How to get a fax number online
Sign up for an online fax service and the number comes with it. With Municorn Fax you pick the area code, from anywhere in the US, and faxes to that number arrive in the app on your phone. No machine, no phone line.
What you’re getting
A fax number is dialled like a phone number, but a fax machine or fax service answers it instead of a person. An online one isn’t tied to a machine or a phone line: it lives in an app or an email account, so faxes find you wherever you are.
More on what a fax number is · what one looks like
Get your fax number in the app
It takes three steps and the Municorn Fax app, on iPhone or Android.
Download Municorn Fax and pick a plan
All of our plans come with unlimited fax sending, and the number is included. You don’t need to buy credits!
Choose your area code
Pick your local area code, or anywhere else in the US. Search by city: some areas have more than one code! Then choose a number from the list, or let the app generate one.
Start sending and receiving
Your fax number is always at the top of your inbox, where you can copy it to your clipboard and hand it out. Faxes sent to it arrive in the app.
Local, toll‑free or Canadian
Every plan comes with a number. These are the kinds you can choose.
Local
A number with the area code of your choice, in any US state. It gives you a local presence where your customers are, whether or not you have an office there.
Toll-free
An 800, 888, 877 or 866 number that anyone in the country can fax without a long-distance charge. The usual choice for claims, orders and support lines.
Canadian
A Canadian number, for a presence north of the border. We don’t offer numbers outside the US and Canada, but Municorn Fax sends to 90+ countries.
Toll-free numbers are on EveryFax, our web and email-to-fax service, priced separately with a two-week trial.
What comes with it
Unlimited fax pages
Send as much as you need. No credits, no per-page charges.
Receive in the app
Faxes to your number land in your inbox on iPhone or Android.
HIPAA compliant
With a BAA, and 256-bit AES encryption on every fax.
90+ countries
Fax abroad from your US number, on the same plan.
Your fax number is included
Three ways to pay for the same plan. Start with one free test fax.
- Your fax number, included
- Unlimited fax pages
- HIPAA compliant
- Cancel anytime
- Your fax number, included
- Unlimited fax pages
- HIPAA compliant
- Cancel anytime
- Your fax number, included
- Unlimited fax pages
- HIPAA compliant
- Cancel anytime
App Store prices. On Android the plans are billed through Google Play. Compare the plans
Other ways to get a fax number
An app is the quickest. These are the alternatives, and what each one costs you.
| Option | Faxes reach you | Cost | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Municorn FaxThe app | In the app on your phone | From $9.99 a week on iOS, number included | Faxing from your phone |
| EveryFaxEmail and web | As PDFs in your email, or in your browser | Priced separately, with a two-week trial | Working from a computer or an inbox |
| A phone lineFrom your phone company | On a fax machine plugged into it | A monthly line rental, plus the machine, ink and paper | High volumes on paper, without relying on the internet |
| VoIPAn add-on | Depends on the provider | Part of a business phone plan | If you already pay for one; faxing isn’t its main job, so features can be thin |
| A free numberFree services | Usually by email, with limits | Free, with page caps or a number that expires | A one-off fax |
Weighing up the free ones? Our free fax services round-up covers the catches, and here are the best one-time fax options.
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Get your fax number today
Municorn Fax gives you a US fax number with the area code you choose, on iPhone or Android. Try it with one free single-page test fax.
