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Raycast
Blazingly fast, totally extendable launcher
As of 13 November 2026, Raycast has a free plan and paid plans start at $10/month. Raycast is a blazingly fast, totally extendable launcher for macOS. Softwr lists it under Productivity. Raycast is launched in 2020, available on macOS.
Overview
What Raycast does
Raycast is a blazingly fast, totally extendable launcher for macOS. It lets you complete tasks, calculate, share common links, and much more. With its powerful extension ecosystem, you can customize it to fit your workflow perfectly.
What people use it for
- App launching
- Quick calculations
- File navigation
- Snippet expansion
- Workflow automation
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Raycast.
- The free plan includes 50 Raycast AI messages, 5 notes and 3 months of clipboard history
- Advanced AI models are sold only as an add-on to the paid Pro plan at a further $8 per month on top of the $10 subscription
- Free team workspaces cap sharing at 30 snippets, 30 quicklinks and 5 commands across all extensions
- Teams Pro is $15 per user per month, billed per seat rather than per workspace
Pricing
What Raycast costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- Core features: Clipboard History, Quicklinks, Calculator, Snippets, Window Management
- Thousands of community extensions
- 3-month clipboard history
- 5 Raycast Notes
Pro
$10 /mo
- Raycast AI with advanced models
- Unlimited clipboard history
- Unlimited notes
- Cloud sync and dictation
- Option to add Advanced AI for $8/month additional
Pro Annual
$8 /mo
- Same as Pro plan
- Annual billing saves 20% compared to monthly
Teams Free
Free
- No cost per user
- Shared extensions, snippets, and quicklinks
Teams Pro
$15 /mo
- Unlimited team members
- Shared extensions and snippets
- Organization-wide admin controls
Capabilities
Features
Application launcher
File search
Clipboard history
Snippets
Window management
Calculator
System commands
Extension ecosystem
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Questions people ask
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Does Raycast offer a free plan?
Yes. Raycast has a free plan with core features including clipboard history, quicklinks, calculator, snippets, window management, and access to thousands of community extensions.
SourceHow much does Raycast Pro cost?
Raycast Pro costs $10 per month or $8 per month when billed annually, saving 20% with yearly subscription.
SourceDoes Raycast offer team plans?
Yes. Teams Free tier is available at no cost per user with shared extensions and snippets. Teams Pro costs $15 per user per month with unlimited team members.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Raycast
- Company
- Raycast
- Based in
- London, United Kingdom
- Founders
- Thomas Paul Mann, Petr Nikolaev
Timeline
Raycast over time
- Funding2024-09-25$30m
Series B of $30M led by Atomico
Source - Launch2024-09-25
Cross-platform expansion to Windows and iOS announced
Source - Funding2021-11-30$15m
Series A of $15M led by Accel and Coatue
Source - Funding2020-10-29$2.7m
Seed round of $2.7M led by Accel
Source - Founded2020-01-09
Raycast Technologies Ltd incorporated
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