Online Faxing Options – Via Web and Email, Send and Receive
Here are a few online/internet faxing options, all support email send and receive, and (except for faxpipe) a web interface to faxes (and in the case of K7 and Faxaway, inbound voicemail). Many if not all support sending PDFs and various image formats. Reception is in TIFF or PDF formats.
MyFax
- Myfax
- $10/mo or $110/year for receiving 100/sending 200 faxes, for the moderate to heavy organization. Free international faxing to a number of countries. Toll free or local number.
- Bottom line – Good for international outbound faxing. Costs only $10 for first month to begin using.
Interfax
- Interfax Is a great service that uses a pre-pay and per-fax model instead of subscription billing. A toll free number is the only option. Inbound phone number is $13.95/mo. Simple, easy-to-use interface works fine. Menu pricing for faxing to different countries.
- Bottom line – Costs as little as $10 to begin sending faxes, $25 to begin receiving. For heavy fax users, likely the most economical approach.
Efax
- Efax offers $12.95/mo in the US (different prices for different countries) for a local or toll-free number inbound and up to 130 pages faxing either direction.
- Bottom line – Free 30 day trial. Cheapest to begin using for inbound faxing (until we get to K7 and Faxaway offerings below).
Faxpipe
- Faxpipe has the lowest pricing per year ($3.95/mo = $47.40/year prepay for full year) for 25 pages faxed. The disadvantage is that they don’t actually allow you to manage your account via the website. This seems like a throwback to the early 1990s where every FAQ question is answered by a “call us at 1-888-blah-blah”. Free trial.
- Bottom line – Cheapest per year sending/receiving (until we get to K7 and Faxaway offerings below).
Faxzero
- Faxzero offers a free faxing service (3 per day, 3 pages max, advertisement supported) or low cost $1.95 (paypal only) fax up to 15 pages.
- Bottom line – Free or low cost per fax sending. Great for those who almost never send faxes and don’t need to receive them.
K7 Unified Messaging
- K7 Unified Messaging is definitely an I fell down the rabbit hole kind of offering. Free voicemail and fax reception? Um, ok… They require regular usage to keep the account (defined as once per month voicemail or fax reception). 206 (Seattle) area code only.
- Bottom line – Absolutely free receiving voicemail and faxes. Wow.
Faxaway
- Faxaway is another offering of the K7 folks. This offers the same inbound voice and fax, as well as an outbound faxing with a pre-pay ($10) and per minute transmission charges and a $1/mo account maintenance fee.
- Bottom line – It doesn’t get much better than this for the light fax user. Per minute charges higher than for Faxpipe.
Final Bottom Line
- Moderate to heavy international fax senders look at Myfax or Interfax
- Heavy users should probably go with the Interfax offering
- Light senders and receivers will like Faxaway
- Absolutely free one-off, 3 page fax can be sent via Faxzero
- Efax free trial for 30 days of inbound and outbound up to 130 pages
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3 Responses to “Online Faxing Options – Via Web and Email, Send and Receive”
Hi Jeff, I work for MyFax and I just wanted to say thanks for mentioning us in your blog! MyFax really appreciates your recognition. Tara
Hi Jeff, I have used Faxpipe previously, and your article pretty much summed it up perfectly. Although one sidenote, I have never had one glitch with using their service.
GotFreeFax.com is another website that allows user to send free fax online to the US and Canada. User can either upload a PDF/Word file or enter text to fax. It does not add Ads to user’s fax, which makes it suitable for faxing formal documents.
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