Recent Reviews & Awards for Bento
'Affordable and easy' Bento 2 earns 5 Stars from Macworld UK
Macworld UK
14th October 2008
"So much power, ease of use, and fun wrapped up in a package that goes for only £29 makes this a very easy choice."
Awarding highest marks to the new Bento 2, Macworld UK says, "Less than a year ago, FileMaker gave us an amazingly-easy-to-use personal database manager called Bento. Just when we thought that there was no easier way to manage personal data, we came across a new application that makes it even easier – Bento 2."
Bento wins Best Consumer Software and Grand Prix Awards from Macworld UK
Macworld UK
13th June 2008
Bento, the personal database software by FileMaker, Inc., won two prestigious annual awards from Macworld UK on 13th July. The honours included Best Consumer Software for 2008, and the Grand Prix Award for most ground-breaking, original and exciting product of the past 12 months.
Dads and Grads will love Bento, says Mr. Gadget on KCRA-TV
Mr. Gadget, KCRA-TV
3rd June 2008
KCRA-TV, Channel 3 in Sacramento, invited Steve Kruschen, better known as Mr. Gadget, to share gifts he says Dads and Grads will love. At the top of his list? Bento, the personal database that is as easy to use as your Mac! Watch the video of Mr. Gadget and Bento.
Baltimore Sun recommends Bento as an 'easy-to-use database for regular folks'
Baltimore Sun
27th May 2008
"Overall, I recommend Bento for Mac users who have need of a database application. FileMaker has created an exceptionally Mac-friendly, easy-to-use database program for regular folk, and just in the nick of time."
Bento is beautiful, requires no experience, says RealSimple.com
RealSimple.com
9th May 2008
RealSimple.com is all about "Life made easier" and they found Bento a perfect fit for their philosophy: "Bento looks, feels and works like other Mac applications. Organising your information into collections in Bento is much like organising songs in iTunes. Bento is beautiful in design and you really don't need to understand database concepts or have any experience with databases to use it…With Bento, I'm actually getting organised in a simple and stylish way. Sorry PC users. Just another reason to consider a Mac."
Bento is 'simple, functional, focused, very effective' says Creative Mac
Creative Mac
9th May 2008
Mike Jones, CreativeMac.com, discovers Bento is well-suited for developing and tracking creative projects. He concludes that "Bento isn't bloated or overloaded with features you will never use. It is simple, functional, focused, very effective, inexpensive and highly adaptable. As a creative professional surrounded by highly complex digital tools, Bento may just be the saving grace that keeps the rest of your digital life together."
Bento deserves a serious look, says Mark Sealey, MyMac Magazine
MyMac Magazine
7th May 2008
MyMac Magazine's Mark Sealey awards Bento 4 out of 5 stars, and says, "A balance has been struck: users with complex, evolving and intricately relational databases may still be best with FileMaker Pro. Those for whom the lure of an elegant user interface is important and/or who want a direct equivalent of Numbers, Pages and iPhoto/iTunes and/or seamless integration with iCal and Address Book should look seriously at Bento."
"Bento from FileMaker may be the first application to change databases"
Zoom-in.com
18th April 2008
zoom-in.com, the popular blog for Creative Pros thinks that Bento may just change the way you think about databases.
Bento is "simple, uncomplicated and really, really useful," says The Washington Times
Washington Times
15th April 2008
Bento by FileMaker, the new personal database for Leopard, draws praise for its elegant simplicity. "The computer age was supposed to reduce complexity and organise our lives, but somehow that hasn't automatically happened. This program may be a small step in the right direction," writes Mark Kellner of The Washington Times.
"Bento is an astounding little database application," says MacNewsWorld
MacNewsWorld
24th March 2008
"Bento is one of those applications that's an enigma — it's mysterious, puzzling and yet astoundingly simple at the same time. It's a personal database for regular people, not the kind of database used for big business. As you might expect from any Apple-related product, it's easy to use."
With Bento, "Welcome to iDatabase," says Macworld Magazine
Macworld Magazine
15th February 2008
"Bento," reports Macworld's Dan Moren, "FileMaker's new consumer-level database, aims to do for the database what Numbers and Pages did for the spreadsheet and the page layout program, respectively: make them easy and accessible for the rest of us." The new consumer-level database "provides an approachable interface that appeals to the general consumer and a feature set that's suitable for a single user to manage data. Bento easily handles data that's too cumbersome for a spreadsheet, yet doesn't require the complexities of a professional-level database."
Bento is "a powerful organising tool anyone can use," says Stephen Wildstrom of BUSINESS WEEK
Business Week
6th February 2008
Bento is "…a $50 database for the rest of us – at least those of us who use Macs. Bento takes the essence of FileMaker Pro, a database-management program aimed at small- and midsize businesses, and marries it to Mac's new Leopard operating system. The result is a powerful organising tool anyone can use."
MacObserver Editor's Choice Goes to Bento
MacObserver.com
23rd January 2008
Database creation and management for mere mortals just became reality thanks to FileMaker's Bento.
FileMaker's Bento database is the DB for the iTunes generation
Computerworld
By Martin MC Brown
8th January 2008
The whole package makes for an excellent little lightweight database environment perfect for those home projects where FileMaker, although originally a simple DB solution is now probably overkill.
Review: Apple's Bento — A Database For The Rest Of Us
InformationWeek
By Mitch Wagner
16th November 2007
Hello, my name is Mitch Wagner, and I'm addicted to productivity tools. I find nothing quite so satisfying as organising my to-do list and downloading new productivity software. Prioritising my work is ever so much nicer than actually doing it.
Bento: A personal database breakthrough?
Tolly on Technology
By Kevin Tolly
20th November 2007
I, for one, never thought I'd see a database able to achieve that level of simplicity. Yet another reason to consider a Mac?
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