There’s no use of spending your cash on a fax machine. Especially when there’s the same services being offered via the internet. So, we’ve created a list of the top 5 best free online fax services.

#5 PamFax

PamFax allows users to start by sending several faxes for free, which is fully integrated with Skype. This cheap online fax service features a free fax number, no monthly cost, no credit card required to sign up, attractive per page pricing, no advertising on any fax, instant status notifications via Skype Chat, E-Mail and/or SMS, send any document you want – PamFax supports more than 100 formats – put your name and fax number in the fax header and many more.

#4 FaxZero

FaxZero lets you send two free faxes per day and is extremely user friendly. Features include ‘the easiest way to send a fax is to just type or paste the text of your fax into to the Enter Text to Fax box. Or, you can click the Browse… button to fax a file on your computer: you can send a PDF, Microsoft Word (.DOC or .DOCX or .RTF) file, or Excel spreadsheet (.XLS or .XLSX). The premium fax costs $1.99. There’s no FaxZero logo on the cover page, so you may like it better for business communications. The number of pages increases from 3 to 15, and there’s no 2-fax-per-day limitation. Also, premium faxes are delivered with higher priority — they go to the front of the line ahead of free faxes. ‘

#3 MyFax

MyFax is ‘an award-winning Internet fax service that lets you send and receive faxes through your email, the web, or smart phone. MyFax provides exceptional value, a great low monthly price, and 24/7 customer support. One year of free online storage, fax from 5 email addresses, add cover pages, fax from Microsoft Office, free apps for iPhone and BlackBerry, and more. A MyFax number is a real fax number. MyFax offers toll free and local fax numbers at no additional cost. Choose your fax number now, or check availability. MyFax requires no hardware or software. All you need is Internet access, an email address, and a MyFax account. Your MyFax number is tied to your email, so you can fax from home, work, and while traveling – anywhere you access the Internet. MyFax eliminates the need for a fax machine, fax supplies (paper, ink, toner), a separate phone line for faxing, and costly maintenance. It saves you money.’ Basically, choose your plan, pick your number, and you’re done

#2 Popfax

Popfax offers ‘an account to send and receive fax. All Options are enabled for you to try. Access to all productivity tools. A local fax number you can choose from over 500 cities in 20 countries. You can receive and send faxes at any time. You can also send your faxes from any country in the world you just need to access your Popfax.com account via an internet connection. Popfax.com service does not require any Software installation. It works, following subscription, with all operating systems.’

#1 FaxFreedom

FaxFreedom delivers a service which lets you ‘store and label any of your faxes in a special folder for easy access. The next time you need to send the same fax, you’ll know where to find it.’ Additionally, ‘you can download free FaxFreedom software that will install a printer on your PC that allows you to print any file type to any fax machine! For example, if you have prepared a Word document that you would like to fax out, simply select file-print and select FaxFreedom You will then be asked to enter the fax number of the receiver.’