[treetalker]

Alfred (https://www.alfredapp.com/) has been an indispensable part of my computing since it debuted. It's excellent.

Because of that, I've found it difficult to even give Raycast a try, let alone switch over to it.

Perhaps you could offer your best argument to persuade me why it would be worthwhile.

[hobofan]

Give it a test drive. I've been a past Alfred user, and I think Raycast is better on pretty much every metric.

Without knowing what you value about Alfred, there could be a million different things one could argue on.

[AndroidKitKat]

I'm a pretty happy Alfred user and the only thing keeping me off of Raycast is the VC funding, the AI-down-throat shoving, and I prefer Alfred's licensing scheme. Over 90% of my Alfred usage is to quickly Kagi search something, access clipboard history, or launch an app. I'm by no means a power user, and likely the new Spotlight in macOS 26 could meet my needs, but Alfred just keeps chugging away.