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Alfred pricing
Alfred publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 1 September 2026, Alfred pricing is free, then £34/one-time across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free, then £34/one-time
- Model
- One-time purchase
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Alfred plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
| Powerpack Single Licence | £34/one-time | 3 | +$34/one-time, 3 more features |
| Powerpack Mega Supporter | £59/one-time | 3 | +$25/one-time, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers basic app and file launching, web searches and system commands, no workflows or clipboard history.
Powerpack Single Licence
£34/one-timeOver Free, this tier adds:
- 1 user on up to 2 Macs
- Workflows, clipboard history and snippets
- Free updates within the same major version
Powerpack Mega Supporter
£59/one-timeOver Powerpack Single Licence, this tier adds:
- 1 user on up to 4 Macs
- Free upgrades to all future major versions
- Early access to betas
Where Alfred stops being free
Free, Free
- Basic app and file launching
- Web searches and system commands
- No workflows or clipboard history
Powerpack Single Licence, £34/one-time
The first thing you pay for:
- 1 user on up to 2 Macs
- Workflows, clipboard history and snippets
- Free updates within the same major version
What the product covers
The full Alfred feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Workflows
- Clipboard history
- Snippets
- File actions
- Universal actions
- Theming
People bring Alfred in for a developer who wants to trigger scripts, run shell commands and search files from one hotkey without a subscription, a writer who wants text snippets and clipboard history and does not want built in ai, a long time alfred user with a large personal library of custom workflows built up over years, a user who prefers paying once per major version over a recurring monthly charge. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Alfred are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Productivity
Across the 4 productivity tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $5.99/month. Alfred starts at £34/one-time, which puts it above the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred (this page) | Free, then £34/one-time | One-time purchase | - | |
| Bluemail | Free | quote | - | vs Alfred |
| Mealime | Free, then $5.99/month | Freemium subscription | - | vs Alfred |
| HEY | $99/year | Per user per month | - | vs Alfred |
| Day One | Free | Free tier plus subscription | - | vs Alfred |
| Streaks | $5.99/one-time | One-time purchase | - | vs Alfred |
| Canary Mail | Free | Per user per year, or one-time purchase | - | vs Alfred |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Alfred badges page.
Before you pay for Alfred
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and £59/one-time, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Alfred runs on mac, and is published by Running with Crayons Ltd of United Kingdom. The full record is on the Alfred review, and the rest of the category is under best productivity tools.
Alfred pricing questions
- How much does Alfred cost?
- Alfred publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to £59/one-time for Powerpack Mega Supporter. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Alfred have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers basic app and file launching, web searches and system commands, no workflows or clipboard history. Paying starts at £34/one-time for Powerpack Single Licence.
- What is the difference between Free and Powerpack Single Licence on Alfred?
- Powerpack Single Licence costs £34/one-time against Free, and adds 1 user on up to 2 macs, workflows, clipboard history and snippets, free updates within the same major version.
- Is the Powerpack Mega Supporter plan on Alfred worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is 1 user on up to 4 macs, free upgrades to all future major versions, early access to betas. It costs £59/one-time against £34/one-time for Powerpack Single Licence. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Alfred expensive for a productivity tool?
- It starts above the middle of its category. Across the 4 productivity tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $5.99/month; Alfred starts at £34/one-time.
- Which productivity tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 productivity tools listed alongside Alfred have a free tier: Bluemail, Mealime, Day One, Canary Mail, Bring!.
- What am I actually paying for with Alfred?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a developer who wants to trigger scripts, run shell commands and search files from one hotkey without a subscription, a writer who wants text snippets and clipboard history and does not want built in ai, a long time alfred user with a large personal library of custom workflows built up over years.
- Does Alfred charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Alfred prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Alfred against before paying?
- The closest productivity tools in this directory are Bluemail, Mealime, HEY, Day One. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Alfred covering price, platforms and features.