iFax vs Notifyre (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, we pick Notifyre: it is second in our ranking of online fax services, though iFax grades higher (2.6 against 2.2) on the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA
Notifyre grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
iFax
Online fax apps and fax API, with HIPAA plans and AI fax reading
Notifyre
Pay-per-page online fax and business texting, with a fax API
Which one is for you
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
Pick Notifyre if
- Fits if you send faxes now and then within the US and don't want a subscription
- Works for healthcare and legal offices that need a signed BAA without paying extra
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to try faxing free, as sending needs funds and there's no trial
- Watch out: sending needs a $10 minimum top-up, and receiving needs a separate monthly plan
- Watch out: 3 cents a page is the US rate, other destinations differ, and high-quality sending adds 25%
- Tight if you need several numbers, as each extra is $5 a month and shares the plan's pages
- Not for you if you want native apps, as phones and tablets use an installable web app
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAiFaxGood | 2.2GPANotifyreFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DBasic is $12.49 a month billed yearly but has no fax number, so it can't receive. Receiving starts on Plus at $24.99 ($29.99 monthly), about two and a half times this category's middle of $9.96. | BReceiving 200 pages a month with a number is $4.90, inside this category's cheapest quarter, and sending is 3 cents a page within the US. If you send and receive you pay both, and high-quality sending adds 25%. |
| Free plan and trial | CA 7-day trial of Pro, and no free plan after it. The listing doesn't say whether the trial takes a card. A one-off fax costs from $1.99 a page. | FNothing free to fax with. There's a demo and an account to look around in, but sending needs a $10 top-up and receiving a paid plan. |
| Features | BSend and receive on every platform, new or ported numbers, a team inbox, OCR, AI extraction and chat, a branded page customers fax you from, broadcast and an API. That's the whole job, though most of it is on Pro. | BPay-per-page sending, email to fax and back, numbers with free porting, a free BAA, audit trails, role-based access, MFA, broadcast and a fax API, with business texts on the same account. That covers the job. |
| Ease of use | BiFax rates 4.5 on the US App Store from 37,609 ratings, which puts it at B on our ease ladder. | CNo store rating on record. You top up a wallet, pick a receive plan for a number and set up your email address in Notifyre before email faxing works. |
| Platforms and integrations | AiPhone, Android, Windows, Mac and web, with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Gmail, Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, HubSpot and Zapier, plus a fax API priced on its own. | BWeb, with an installable web app for phones and tablets, a fax API, Zapier and Gmail. No native phone or desktop apps. |
| Best for | fax apps on every device, with HIPAA plans | pay-as-you-go fax sending with a free BAA |
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: iFax and Notifyre. How we grade
Price against what you get
iFax starts at $12.49 a month and scores 3.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Notifyre starts at $4.90 a month and scores 2.7.
iFax scores higher, and starts $7.59 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 iFax for less, and none scores higher than Notifyre 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
- Notifyre also covers business texting.
At a glance
| iFax | Notifyre | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Paid |
| Starts at | $12.49 per month for 200 pages, billed annually ($14.99 billed monthly) | $4.90 per month to receive 200 pages; sending is $0.03 a page |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of the Pro plan | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Amplify Ventures Ltd. | Notifyre LLC |
| Price read from | ifaxapp.com | notifyre.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Notifyre
- Sending needs a prepaid wallet with a $10 minimum top-up, and receiving needs a separate monthly receive plan.
- The 3-cents-a-page rate is for faxes within the US; high-quality sending costs 25% more.
- There are no native apps; phones and tablets use an installable web app.
- Notifyre's free trial answer offers a demo and a free account to explore, but faxing needs paid funds.
Key features
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.
Notifyre
- Pay-as-you-go sending
- Top up a wallet and pay per page sent, with no subscription or contract; a receive plan is needed only for a fax number.
- Email to fax and fax to email
- Send and receive faxes from any email app, including Gmail, once your email address is set up in Notifyre.
- Fax numbers and free porting
- Each receive plan includes one fax number, extra numbers are $5 a month and share the plan's pages, and Notifyre moves an existing number for free.
- HIPAA, audit trails and access control
- Notifyre says it signs a free BAA, encrypts faxes with AES-256 on ISO 27001 certified systems, and keeps full audit trails with role-based access and MFA.
- Fax API and broadcast
- An API sends, receives and processes faxes from your own software, and fax broadcast sends one document to many numbers.
- Business text messaging
- The same account can send business texts from the web, by email or by API, priced separately per message part.
Plans
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.
Notifyre
Send Fax (pay as you go)$10
one-time top-up, used as you go
Sending costs 3 cents a page within the US, from a wallet topped up from $10; funds do not expire. High-quality sending adds 25%.
Plus - Receive 200$4.90
per month to receive 200 pages
One fax number and 200 received pages a month, then 7 cents a page.
Pro - Receive 500$7.90
per month to receive 500 pages
One fax number and 500 received pages a month, then 6 cents a page.
Business - Receive 1,000$14.90
per month to receive 1,000 pages
One fax number and 1,000 received pages a month, then 5 cents a page.
Premium - Receive 3,000$39.90
per month to receive 3,000 pages
One fax number and 3,000 received pages a month, then 5 cents a page. Larger volumes are quoted on request.
Ways to pay less
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.
Notifyre
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, iFax or Notifyre?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Notifyre is cheaper to start with: $4.90 a month, against $12.49 a month for iFax. iFax starts at $12.49 per month for 200 pages, billed annually ($14.99 billed monthly), and Notifyre starts at $4.90 per month to receive 200 pages; sending is $0.03 a page.
Which has a free plan, iFax or Notifyre?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither iFax nor Notifyre has a free plan. iFax has a free trial.
Which platforms do iFax and Notifyre run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only iFax 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.