Fax.Plus vs FaxBetter (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick Fax.Plus: it is first in our ranking of online fax services, and it grades higher too, 3.0 against 2.4.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 24, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Fax.Plus grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Fax.Plus
Online fax by web, email, desktop and mobile apps, priced by pages
FaxBetter
Free fax-to-email number, with a paid plan for sending faxes
Which one is for you
Pick Fax.Plus if
- Fits if you fax a few hundred pages a month from email or your phone
- Works for small teams that want shared fax numbers under one admin
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to receive faxes free, as the free account sends 10 pages in total and has no number
- Pricey if you need a signed HIPAA BAA, the API or Zapier: all three are on Enterprise, from $79.99 a month billed yearly
- Tight if you send long documents on Basic, which caps a fax at 60 pages and charges 10 cents a page over 200
- Watch out: porting a US or Canadian number and toll-free numbers start on Premium at $13.99 a month billed yearly
- Watch out: numbers beyond the two on Business are $4.99 a month each, and picking a specific number is $19.99 once
Pick FaxBetter if
- Fits if you only receive a fax now and then and want it free
- Works for light senders who accept a 1-year or 2-year prepaid term
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need to send on the free plan, as free accounts only receive
- Tight if you stay free: the number expires without a fax from a new sender every 7 days
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $9.95 against $5.95 on the 2-year term
- Watch out: every Premium term renews automatically, and support is business hours only
How we grade them
| 3.0GPAFax.PlusVery good | 2.4GPAFaxBetterFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BBasic is $6.99 a month billed yearly ($8.99 monthly) for a number and 200 pages, right at the edge of this category's cheapest quarter. Extra pages are 10 cents, and the BAA and API need Enterprise at $79.99. | BPremium is $5.95 a month, but only if you prepay $142.80 for 2 years. A year is $95.40 and monthly billing is $9.95, which is the category's middle price. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free account sends 10 pages in total and then stops. It has no number, so it can't receive a single fax. Enough for one form, not for a month. | CFree accounts get a toll-free number to receive 50 pages a month with 30 days of storage, no card. They can't send, and the number lapses if no new sender faxes it every 7 days. |
| Features | BLocal, toll-free or ported numbers in 48 countries, faxing from email, print menus and apps, broadcast to 500 people, scheduling, AI text extraction, a team console and an API. Nothing in the listing is missing from the job. | CPremium sends and receives 500 pages a month with unlimited storage and searchable PDFs by email. Rollover pages cost extra and the free account can't send. |
| Ease of use | BFax.Plus rates 4.7 on the US App Store from 13,183 ratings, which puts it at B on our ease ladder. | BNo store rating on record. Faxes arrive in your inbox as PDFs and there is nothing to install. |
| Platforms and integrations | AWeb, Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android, with Gmail, Google Drive, Word, Teams, Slack, Dropbox and Zapier, and an API. Slack needs Business, and Zapier and the API need Enterprise. | CWeb and email only. No desktop or mobile app is offered. |
| Best for | faxing from email, a print menu or apps on any device | a free number to receive occasional faxes |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Fax.Plus and FaxBetter. How we grade
Price against what you get
Fax.Plus starts at $6.99 a month and scores 3.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. FaxBetter starts at $5.95 a month and scores 2.3.
Fax.Plus scores higher, and starts $1.04 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other online fax services on the chart, none scores higher than Fax.Plus for less, and 3 score higher than FaxBetter for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- FaxBetter also covers documents.
At a glance
| Fax.Plus | FaxBetter | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $6.99 per month for 200 pages, billed annually ($8.99 billed monthly) | $5.95 per month, billed $142.80 every 2 years ($9.95 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Free account: a toll-free number for receiving only, 50 pages a month, 30 days of storage, no credit card. |
| Free trial | Free account with 10 pages to send in total; receiving faxes needs a paid plan | None listed |
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| Made by | Alohi | FaxBetter |
| Price read from | fax.plus | faxbetter.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Fax.Plus
- The free account has 10 pages in total and cannot receive faxes; a paid plan is needed for a number.
- Fax.Plus says HIPAA compliance with a signed BAA is available on the Enterprise plan only.
- The API and Zapier integration are listed only under Enterprise, which starts at $79.99 a month billed annually.
- Extra numbers cost $4.99 a month each beyond the two on Business and Enterprise; choosing a specific number is a one-time $19.99.
FaxBetter
- The free account cannot send faxes and keeps the number only while it receives a fax from a unique sender every 7 days.
- The lowest Premium price needs a 2-year prepayment of $142.80; a year is $95.40 and monthly billing is $9.95, all auto-renewing.
- Support hours are limited to business hours, with a 855 number, chat and a ticket system.
- No desktop or mobile app is offered; the pages read describe email and the web account.
Key features
Fax.Plus
- Fax numbers and porting
- Pick a local, toll-free or international number from 48 countries, or port your existing number in. Porting a US or Canadian number needs Premium or higher.
- Email, print and app faxing
- Send and receive from any email inbox, from the print dialog of Windows and Mac apps, from a browser, and from desktop and mobile apps.
- Fax broadcasting and scheduling
- Send one document to up to 500 recipients and track each delivery, or schedule a fax for a set date and time.
- AI text and data extraction
- Turns received faxes into searchable text and pulls out key fields. It runs on Alohi AI credits: 100 one-time on Basic to Business, 1,000 a month on Enterprise.
- Team admin console
- From Business up, manage members, roles, number access and page limits in one place. Enterprise adds SSO, SCIM and per-user page quotas.
- Fax API and AI assistant access
- A programmable fax API is part of Enterprise, and an MCP connection lets ChatGPT, Claude and other assistants send faxes for you.
FaxBetter
- Toll-free number for every account
- Each account gets a dedicated toll-free fax number; on Premium it does not expire, and extra lines can be bought or ported in at sign-up.
- Searchable faxes by email
- Incoming faxes arrive as an email with a PDF attached, so email search and existing spam filters work on them.
- Sending on Premium
- Premium can send PDF, TIFF, Word, Excel, JPG, HTML or text files as a fax. The free account cannot send.
- Page allowance and rollover pages
- Premium includes 500 pages a month, with non-expiring rollover pages sold from $0.02 a page.
- Storage
- Premium keeps faxes in unlimited lifetime storage, while free accounts keep them for 30 days from receipt.
Plans
Fax.Plus
Basic$6.99
per month for 200 pages, billed annually ($8.99 billed monthly)
One fax number and one member, 10 cents per extra page and up to 60 pages per fax, with email to fax and the mobile apps.
Premium$13.99
per month for 500 pages, billed annually ($17.99 billed monthly)
Adds toll-free numbers, number porting, CSV log export and switching off reception. 7 cents per extra page, up to 90 pages per fax.
Business$27.99
per month for 1,000 pages, billed annually ($34.99 billed monthly)
Five members, two fax numbers, an admin console and Slack. 5 cents per extra page, up to 200 pages per fax.
Enterprise$79.99
per month and up for 4,000 pages, billed annually ($99.99 monthly)
Unlimited members, SSO, a signed HIPAA BAA, the API, Zapier, data residency and 1,000 AI credits a month. 3 cents per extra page.
FaxBetter
FaxBetter Free$0
Receive faxes only, 50 pages a month, 30-day storage. The number expires without a fax from a new sender every 7 days.
FaxBetter Premium$5.95
per month, billed every 2 years ($9.95 billed monthly)
Send and receive, 500 pages a month, unlimited storage. Also $95.40 a year ($7.95 a month); all terms renew automatically.
Ways to pay less
Fax.Plus
- Annual discount
Up to 3 months free with annual billing
Fax.Plus's pricing page says annual plans save up to 22%, or up to three months free, compared with paying monthly.
FaxBetter
- Annual discount
Longer terms cost less per month
Premium is $9.95 a month, $7.95 a month on a $95.40 year (20% off) and $5.95 a month on a $142.80 two-year term (40% off).
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Fax.Plus or FaxBetter?
As of Nov 12, 2026, FaxBetter is cheaper to start with: $5.95 a month, against $6.99 a month for Fax.Plus. Fax.Plus starts at $6.99 per month for 200 pages, billed annually ($8.99 billed monthly), and FaxBetter starts at $5.95 per month, billed $142.80 every 2 years ($9.95 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Fax.Plus or FaxBetter?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only FaxBetter has a free plan. Fax.Plus does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Fax.Plus and FaxBetter run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Fax.Plus lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.