To send single fax online is the request of someone with one form, one signature page or one claim to send and no wish to subscribe to anything. Three routes exist: a free sender that transmits a short document with its own advertising cover sheet, a pay per fax app or site that charges per document with no subscription, and an entry plan that costs a few dollars a month and includes a number. This page sets out what each costs and where the break-even between them falls.
The free sender for one short document
FaxZero sends a short document from its web page at no charge, adding its own cover sheet with advertising and limiting the number of pages and the number of free sends per day; the Fax Line Index records that it prints no entry price because there is none. For a single form to a government office or a clinic it is enough, and the delivery confirmation arrives by email. Its limits are the ones a business would notice: no number to receive on, an advertising cover page a professional recipient may not appreciate, and no sent log to search next month. For the person who needs to send a single fax online this afternoon, it is the answer.
The pay per fax app
Several vendors, and most of the app stores, offer a pay per fax app that charges a few dollars per document or sells a bundle of credits, with no monthly fee. It removes the advertising cover sheet and the page limit of the free route, and some apps provide a temporary number for receiving a reply. The per-document price is printed in the app store listing and changes often, so the index does not record it as a fact; the pattern is that three or four single sends cost as much as a month of an entry plan. Before choosing, check whether the app's per-send price includes the cover page and what it charges per extra page.
When a plan is cheaper than sending one at a time
Fax.Plus prints Basic at $6.99 a month with 200 pages and one fax number included; CocoFax prints Lite at $9.99 with 60 pages; MetroFax prints $11.95 with 550 pages. If the single fax turns into a monthly one, or a reply is expected and needs a number, the plan wins on the second send and gives a sent log and a clean cover sheet besides. Most plans can be cancelled month to month, WestFax prints cancel anytime beside its $14.99, so a plan for one month is itself a form of single send. The free sender for a page, a pay per fax app for one document, a plan for anything that repeats.
Questions people ask about send single fax online
Can I send a single fax for free?
Yes, through FaxZero for a short document, with its cover sheet and daily limit. Longer documents need a pay-per-fax service or a plan.
Do I get a confirmation from a one-off send?
Yes. Free and pay-per-fax services email a delivery report when the receiving device confirms the pages.
Can I receive a reply without a plan?
Some pay-per-fax apps rent a temporary number; a plan includes a permanent one. Fax.Plus prints one number included at $6.99 a month.