eFax is an encrypted cloud-based fax service that allows users to send, receive, and edit faxes online, from email, or from a mobile application. It provides users with a unique fax number attached to their email address, thereby avoiding the need to use a fax machine or print incoming faxes.
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PaperCut
Score 8.4 out of 10
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PaperCut Software headquartered in Melbourne offers their suite of print and output management solutions including PaperCut NG as well as embedded software to supply hardware integration.
For the daily faxing needs, eFax gets the job done. We get notified when the fax has been received or sent successfully, but it takes so long at times. I'm not sure if it's eFax's encryption system that is delaying the Rx/Tx time, but it needs to be improved immediately.
PaperCut is well suited in an environment where paper usage is overdone. In the marketing and advertising industry, lots of paper is wasted due to visual usage like presentations of client show-casings. It is less appropriate for a workplace that only uses digital work rather than any print. Otherwise very useful.
The user interface could use some work, as it's a little dated looking, and it's not so simple to receive faxes, at times.
Administrator functions. If the user's account is locked for any reason, the administrator cannot unlock their account. It causes a lot of inconveniences.
Unable to see the bill. For whatever reason, eFax does not allow viewing the bill from the online portal.
For our logistics side of the business, we use eFax to receive orders. We are using it to transmit a variety of documents as well. It comes in handy if you really need to accept faxes.
eFax support is great. They are quick to assist you with any issue regarding eFax. I haven't had to wait long on support services or answers. During an outage seems to be when the queue times get long but on a normal day, they are quick to answer and fast on a solution.
We use a local company to support our PaperCut implementation. They have been fantastic with any request we've had over the years. For the most part the issues we have had were simple enough and were often solved by a driver or application update. PaperCut has been nothing less than reliable.
Admittedly, the only other service I have used to electronically fax is Genesys Cloud, which has a faxing feature. The two aren't really comparable, since eFax solely focuses on faxing, while faxing is just a side feature of Genesys. While eFax isn't as clean or easy to use, it does fulfill its job as a faxing service.
The biggest ROI impact would be that we are saving money every year by printing less and less.
As part of moving towards this centralized model, we no longer purchase new printers.
The only negative was the initial push back from users that have been printing to local printers for years and years. This is something that will obviously go away over time.
