FaxTo vs Snapfax: pay-as-you-go faxing, and why the per-page cost moves
Snapfax is a genuine pay-as-you-go fax app with no subscription: credit packs from $1.99, credits that never expire, and coverage of 84 countries. The wrinkle is that a page does not always cost one credit — the rate varies by destination, from 0.6 credits to 3.0. FaxTo charges one credit per page regardless of where it is going.
Side by side
| What you are comparing | FaxTo | Snapfax |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model — No meaningful difference | Credits, no subscription needed to send. | Credits, no subscription at all. |
| Smallest purchase — The other app leads on this | Not published yet — the app is pre-release | 4 credits for $1.99; packs run up to 1,000 credits for $199.99. |
| Credits per page — FaxTo leads on this | Always 1, wherever you send. | Varies by destination — 0.8 to the US and Canada, 0.6 to Taiwan, up to 3.0 to some countries. |
| Do credits expire? — No meaningful difference | One-off packs never expire. | Credits have no expiry date. |
| Country coverage — The other app leads on this | 40+ countries. | 84 countries and regions. |
| Receiving faxes — FaxTo leads on this | Dedicated US or Canada number on the Pro plan. | Sending only — the pricing page covers no receiving option. |
| A fax that fails to send — No meaningful difference | No credit charged; busy lines retried automatically. | Charges only for pages actually sent. |
| Availability — The other app leads on this | Pre-release; not on the app stores. | Available now on iOS, Android and Windows. |
Figures on the right were read from the vendor's own pages on the dates listed below. Visit Snapfax
Choosing between FaxTo and Snapfax
FaxTo suits you if…
- You want the price of a page to be the same number wherever you send it.
- You need to receive faxes as well as send them.
- You want scanning, merging and a cover page in the app you send from.
- You want no advertising identifiers collected from your device.
Snapfax suits you if…
- You need to reach a country FaxTo does not cover — Snapfax lists 84.
- You want the cheapest possible entry point: $1.99 for four credits.
- You send mainly to the US, Canada or East Asia, where Snapfax's per-page rate is below one credit.
- You want it now, and on Windows as well as mobile.
A page is not always a page
Snapfax's rate card is destination-based. A page to the US or Canada costs 0.8 credits, a page to Taiwan 0.6, and a page to some destinations as much as 3.0. That is honest telecom pricing — international fax termination genuinely costs different amounts in different places — and for anyone sending mostly to North America it works out cheaper than a flat rate would.
It also means you cannot glance at a document and know what it will cost without consulting the table. FaxTo takes the opposite approach: one credit per page, everywhere it sends, with the credit cost of the document shown before you press send.
Snapfax reaches further
Eighty-four countries and regions against FaxTo's forty-plus. If the number you need to reach is outside the common destinations, Snapfax is more likely to be able to reach it, and that matters more than any per-page arithmetic. Check the destination before choosing either.
One direction
Snapfax's published pricing covers sending. There is no incoming fax number in it, so if someone needs to fax you back, you need something else. FaxTo's Pro plan assigns a dedicated US or Canada number that accepts faxes from anywhere in the world.
Frequently asked questions
Sources
Prices and plan contents change without notice. Each figure below was read from the linked page on the date shown — open it and confirm before you decide.
- Snapfax — Pricingchecked: 28 July 2026
- FaxTo — product facts taken from the app itselfchecked: 28 July 2026