Dropbox Fax vs WiseFax (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 WiseFax if

• Fits if you send a fax a few times a year and don't want a monthly bill
• Works for anyone who needs a receiving number for a few weeks, on the weekly plan

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want to try it free, as there's no free plan or trial
• Pricey if you send often: tokens are $1 each, one a page for domestic faxes, and the number plan includes only 10 a month
• Not for you if you need a fax number outside the US or Canada
• Watch out: porting your number costs a fee the pricing page doesn't state
• Watch out: the weekly plan is $4.25 on one line of the pricing page and $4.24 on another

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.

WiseFax

• Sending is paid with tokens at $1.00 each: one per page for domestic faxes and most EU countries, with the count for other places set by the destination.
• Fax numbers are offered in the US and Canada only.
• No free plan or free trial is listed, and the number subscription includes only 10 send tokens a month.
• Porting an existing number costs a fee the pricing page does not state.

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.

WiseFax

Pay per fax with tokens

Sending needs no account setup or plan: the price is shown before you confirm, and you pay only for faxes that go through.

Own number or ported number

A subscription gives you a US or Canadian fax number at once, or you can port your current number with a signed port order and a fee.

Edit, sign and fill in

Fill in forms with text, add up to three saved signatures, mark up, erase or redact, crop and clean up photographed pages, and add a cover page before sending.

Apps and add-ons everywhere

Apps for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android, add-ons for Gmail, Google Docs and Drive, Office 365 and Word, and Chrome, Edge and Firefox extensions.

Email to fax

Send faxes from email, and get an email when a fax arrives, with optional notifications from the installed apps.

Retries and rerouting

Failed faxes are retried automatically and rerouted to raise the delivery rate, with status tracking and delivery confirmations.

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.

WiseFax

• Fax number, monthly$8.00

  per month for a US or Canada number, receiving up to 300 pages

  Your own fax number with up to 300 received pages and 10 send tokens a month. Renews automatically; no start-up or cancellation fees.

• Fax number, weekly$4.25

  per week for a US or Canada number, receiving up to 50 pages

  The same number subscription by the week, with up to 50 received pages and 5 send tokens a week. One line of the pricing page gives $4.24.

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.

WiseFax

No public discounts listed.