Congratulations on moving your fax services over to the online world. It’s a big step to save money, paper, and the environment. Also making your life a lot easier and a lot less cluttered with document management. Only one more big question left, which email to fax provider do you choose? Most of these companies offer a similar service, so exactly what makes one stand out over another? This article will review the 3 things to consider before choosing a fax to email company.

#1 How many Pages and What’s the cost to Send or Receive more

This is the largest different between most Internet fax services. While the subscription fee might be the same or similar some Internet fax services will allow you to send and receive a certain number of pages each month, some only allow you to receive and charge you to send, and yet still others will charge you on top of your monthly fee to do both sending and receiving faxes.

Look for a provider that allows you to send a set number of pages and receive a set number of pages each month. Also, watch out for how much it costs per page to send and receive above those limits each month.

#2 Toll-free or Local Fax number? and what’s the cost

Some email to fax providers offer both local and Toll-free fax numbers. It may cost extra to have the toll-free or be included. If you want a local number because you only deal with local businesses then be sure to find a service that offers local numbers in your city. Of course the same holds true for a toll-free number. If you would like a toll-free number ensure you choose an online fax service that doesn’t charge extra per page to have that toll-free number.

#3 The actual Subscription Cost

Notice how this is the third most important thing. Why? Simple, most of these online fax services are within a few dollars of each other in their month cost. How ever when you take into consideration those first two items one Internet fax service could be a lot more each month then another.