Alfred vs Raycast

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.

Raycast is Extensible macOS launcher and productivity tool with built-in snippets, clipboard history, and developer integrations.. It is available under a freemium model. This tool falls under the productivity category.