5 alternativesWorkspaces: $19.99 once
The best Workspaces alternatives
For most people the best alternative to Workspaces is Snapset, and the best free one is Raycast.
SnapsetPick it if you switch between a desk setup and a laptop setup and rebuild your windows every time.$35 onceCompare at a glance
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| App | Price | How you pay | Mac | iPhone | iPad | App Store | Developer | Setapp | Rating |
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 Workspaces | $19.99 once | Pay once | Too few ratings | ||||||
| Snapset | $35 once | Pay once | Too few ratings | ||||||
 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 |
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The alternatives, in order
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Pick it if you switch between a desk setup and a laptop setup and rebuild your windows every time.
Saves your apps, windows, browser tabs and folders as a set and brings them all back in one go.
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Pick it if you want 1 free search bar for apps, files, clipboard history and window snapping.
A free Spotlight replacement that also handles clipboard history, snippets and window snapping from 1 search bar.
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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.
When Workspaces is still the right pick
You switch between several clients or projects a day and reopen the same files each time.
Workspaces prices and verdict$19.99 once