The legal industry is famously prolific in its use of faxes, and that probably won’t change any time soon. Internet fax services for law firms will continue to exist because it’s a secure way to transmit documents and because courts and government agencies sometimes order communications to occur by fax.

And, since most jurisdictions accept signed faxes as legal documents, faxes can be used to close deals, finalize contracts, and as evidence in legal proceedings. But the modern law firm no longer relies on traditional, clunky fax machines that collect dust and take up space.

Internet fax/online fax services have largely replaced those old, loud fax machines. Internet faxing lets law firm personnel send and receive faxes from nearly any connected device. And to top it all off, online faxes are far more eco-friendly than their ancient, paper-chewing predecessors.

For most law firms, the question isn’t whether moving to internet/online faxing is a good idea—that’s almost a given. The real question is which one of the many internet/online fax services to choose.

To help you decide on the fax service for law firms that will work best for you, we’ve created this round-up to introduce you to three of the major players in the industry. There are certainly other options, but we find these three to be standouts that can meet most law firms’ needs.

In this post, we’ll cover these three internet/online fax providers:

eFax
MyFax
Dropbox Fax (formerly HelloFax)

eFax: Still One of the Online Fax Leaders
MyFax: When Ease-of-Use Matters Most
Dropbox Fax (Formerly HelloFax)
Online Digital Fax Services: The Choice Is Yours
Managing Faxes and Documents

eFax: Still One of the Online Fax Leaders

If there’s any online fax service popular enough that you might know it by name, it’s eFax. The question is: How well does eFax work for law firms? Let’s explore eFax’s features, benefits and pricing.

Then, based on our extensive experience helping law firms make the best possible use of technology, we’ll tell you the kinds of law firms we believe would benefit most from adopting the eFax internet faxing solution.

eFax Features That Make Faxing Easier for Law Firms

The eFax product provides numerous features and capabilities that matter a great deal to law firms.

These include:

A user-friendly mobile app: Available for iOS and Android, the eFax mobile app allows users to send, receive and even sign faxes from a smartphone or tablet. The app also allows users to access their cloud storage device to create and save faxes.
Ability to create a special fax number: eFax provides a free dedicated fax number for you. You can choose a local number or a toll-free number.
Option to keep your current fax number: If you already have a fax number, eFax lets you port that number into the tool so you don’t have to change your fax number.
Secure cloud storage: Every fax sent or received is securely stored online for future reference. Law firms also have the option of tagging faxes with keywords to make it easier to locate them in the future. Mobile app users can also access this feature.
E-signature capability: eFax provides users with the ability to electronically sign faxes online or from the screen of a smartphone, cutting down on the need for paper printouts.
An eFax address book: Integrate your existing contacts into your eFax account and easily search for contacts when you log in.
Ability to share large files: Large files can be shared with up to 20 recipients at one time. This is very helpful for sending files that are too big to email, such as videos or presentations.
Integrates with popular third–party cloud storage: You can fax documents stored in Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive and other cloud services with eFax. This is especially useful if you’re on the road for a hearing or deposition and need to fax something.
Automated encryption of documents: eFax has a feature called Enhanced Security which encrypts inbound faxes and stores them using advanced encryption in the user portal. It also encrypts faxes sent via mobile app, eFax Messenger or the portal.
Ability to send and receive faxes via email: You can use one fax number to send and receive faxes from up to five email accounts. This means you may not need to pay for multiple eFax accounts–five email addresses can be registered to use eFax under one account.

eFax Pricing

eFax offers monthly and annual subscription options. You don’t need to sign any contracts. eFax offers a free 14-day trial, which is a good opportunity to see whether the service works for your firm.

As of this writing, eFax pricing is as follows:

$18.99 per month plus a $10 setup fee allows you to send 170 pages and receive 170 pages per month.
$24.99 per month plus a $10 setup fee allows you to send 275 pages and receive 275 pages per month.
The EFax Corporate plan is designed for firms that need more page volume and an API integration; you’ll need to contact eFax to get pricing for the Corporate solution.

There is a 17% discount if you choose an annual plan instead of the monthly option.

All plans have a limit on how many pages you can send and receive per month. If your law firm exceeds the limit, you can still keep faxing, but each extra page costs 10 cents in the US and Canada. Prices increase for international faxes, and the price per page depends on location.

Please check the eFax website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Is eFax a Good Fit for Your Firm?

eFax is one of the industry leaders because it meets so many different needs.

It can be great for:

Solo lawyers, small law offices and virtual lawyers
Lawyers who spend a lot of time away from the office
Lawyers who want the ability to send and receive faxes through email
Lawyers who need to share large files regularly (although we encourage you to consider using your practice’s document management software if you’re sharing files within your law office or with your clients; it’s just more secure).

MyFax: When Ease-of-Use Matters Most

MyFax is owned by the same parent company as eFax. Think of it as a slimmed-down version of eFax. The two share many of the same basic features, but MyFax doesn’t offer quite as many capabilities as its big brother.

Law firms often choose MyFax because it’s incredibly simple to set up and use. It doesn’t require any real technical knowledge, so if it’s a high priority for your office to find something that’s easy to use, MyFax may be a good choice.

Key Features of MyFax

In addition to its ease of use, MyFax offers several additional features and benefits your firm may find helpful, such as:

An easy-to-use mobile app: MyFax has a mobile app for iOS and Android that allows you to send and receive faxes from your mobile device. You can attach up to 10 files to a single fax.
There’s no hardware or software to install: You only need internet access and an email account.
Ability to choose your number: You can select a local, toll-free or international fax number. You can also keep your existing fax number if you so choose.
Ability to send faxes by email: Send a fax by composing a message in your email, entering your recipient’s fax number, attaching documents and then sending the email.
Send faxes from many different addresses: You can send faxes from up to five different email addresses and with up to 10MB of attachments.
Ability to receive faxes by email: MyFax can deliver your incoming faxes to up to five email addresses. Faxes arrive as PDFs.
Compatibility with web-based email: If you’re somewhere where you can’t access your law firm email, you can fax using a Gmail or other web-based email address.
Automated archiving: MyFax saves digital copies of every fax sent and received and provides the option of using tags to help you find what you need later.
Fax-to-50: This feature lets you simultaneously send a fax to up to 50 recipients.
Cover letter templates: MyFax provides 100 free cover letter templates, plus you can upload and store custom cover letters for your faxes.
A well-designed dashboard: The MyFax dashboard shows how many pages you’ve sent and received, gives you a glimpse of the faxes coming in and going out, and provides quick access to archived faxes.

MyFax Pricing

MyFax offers monthly and annual subscriptions. There are no contracts to sign, and you can cancel anytime. MyFax offers a free 14-day trial.

As of this writing, MyFax offers three plans:

$12 per month lets you send 100 pages and receive 100 per month.
$25 per month raises it to 300 pages sent and 300 received per month.
$45 per month provides 600 pages sent and 600 received per month.

You save 17% if you choose an annual plan over any of the monthly plans, and there are no set-up or activation fees. If you exceed the page limits of your plan, each extra page costs just 10 cents in the US and Canada. Fees for extra international faxes vary.

Please check the MyFax website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Is MyFax a Good Fit for Your Law Firm?

You’ll want to carefully compare the costs of MyFax versus eFax and Dropbox Fax. MyFax is no longer the price leader, as the other two services both offer plans that break down to a lower cost per page.

That said, MyFax doesn’t charge setup fees, and it remains extremely easy to use, both of which are important considerations. MyFax may be a good fit for small or virtual law firms that don’t need to fax things very often.

Since MyFax allows you to choose your own local, toll-free, or international fax number, it may also work well for law firms that work nationally or internationally, as long as they have a good idea of whether they can remain within the page limits.

We don’t believe MyFax is the best choice for law firms that plan to use their email to fax. We say this because MyFax only allows up to 10 MB of attachments per fax. That’s far less capacity than many email clients, such as Gmail, which allows users to send up to 25 MB.

Price and attachment limits are not the only drawbacks to MyFax. The archive system is another. Although MyFax archives all the faxes sent and received, it relies on tagging through the use of the right keywords to organize everything.

As such, you would need to take the time to set up some specific rules related to keywords and tagging to make sure the archive stays organized and searchable. Some lawyers may not have the time or interest in learning the tagging system.

Dropbox Fax (Formerly HelloFax)

The third online fax service law firms should evaluate is called Dropbox Fax. This service was called HelloFax until Dropbox acquired HelloFax and its parent company, HelloSign.

Backed by the power and stability of a larger company like Dropbox, Dropbox Fax has the advantages of working at a larger scale and with more resources than any other digital fax provider, allowing Dropbox Fax to provide a large volume of fax pages per month at a cost-effective price.

However, as you may expect with a larger company, Dropbox is not quite as transparent about exactly what you get when you sign up for its service. Its website is not as detailed about the offering as the websites for MyFax or eFax. We’ll provide information as fully as we can in this article.

Dropbox Fax: Features and Benefits for Law Firms

The features available to law firms using Dropbox Fax depend primarily on the plan chosen. The service offers one free plan and three paid plans.

Depending on the plan you select, features include:

Ability to have up to 20 team members use the program
Ability to receive or send up to 1,000 pages per month (with the highest-tier plan; other plans offer fewer monthly pages, as covered in the pricing section below)
All paid plans allow you to send and receive faxes (the free plan only allows sending)
International faxing capabilities
Integrations with Google Drive, Dropbox, MS Word, OneDrive and Evernote
Ability to edit and sign faxes electronically
Secure cloud storage
All paid plans provide the ability to use your email to send a fax
Ability to receive faxes to your email as a PDF attachment
All paid plans allow you to send the same fax to multiple recipients
The Professional and Small Business plans allow you to use an existing fax number if you want to
If you don’t have your own fax number, Dropbox Fax provides one at no charge

Dropbox Fax Pricing

Like the other two services we’ve discussed, Dropbox Fax offers monthly and annual subscription options, so you don’t need to sign any contracts. Each paid plan comes with a free 30-day trial.

As of this writing, Dropbox fax offers four plans:

Free: Dropbox Fax offers a free plan that allows you to send five fax pages a month. This plan doesn’t allow you to receive faxes, nor can you send faxes to multiple recipients. When you send more than five pages in a month, each fax costs 99 cents per page up to 10 pages, and 20 cents for each page beyond 10.
Home office: This plan costs $9.99 a month and comes with a 30-day free trial. It allows up to 300 fax pages a month and charges an additional 5 cents for each page beyond 300. The plan allows up to five senders, so five people in your law firm can use the same account. It also allows email-to-fax transmissions and the ability to fax to multiple recipients at the same time. You can also receive faxes with this plan, as you can with all the Dropbox Fax paid plans. The Home Office plan doesn’t allow you to use an existing fax number.
Professional: This plan costs $19.99 a month and comes with a free 30-day trial. It allows up to 500 fax pages a month and charges 5 cents for each page beyond 500. The Professional plan allows ten senders, so 10 firm members can share the same account. The plan also comes with all the features of the Home Office plan, plus you can port over your existing fax number.
Small Business: This account costs $39.99 monthly and offers a 30-day free trial. It allows 1,000 pages per month and charges 5 cents for each page beyond 1,000. The Small Business plan allows up to 20 senders, making it a good option for firms with many lawyers, law clerks or paralegals who need to use faxes. The plan comes with all the features of the Home Office plan, plus you can port over your existing fax number.

There are no setup fees for any of the Dropbox Fax plans. You can save 20% by choosing an annual plan. For example, the Small Business plan’s annual subscription is $399.99, whereas you would pay $479.88 for a full year under the monthly billing model.

Please check the Dropbox Fax website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Is Dropbox Fax a Good Fit for Your Law Firm?

Dropbox Fax is, in some ways, the leader in the clubhouse. Its plans offer the most pages for the best price, at the time of this writing. The highest-tier Dropbox Fax plan provides more pages and users than MyFax’s top plan. (eFax doesn’t provide page volumes or pricing for its top plan; you must call eFax for a quote.)

The Dropbox Fax 30-day free trial is the longest free trial offered among this group of services. MyFax and eFax both offer free trials, but they’re only 14 days each. It’s helpful that your firm can try out Dropbox Fax for a longer period of time, giving you more time to decide whether the service is something worth paying for.

Dropbox Fax is also the only one of the three services that offers plans allowing more than five senders, making it an appealing choice for law firms that expect to have quite a few fax senders and receivers.

It’s also the only service that offers a free version. While the Dropbox Fax free account doesn’t allow you to receive faxes and only allows you to send five pages per month, the free account could be a practical option for a solo lawyer who uses a fax machine only once or twice a month.

Dropbox Fax is easy to set up. It doesn’t take a lot of technical knowledge. It’s also easy to learn and to use. Of course, it may take a little more technical knowledge if you’re looking to set up specific routing of faxes or want to integrate your faxing system in certain ways.

For people with the ability to use most software, it’s easy to “DIY” your way through the entire set-up process.

Online Digital Fax Services: The Choice Is Yours

Today’s modern law firms are looking to go green, make themselves more efficient and get work done from anywhere. Online faxing services such as eFax, MyFax and Dropbox Fax empower your firm to do just that. Each service is similar but offers slightly different capabilities and different price points.

We hope this breakdown of the three leading online fax services for law firms helps you make the right choice for your practice. And, since none of the services requires any contracts, you can always try one for a while and then cancel and switch to a different one if you need to.

If you’re looking for more ways to help your law firm go paperless, be sure to download our Paperless Law Firm Checklist. It’s a tool that’ll help you think through all the opportunities to cut down on paper use and go digital with various parts of your practice.

Uptime Legal Systems is dedicated to helping law firms with all things technology and practice management. We invite you to explore the resources we have available to help your firm choose document management software, learn about cloud security and more.

Managing Faxes and Documents

In our exploration of the best online fax services for law firms, we’ve covered the top systems to send and receive faxes in a modern law firm.

There’s one final piece to this puzzle: You’ll need a system to manage faxes and other documents for your law firm.

For this, we recommend a Document Management System, or DMS. Document Management software is a central place to store, organize and manage all documents, including faxed documents.

A good legal document management system will provide:

Secure storage for your firm and matter documents.
Client/matter centric organization for documents.
Document categorization tools like doc type, status and tags.
Document version management.
Full-text document search
Integrated email management

For modern legal document management, take a look at LexWorkplace, our DMS made for the modern law firm.

Last Updated: June 23rd, 2026 / Categories: Law Firm Productivity /

Written By: Dennis Dimka

As the founder and CEO of Uptime Legal, I've had the privilege of guiding our company to become a leading provider of technology services for law firms.

Our growth, both organic and through strategic acquisitions, has enabled us to offer a diverse range of services, tailored to the evolving needs of the legal industry.

Being recognized as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist and seeing Uptime Legal ranked among the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America for eight consecutive years are testaments to our team's dedication.

At Uptime Legal, we strive to continuously innovate and adapt in the rapidly evolving legal tech landscape, ensuring that law firms have access to the most advanced and reliable technology solutions.

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