Dropbox Fax vs iFax (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Dropbox Fax if

• Fits if you send a handful of faxes a year from a browser
• Works for small offices that want five to twenty people on one number and page pool

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want to receive faxes free, as the free account only sends
• Not for you if you need HIPAA, SOC 2 or SSO, which are on a sales-led tier, not the plans you buy online
• Tight if you need to port a number, which takes Professional at $16.66 a month billed yearly and works in the US and Canada only
• Watch out: there are no phone or desktop apps, and email to fax needs a paid plan
• Watch out: extra pages are 5 cents each, sent or received, porting may carry a one-time fee, and international rates vary

Pick iFax if

• Fits if you fax from your phone and your laptop and want the same app on both
• Works for small healthcare or legal teams that need HIPAA fax with a shared inbox

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you need to receive on Basic, which sends only and has no number
• Pricey if you want fax by email, the team inbox, SSO or OCR, as they start on Pro at $33.33 a month billed yearly
• Watch out: Pro's price moves with the pages, numbers and licenses you pick, with extra users from $16.66 and US numbers at $4.99 a month
• Watch out: the API, EHR integrations and fax broadcast are priced separately on their own tabs
• Pricey if you only fax once in a while, as pay-per-fax starts at $1.99 a page

Dropbox Fax

• Receiving faxes needs a paid plan; the free account only sends, at $0.99 per fax of up to 10 pages once its free pages run out.
• Pages over a paid plan's allowance cost 5 cents each, sent or received, and international rates vary.
• Porting an existing number needs Professional or Small Business and is offered in the US and Canada; a one-time fee may apply.
• HIPAA and SOC 2, SSO and the Salesforce integration are listed for a sales-led tier, not the self-serve plans.

iFax

• Basic sends only and has no fax number; receiving faxes starts on Plus.
• Fax by email, the team inbox, SSO and OCR are listed only from the Pro plan up.
• A pay-per-fax option for one-off faxes costs from $1.99 per page.
• The Pro price changes with the pages, numbers and licenses chosen in the calculator; $33.33 is its default of 1,000 pages.

Dropbox Fax

Fax from the browser or email

Upload a file and enter a fax number in the browser, or email the document to the number at fax.dropbox.com. Email to fax needs a paid plan.

Edit and sign before sending

Add text fields and your signature to a document online before it goes out, on every plan including the free account.

Cloud storage connections

Pick files from Dropbox, Google Drive, Box or OneDrive, and save copies of sent and received faxes back to them.

Receive as PDF by email

Paid plans include a fax number in the US, UK or Canada; incoming faxes arrive in your inbox as PDFs.

Shared team page pool

Add teammates to one plan and they share its monthly pages and number, or buy extra numbers and assign them.

Fax API

Dropbox offers a Dropbox Fax API and SDKs for developers who want to send faxes from their own software.

iFax

Apps on every device

Send and receive from iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac apps or a browser. The Plus plan is the first to include receiving and a fax number.

Fax numbers and porting

Pick new local numbers or port existing ones. In the US, numbers added in the pricing calculator cost $4.99 a month each for up to nine.

Team inbox and licenses

Pro adds a shared inbox with assignment; one license is included and more are added in the calculator, starting at $16.66 per user a month.

OCR, data extraction and AI chat

Pro turns faxes into searchable text, pulls details into structured fields and lets you ask questions of a fax in a chat.

Branded WebFax page

Pro includes a branded page where customers can fax you online without a fax machine.

Fax API and broadcast

A programmable fax API, EHR integrations and bulk fax broadcasting are offered on their own pricing tabs.

Dropbox Fax

• Home Office$8.33

  per month for 300 pages, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly)

  Five senders, a fax number for receiving, email to fax and multiple recipients. $99.99 a year on yearly billing.

• Professional$16.66

  per month for 500 pages, billed yearly ($19.99 billed monthly)

  Ten senders and fax number porting. $199.99 a year on yearly billing.

• Small Business$33.33

  per month for 1,000 pages, billed yearly ($39.99 billed monthly)

  Twenty senders and fax number porting. $399.99 a year on yearly billing; above 1,000 pages a month, contact sales.

iFax

• Basic$12.49

  per month for 200 pages, billed annually ($14.99 billed monthly)

  Sending only, with no fax number. $149.99 a year on annual billing.

• Plus$24.99

  per month for 500 pages, billed annually ($29.99 billed monthly)

  Send and receive with one fax number, HIPAA compliant, with the iOS, Android, Windows and Mac apps. $299.99 a year.

• Pro$33.33

  per month for 1,000 pages, billed annually

  Adds fax by email, a team inbox, scheduling, cover pages, cloud folders, SSO, EHR integrations, OCR and AI extraction. Pages and numbers adjustable.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Volume pricing with commitment discounts, phone support with SLAs, advanced admin controls and up to 150 sites.

Dropbox Fax

• Annual discount

  About 17% off with yearly billing

  Dropbox Fax's pricing page lists Home Office at $99.99 a year against $9.99 a month, and Professional at $199.99 against $19.99.

• Other savings

  First month for a quarter of the price

  The pricing page shows Home Office at $2.50 for the first month, then $9.99 a month; Professional's first month is $5 and Small Business's $10.

iFax

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with annual billing

  iFax's pricing toggle says annual billing saves 20%; Basic is $12.49 a month billed annually against $14.99 monthly, and Plus $24.99 against $29.99.