Free online fax trials (2026): length, card and BAA for each service

Online fax free trials run 14 days at MyFax and Spruce Health, 7 at iFax and RingCentral and 3 at HIPAA Vault; Spruce Health's trial needs no credit card and includes a BAA for organizations that require one. Fax Pigeon has no trial: its first fax, up to 10 pages, is free with no credit card under a signed BAA.

Which online fax services offer a free trial in 2026?

Seven of the services in the table print a free trial: 14 days at MyFax, Spruce Health, LuzardoFax and Documo, 7 days at iFax and RingCentral and 3 days at HIPAA Vault, while RingRx prints 14 days free. SRFax's Basic plan page says there is no free trial, and FaxRx's About page says there is no free trial and no free plan for sending faxes.

The table gives each trial as the service's own page prints it, with the card and BAA terms. "Not stated" marks a term the page is silent on.

Which free trials include a signed BAA?

Spruce Health says all of its trials and paid plans automatically include a BAA for an organization that requires one, and HIPAA Vault's trial checkout lists a signed BAA with every plan. iFax limits its free BAA with the trial to iFax Plus and iFax Pro subscribers. RingRx says in its FAQ that it provides a signed BAA during onboarding.

MyFax's terms bar storing protected health information until you have executed a BAA with MyFax for the service. RingCentral's HIPAA document says it makes a BAA available to its paying Covered Entity customers. LuzardoFax's terms say its BAA is signed automatically during onboarding on every paid plan.

Documo says it signs a BAA for healthcare customers, and WestFax says every plan comes with a signed BAA. Sfax's BAA article says a customer who wants a BAA on file emails support or calls 877-493-1015.

Do you need a credit card for a free fax trial?

Spruce Health, LuzardoFax and Documo each print a trial with no credit card required, and iFax asks for credit card details to use its premium features. iFax adds that it will not charge for the first seven days. The MyFax, RingCentral, RingRx and HIPAA Vault pages state no card term.

Sfax's help article on how its 14-day free trial works says a customer who cancels a paying plan within 14 days of signing up is not charged. Fax Pigeon's free first fax needs no credit card, and FaxZero's free fax needs none either.

What is the difference between a free trial, a free plan and a free fax?

A free trial lets you use a paid service for a set number of days, a free plan is a plan that costs nothing and caps the pages, and a free fax is a single send from a website. Fax.Plus says its free plan comes with 10 free pages to fax in total. FaxTerra sends 10 pages every month to any supported country on its free tier, free forever. Its HIPAA page says that without the HIPAA add-on no plan includes a BAA.

Dropbox Fax gives 5 free fax pages on its free plan, then $0.99 a fax up to 10 pages and $0.20 for every page after, for sending only. Receiving faxes is available for paid accounts. FaxZero needs no credit card for a free fax, puts FaxZero branding on the cover page and allows a maximum of 3 pages plus a cover and 5 free faxes a day.

Which of these come under a BAA is answered in is there a free HIPAA compliant fax service.

Is a first-month price or a money-back guarantee a free trial?

A first-month price is a paid month at an introductory price, and a money-back guarantee refunds a payment after it is made; neither is a free trial. MyFax lists Home Office User at $5 for the first month, with $12 a month listed for the plan. eFax's pricing page shows Personal at $4.99 for the first month and Business, which carries the BAA, at $14.99 for the first month on its monthly view.

eFax's HIPAA Choice page advertises eFax Protect at $15 for the first month. HIPAA Vault lists a 30 Day Money Back Guarantee next to its 3-day free trial button. Sfax says refunds cannot be issued after its initial 14-day trial and does not prorate partial months.

Paying for a single fax skips both the trial and the subscription, and what HIPAA fax services charge per fax has its own page.

Can you send patient documents during a free trial?

A free trial that receives or stores patient faxes needs a BAA in place first, because HHS says a covered entity or business associate that uses a cloud service provider to process or store ePHI without a BAA is in violation of the HIPAA Rules. HHS's cloud computing guidance also says a covered entity may use a cloud service for ePHI provided it enters into a HIPAA-compliant BAA with the provider.

A trial without a BAA suits test pages that hold no patient information. Do you need a BAA with your online fax service covers when one is required.

How do you run a fax trial without risking patient information?

A fax trial stays free of patient information when it runs on test pages until the BAA is in place, and these steps set that up.

1. Read the trial's BAA terms before creating the account. Spruce Health includes a BAA in every trial for an organization that requires one, HIPAA Vault's trial checkout lists a signed BAA with every plan, and iFax limits its free BAA with the trial to Plus and Pro subscribers.
2. Send only test pages that hold no patient information until the BAA is signed. MyFax's terms bar storing protected health information until you have executed a BAA.
3. Check the trial's caps against what the test needs. LuzardoFax caps its trial at 30 sent and 180 received pages, counted separately, iFax allows up to 100 faxed pages, and RingCentral limits its trial to a maximum of five users.
4. Check how the trial treats an existing number. HIPAA Vault says its trial does not apply to ported numbers.
5. Find the card rule before the first fax. Spruce Health, LuzardoFax and Documo ask for no credit card, while iFax requests credit card details to use the premium features.
6. Mark the end of the trial on a calendar. Spruce Health requires a plan to keep using Spruce, with billing beginning when you sign up, and LuzardoFax makes the account read-only for 30 days unless you choose a paid plan.

What does Fax Pigeon's free first fax include?

Fax Pigeon's free first fax is one fax of up to 10 pages, sent after you confirm your email, with no credit card, under the same signed BAA as every paid plan. Fax Pigeon has no free trial. The fax goes out from Fax Pigeon's shared number, and receiving needs a paid plan.

The paid plans start at $4.99 a month billed annually on Basic, or $5.99 month to month, for 200 pages a month, sent plus received on your own number. Every plan includes unlimited people and a signed BAA, executed at sign-up and readable at faxpigeon.com/baa before paying. Every paid plan ports an existing number in at no charge.

* Fax Pigeon prices and plan terms as of October 24, 2026. Outside sources were read on October 23, 2026.