OnBento Review (2026): Pricing, Ratings and What Creators Report
A sourced look at Bento (OnBento) for UGC creators and influencers: what it does, what it costs, its Trustpilot and app store ratings, and what creators say on Reddit.
Bento (onbento.com) is an outreach tool for creators. It finds brand contacts, drafts pitches and sends follow-ups. It is free to start with no card, and its paid prices are not published. It holds a 4.7 TrustScore from 82 Trustpilot reviews. On Reddit, creators are split between those who landed deals and those who cancelled over bounced emails and low replies.
Snippet makes a competing product, and we have not run campaigns on Bento. Everything below comes from Bento's own pages, public rating pages and public Reddit threads, with a link next to each claim. All of it was checked on November 9, 2026.
What Bento does
Bento's homepage describes three jobs:
- Finds the contact. It says you can search more than 1 million brand contacts and find the person who books creators.
- Writes the pitch. It drafts a pitch in your voice for you to approve or edit.
- Sends the follow-ups. You set the timing, and follow-ups stop when a brand replies.
The homepage also lists local-business pitching, an Instagram lookup that shows which brands another creator works with, and tracking for opens and deals. It says you keep 100% of what you earn, so there is no commission on deals.
Bento's size claims have grown over time. Its founder cited 100K+ brands in a July 2025 Reddit AMA. Its Trustpilot profile says 500K+ verified contacts. The homepage now says 1M+ contacts and 800K+ brands. These are Bento's own numbers and we have not checked them.
How much does Bento cost?
Bento does not publish a price list. The address onbento.com/pricing returned a 404 page on November 9, 2026. What Bento does say:
- The homepage says "Free to start" and "No credit card required."
- The sign-up page offers 25% off your first month.
Paid plans exist. Creators and the founder refer to a Pro plan and a Virtual Assistant plan. Here is every price we could find, and where it came from:
| Reported price | Who reported it |
|---|---|
| About $34 a month for Pro, with 250 emails | A Reddit commenter, October 2026 |
| $72 a month or $650 a year for the Virtual Assistant plan | A plan notice pasted on Reddit, March 2026 |
| $49 a month | A UGC Roster blog post |
| $29, $79 and $199 a month | A different UGC Roster blog post |
None of these is an official price, and they do not agree with each other. Open the plan screen inside your own account and read the price and the email limit there before you pay. Our guide to testing a pitch tool before you pay lists what to check during a free period.
Bento ratings
| Where | Rating | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Trustpilot | 4.7 | 82 reviews, 73 in the last year |
| Apple App Store | 4.4 | 31 ratings |
| Google Play | 4.6 | 14 reviews, 5K+ downloads |
On Trustpilot, 89% of reviews are five stars and 3% are one star. Trustpilot notes that the company has no recent history of asking for reviews and has not replied to negative ones.
What creators say on Reddit
The longest discussion is "Onbento - Yay or nay?" in r/UGCcreators, from March 2026, with about 70 comments. Opinions are split.
What creators liked:
- Several say they landed paid deals. One wrote that three deals in the first month paid for the year.
- Sending a large number of pitches takes little time.
What creators did not like:
- Bounced emails. One creator who sent about 70 emails a day estimated that 10% or more bounced.
- Replies that offer free product and no fee.
- Too few replies to cover the cost of a paid plan.
Bento's founder set the expectation herself in the AMA: fewer than 10% of the people you pitch will respond, so it takes steady effort.
How that compares with pitch data
A low reply rate is normal for cold pitches on any tool. PitchBrand measured a 4.1% reply rate across 29,223 creator pitches. In the 2026 Snippet Brand Pitch Benchmark, 32.7% of brand replies came only after a follow-up, and pitches to addresses from a general directory got replies less than half as often as pitches to contacts researched from the brand's own team. The sources and samples are on our brand deal statistics page.
Bento has published its own data too. In October 2026 it reported on nearly 1.3 million first pitches sent through Bento. Pitches that opened with something specific about the brand got about 16% more positive replies. Pitches that mentioned rates got about 12% fewer, and pitches with a clickbait subject line got about 29% fewer. The post gives no overall reply rate.
Whatever tool you use, the contact matters more than the volume. Our guide to finding the right contact covers how to check an address before you send.
Who Bento fits
Bento is worth a look if you want:
- A free start with no card.
- A large contact database you can search yourself.
- To pitch local businesses, or to see which brands a similar creator works with.
Look at other tools if you need:
- A published price before you sign up.
- Help with brand emails that arrive in your inbox, and not only the pitches you send.
- A named person on the brand's partnerships team for every pitch.
Bento alternatives
Ghost publishes its prices and also drafts replies in your Gmail. Our OnGhost review covers its plans, and OnBento vs OnGhost puts the two side by side.
Snippet is our own product. It finds brands that fit your content, pitches them from your Gmail, follows up, and drafts replies to brand emails, with Pro at $50/month or $500/year, Starter and Plus also available, and no cut of your deals. The public offer is billed at checkout with no trial or free plan. See Snippet vs Bento and the full list of Bento alternatives.
Frequently asked questions
Is OnBento legit? Yes. It is a real product from Hatch Your Way Inc. in Toronto, with a 4.7 TrustScore from 82 Trustpilot reviews. Results vary from creator to creator.
Does OnBento cost money? It is free to start with no card. Paid plans exist, but Bento does not publish their prices.
How much does Bento cost per month? There is no official price list. Reported prices differ by source, from $29 to $199 a month.
What is OnBento? An outreach tool for creators that finds brand contacts, drafts pitches and sends follow-ups.
Is Bento worth it for UGC creators? Some creators report deals in the first month. Others report bounced emails and too few replies to cover the plan.
Is there a promo code for OnBento? The sign-up page showed 25% off the first month on November 9, 2026, with no code needed.
Aayush Upadhyay
Co-founder, Snippet
Building Snippet, the AI talent agency that helps content creators land brand deals without agencies. Previously scaled creator partnerships at multiple startups. Obsessed with using AI to democratize talent management for the 32 million mid-tier creators who deserve better representation.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is OnBento legit?
Yes. Bento is a real product from a registered company: Google Play lists the developer as Hatch Your Way Inc. in Toronto. It holds a 4.7 TrustScore from 82 Trustpilot reviews, 4.4 from 31 App Store ratings and 4.6 from 14 Google Play reviews, checked November 9, 2026. Results vary. Reddit threads include creators who landed deals and creators who cancelled.
Does OnBento cost money?
Bento is free to start and its homepage says no credit card is required. Paid plans exist, but Bento does not publish their prices: onbento.com/pricing returned a 404 page on November 9, 2026. The sign-up page offers 25% off the first month. Check the price shown inside your account before you pay.
How much does Bento cost per month?
Bento publishes no price list. Creators on Reddit have reported about $34 a month for a Pro plan with 250 emails and $72 a month or $650 a year for the Virtual Assistant plan. UGC Roster has printed $49 a month in one post and $29, $79 and $199 in another. None of these is an official price.
What is OnBento?
Bento, at onbento.com, is an outreach tool for creators. Its site says it finds brand contacts from a database of more than 1 million, drafts pitches in your voice, and sends follow-ups that stop when a brand replies. It also offers local-business pitching, Instagram brand-list lookup and open tracking.
Is Bento worth it for UGC creators?
It depends on how much you pitch and who you reach. Bento's Trustpilot score is 4.7 from 82 reviews, and some creators on Reddit report deals in their first month. Others report bounced emails, replies that offer only free product, and too few replies to cover the plan. Bento's founder has said fewer than 10% of people you pitch will respond.
Is there a promo code for OnBento?
Bento's own sign-up page showed 25% off the first month on November 9, 2026, with no code needed. Creators also share personal referral codes on Reddit, some of them labeled as affiliate links. We have not tested any code.