Clipboard managers for MacHead to head
Paste vs Pastebot
Paste ranks #1 and Pastebot ranks #3 in our guide to the best clipboard managers for Mac. Paste is our pick for most people.
PastePick Paste if you copy on your iPhone and paste on your Mac many times a day.From $3.99#3 in the guide
PastebotPick Pastebot if you paste the same addresses and code daily and want saved snippets plus paste-in-order stacks.$39 onceWhat decides it
- Pastebot costs less over 3 years: $39, against $89.97 for Paste.
- Both run on Mac. Only Paste runs on iPhone and iPad.
- Paste is included with a Setapp subscription; Pastebot isn't.
Side by side
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| At a glance | Paste | Pastebot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | 7 days free, then $3.99 a month, $29.99 a year or $99.99 once | $39 once with a year of updates, or $24.99 a year in the App Store |
| How you pay | Subscription | Pay once |
| 3 years of use | $89.97 Yearly plan | $39 Cheaper |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Runs on | Mac, iPhone, iPad | Mac |
| Where to buy | Developer, App Store, Setapp | Developer, App Store |
| Rating | 4.2 1.3K ratings | Too few ratings |
| Features | iCloud sync, Family Sharing, Free trial | iCloud sync, Shortcuts, Free trial, Privacy, Family Sharing |
| Made by | Paste Team | Tapbots |
| Last updated | 23 Oct 2026 | 1 Sept 2026 |
Who should get which
Get Paste if
You copy something on your iPhone and need it on your Mac a minute later, many times a day.
Get Pastebot if
You paste the same addresses, replies and bits of code every day and want them 1 shortcut away.
Skip Paste if
You only copy and paste on one Mac, where the free Maccy keeps a searchable history just fine.
Skip Pastebot if
You just want back the thing you copied 10 minutes ago, and free Maccy does exactly that.
Our verdicts
Paste
At $29.99 a year or $99.99 once, Paste costs more than most clipboard managers, and the money mostly buys sync between your Mac, iPhone and iPad. It saves everything you copy, finds text inside old screenshots and pastes queued items in order. If you only copy on a Mac, the free Maccy or the clipboard history built into Raycast covers the basics.
Pastebot
Maccy gives you a free, searchable clipboard history, and Pastebot is what you pay for when that stops being enough. Filters clean up text before you paste, custom pastebins hold the snippets you reuse, and a stack pastes several copied items back in order, all from Shift-Command-V. At $39 direct or $24.99 a year in the App Store it costs a lot for clipboard history alone, and version 3 needs macOS 26.
What each one helps you do
Paste
- Find a link you copied last week
- Pull text out of an old screenshot
- Paste a list of items in order
- Keep reusable snippets 1 shortcut away
Pastebot
- Paste something you copied an hour ago
- Clean up text with a filter before pasting
- Paste a list of items one after another
- Keep your password manager out of the history
Where to get them
Paste
7 days free, then $3.99 a month, $29.99 a year or $99.99 once
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From the developerThe Mac download includes a 7-day free trial with no credit card needed$29.99 a yearGet it
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App Store, every deviceWith in-app purchasesFree downloadApp Store
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IncludedTry Setapp
Pastebot
$39 once with a year of updates, or $24.99 a year in the App Store
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From the developer14-day free trial, includes 1 year of updates$39Get it
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Mac App StoreWith in-app purchasesFree downloadMac App Store
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Neither one quite right?
The other picks in our guide to the best clipboard managers for Mac.
MaccyPick this if you work on 1 Mac and want a free history you search without touching the mouse.Free, open source
PopClipPick this if you want search, translate or plain-text paste right above any text you select.$12 once
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