Alfred vs Mendeley

Alfred is a productivity application for macOS developed by Running with Crayons Ltd. that serves as an application launcher, file searcher, and workflow automation tool. The free version provides search and launch functionality, while the paid Powerpack adds features like workflows, clipboard history, snippets, and custom web searches. Alfred 5 is the current major version.

Mendeley is reference manager and academic social network for organizing papers, generating citations, and collaborating. It provides comprehensive features for productivity workflows. The tool is actively maintained with regular updates and strong community/vendor support.