4 alternativesRaycast: Free to start
The best Raycast alternatives
For most people the best alternative to Raycast is Alfred.
AlfredPick this if you prefer a one-time price and want to plug in workflows built by other Alfred users.Free to startCompare at a glance
Raycast is highlighted, so you can see what you give up and what you gain.
| App | Price | How you pay | Mac | iPhone | iPad | App Store | Developer | Setapp | Rating |
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 Raycast | Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | Too few ratings | ||||||
| Alfred | Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | Too few ratings | ||||||
 CoolDock | $14.99 once | Pay once | Too few ratings | ||||||
 Pieoneer | $14.99 once | Pay once | Too few ratings | ||||||
 Workspaces | $19.99 once | Pay once | Too few ratings |
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The alternatives, in order
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Pick this if you prefer a one-time price and want to plug in workflows built by other Alfred users.
A keyboard launcher you buy once, with clipboard history, snippets and thousands of community workflows in the Powerpack.
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Pick it if you like having small widgets for music, calendar and system stats always visible while you work.
A second Dock with live widgets for music, calendar, system stats and quick toggles.
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Pick it if you switch between apps with the mouse all day and want something faster than the Dock or Command-Tab.
A pie menu at your pointer for switching apps, launching files and controlling music.
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Pick it if you switch between several clients or projects a day and reopen the same files each time.
One click opens every folder, file, app and website a project needs, and another cleans it all up.
Raycast head to head
When Raycast is still the right pick
You keep your hands on the keyboard and want 1 shortcut for apps, files, clipboard and windows.
Raycast prices and verdictFree to start