My wife's family business is looking for an application to mange inventory and customers with perhaps the ability to keep invoices (not create them, just store them by customer) as well. I was getting ready to give Bento a try when Apple decided to kill it. I know there is Filemaker Pro, but I was looking for something cheaper, at least in the ballpark price of Bento. Is there anything else like Bento around? Thanks for any suggestions.
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Alternatives to Bento?
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For Inventory and Invoicing, go with Quickbooks, yeah, it's a bit pricey but it's the perfect solution for small business. I've used it for years. I see you don't want to create invoices but it kinda defeats the purpose of running a business unless you intend to "enter in applicable" invoices only...
They already have quickbooks for their financial information. I'm looking for something that provides similar functionality as Bento specifically. E.g something like an easy database application, which is what Bento was aiming for. This would manage their client information, their inventory (iPhoto integration would be a huge help as their inventory is picture heavy), and an ability to attach invoices to clients. That way they could easily see past sales to their customers. Those would cover the basics, but it could potentially be used for more down the road.
You might want to check out TapForms https://itunes.apple.com/app/tap-forms-database/id494995266?ls=1&mt=12
I used the iOS version for quite some time and was impressed with it--they recently came out with a OSX version that might fit your needs.
I used the iOS version for quite some time and was impressed with it--they recently came out with a OSX version that might fit your needs.
Thanks for the suggestion. It doesn't have the same easy look as Bento, but seems more powerful. I'll definitely take a look at this.
And to the other two that recommended Quickbooks, I'll look into that as well. They have a copy already so it can't hurt to give it a try.