Bento
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Campaigns, automations, forms, CRM and transactional email in one platform, with pre-send checks for broken links, Liquid tags and spammy phrases, batched sending to warm up lists, and live delivery data. Transactional email works over API or SMTP with logs and a Delivery API, and can be bought standalone. Add-ons include Bento Chat (a shared inbox) with iOS, Android and web push. Includes Tanuki AI and SOC 2 Type II.
Best for: Indie apps that want lifecycle marketing and transactional email from one deliverability-focused vendor
Visit Bento ↗- Pricing
- Marketing Platform $29/mo up to 5,000 active users, then from $0.01/user; Transactional Email free for 100 emails, $5/mo up to 12,500, then $0.09 per 1K; Chat add-on $30/mo; no seat fees
- Free tier
- Partial: 30-day trial of the marketing platform; transactional email has 100 free emails
- Open source
- No
- Last verified
- 2026-10-23
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Sources (checked 2026-10-23): bentonow.com · bentonow.com/pricing
Score breakdown
- Fit for the use case19 / 25
- Vibe-coder friendliness12 / 15
- Output quality & reliability12 / 15
- Pricing & free tier12 / 15
- Ecosystem & integrations6 / 10
- Momentum7 / 10
- Code ownership & lock-in5 / 10
Why this score: A deliverability-first email stack that covers both marketing and transactional mail with straightforward pricing and no seat fees. It scores below Resend and Loops on vibe-coding fit because it is more marketing-oriented and has a smaller developer ecosystem, and the marketing side has no permanent free plan. We have not run it hands-on.
Based on desk research of official pricing pages and docs; see methodology.
FAQ
- Is Bento free?
- Bento has a partial free tier: Partial: 30-day trial of the marketing platform; transactional email has 100 free emails. Pricing: Marketing Platform $29/mo up to 5,000 active users, then from $0.01/user; Transactional Email free for 100 emails, $5/mo up to 12,500, then $0.09 per 1K; Chat add-on $30/mo; no seat fees.
- What is Bento pricing in 2026?
- Bento pricing (as of our last verification on 2026-10-23): Marketing Platform $29/mo up to 5,000 active users, then from $0.01/user; Transactional Email free for 100 emails, $5/mo up to 12,500, then $0.09 per 1K; Chat add-on $30/mo; no seat fees. Always confirm on the official site — plans change.
- Is Bento open source?
- No. Bento is not open source.
- What is Bento's PromptToProd score?
- Bento scores 73/100 on PromptToProd (fit, vibe-coder friendliness, quality, pricing, ecosystem, momentum, ownership). See the score breakdown on this page and our methodology.
- What is Bento best for?
- Bento is best for: Indie apps that want lifecycle marketing and transactional email from one deliverability-focused vendor.
- When was Bento last verified on PromptToProd?
- Pricing and details for Bento were last verified on 2026-10-23 from official docs and pricing pages.
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