Nextiva Fax Review

Nextiva specializes in internet fax service for individuals and small businesses. Like other internet fax services, Nextiva does not require any specialized hardware and the internet fax service can be accessed from almost anywhere.

Fax Process

Nextiva has a program that must be installed if you want it to work with your email service. Once the program is installed, your email can function like a fax machine. It can send faxes simply by putting the fax number in place of a recipient's email address. The program allows these faxes to be stored in your email account or the user can download them to their computer?s hard drive.

Nextiva can also be accessed through their website. Like other internet fax service providers, the website portal allows you to check incoming faxes and send outgoing faxes. Nextiva also has integrated their fax system with cell phones, allowing you to access faxes on the go.

Nextiva fax is integrated with Microsoft Office and allows you to send faxes through the Microsoft applications. This prevents the user from having to save the file, then send it through a fax. Instead, the file can simply be sent through the Microsoft program. It simplifies a step.

Features

Nextiva allows the user to send and receive faxes through several methods including; email, internet, cell phone, and PDA. When faxes come into the service, up to five email addresses can be notified. Inbound faxes are in TIFF or PDF format. Nextiva gives out local or toll-free fax numbers, depending on the location of the user. Additionally, Nextiva saves a copy of every fax that is sent or received, so the user can retrieve them on their own schedule.

Nextiva has prompt and responsive customer service. Access to customer service is available online and through a telephone. They have a searchable database of topics which gives quick answers to the most common questions. Nextiva also has a news page that includes updates about developments in its communications services.

Plans

Nextiva offers a free trial of its basic services. After the free trial is over, the user must select a plan from their wide variety of options. For the single-user, who does not have much fax usage, the basic plan is $9.95 per month. If this amount is paid in advance, for a year, then the amount reduces to $6.95 per month. The basic plan allows for 500 pages a month of incoming and outgoing faxes, with an overage charge for additional pages. Nextiva also offers a variety of plans for people who plan to have more internet fax usage. These plans range for $17.95 a month for 1,000 pages to $34.95 a month for 3,000 pages. All plans have overage charges if the page limit is exceeded.

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