. Brex automatically attaches the receipts to the charge which has saved our users a significant amount of time.
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    Cons
    Bento for Business
    • 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
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    Brex
    • It can be somewhat confusing to transfer money between the credit card and bank side
    • More help identifying areas of overspending
    • More help tracking spending around specific accounts
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    Support Rating
    Bento for Business
    No answers on this topic
    Brex
    Prompt and always extremely fast to respond. I also think the intuitiveness of their solution negates the need for much support
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    Alternatives Considered
    Bento for Business
    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.
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    Brex
    Divvy allows you to get hyper focused in on how much individuals are allowed to spend. Honestly it is comparable to Brex, but is more well suited for micromanaging organizational spend. Brex is good because I am able to give my employees limits that match our budgets and I don't care about micromanaging their spend.
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    Return on Investment
    Bento for Business
    • 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
    Incentivized
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    Brex
    • No fee wire transfer.
    • Net 60 credit card terms is good for our cashflow.
    • Fast and easy employee credit cards saves us time.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Bento for Business Screenshots

    Screenshot of Create Employee cards or Utility cards with spend limits (e.g. $500/month)Screenshot of Dashboard provides a snapshot of spending activity across all cards.Screenshot of See transactions in real-time.  Add tags, notes and upload receipts.