eFax vs Sfax for HIPAA faxing

eFax costs less than Sfax for one person once a BAA is required: Business is $33.33 a month billed annually against $56.83 for Sfax Plus at 500 pages. At 1,000 pages the order holds, at $54.16 for eFax Business and $86.83 for Sfax Plus, both billed annually.

Which costs less for one person at 500 pages, eFax or Sfax?

At 500 pages, eFax is the lower price for one person on either billing basis: eFax Business costs $33.33 a month on annual billing and $39.99 month to month, against $56.83 and $62.00 for Sfax Plus. The lowest-priced eFax plan with a BAA is Business, since Personal has none, and the lowest-priced Sfax plan with a BAA is Plus, since the Standard card has no BAA line. The comparison therefore sits between those two tiers.

The table compares the cheapest plan with a BAA at 500 pages a month for one person.

For the other eFax plans, see eFax pricing explained.

Which costs less at 500 and 1,000 pages, eFax or Sfax?

At both 500 and 1,000 pages, eFax is the lower price for one person. At 1,000 pages, eFax Business costs $54.16 a month on annual billing and $64.99 month to month, against $86.83 and $92.00 for Sfax Plus. Plus is the lowest-priced Sfax plan with a BAA at both volumes. Doubling the volume from 500 to 1,000 pages raises both prices, and the rise is larger for Sfax Plus than for eFax Business on either billing basis.

The table shows the cheapest plan with a BAA for one person, as a price a month, at 500 and 1,000 pages sent and received.

Sfax gives one month free on annual billing, which shows in its lower annual price per month.

What does eFax or Sfax cost over a year for one person?

Over a year for one person, eFax Business costs less than Sfax Plus at both 500 and 1,000 pages, billed annually or month to month. At 500 pages, eFax Business comes to $399.96 billed annually and $479.88 month to month, against $681.96 and $744.00 for Sfax Plus.

At 1,000 pages, eFax Business comes to $649.92 billed annually and $779.88 month to month, against $1,041.96 and $1,104.00 for Sfax Plus. For comparison, Fax Pigeon comes to $119.88 a year at 500 pages on Standard and $203.88 at 1,000 pages on Plus, both billed annually.

What do eFax and Sfax charge for pages over the plan?

eFax Business charges 7 cents for each page over the plan, while every Sfax plan charges 10 cents a page. The tables count pages sent and received together. The prices in the tables cover the plan only, so a month that runs past the page count adds those cents to the plan price. Fax Pigeon's Standard plan charges 5 cents for each extra page and its Plus plan 4 cents.

How does eFax or Sfax get a BAA, and on which plans?

eFax includes a BAA on Business and up, while Sfax includes one on Plus and up. eFax prints its BAA on the Business plan card and gives Personal none. Sfax shows BAA Available on its Plus, Contender and Enterprise cards, and the Standard card has no such line.

The table shows how each provider handles the BAA and the people each plan includes.

Fax Pigeon signs a BAA at signup on every plan, with no tier to reach first. For Sfax's HIPAA position beyond the BAA, read whether Sfax is HIPAA compliant.

How many users do eFax and Sfax plans include, and what does an extra user cost?

eFax Business includes 5 users, while every Sfax plan lists unlimited users. A team of six on eFax Business pays $10 a month for its sixth user, or $100 a year on annual billing, and the same team on Sfax Plus pays no per-user charge. Fax Pigeon also includes unlimited people on every plan.

What do eFax and Sfax charge to port a number?

eFax charges $40 for each number ported in and $40 in administrative fees for each number ported out, according to its Customer Agreement, while the Sfax porting charge is not part of this comparison. A practice moving a number from eFax to Sfax pays the eFax port-out fee for each number, and should ask Sfax whether it charges to port a number in. These fees come on top of the plan price, because the tables show plan prices only. Fax Pigeon includes free porting on every plan.

Who should switch from eFax or Sfax, and to what?

A practice on Sfax Plus with up to five people should switch to eFax Business, at $33.33 a month billed annually against $56.83 for Sfax Plus at 500 pages. A practice that pays month to month should switch too, since eFax Business is $39.99 a month against $62.00 for Sfax Plus. A practice at 1,000 pages should switch for the same reason, since eFax Business is $54.16 a month billed annually against $86.83 for Sfax Plus. A practice with more than five people pays $10 a month for each extra eFax user.

At 500 pages billed annually, Fax Pigeon's Standard plan costs $23.34 a month less than eFax Business and $46.84 a month less than Sfax Plus, which comes to $280.08 and $562.08 over a year. For eFax set against Fax Pigeon, read how Fax Pigeon compares with eFax. Fax Pigeon's Standard plan, at $9.99 a month billed annually, is the lowest-priced option in these tables.

* Prices last verified October 12, 2026, at each provider's own site, except Sfax, whose prices were last verified October 7, 2026. Fax Pigeon is not affiliated with eFax or Sfax.