Alfred
A macOS productivity tool that enhances efficiency through customizable shortcuts, search capabilities, and workflow automation
- Also known as
- alfred
Available worldwide
What is Alfred?
A productivity application for macOS that boosts efficiency through hotkeys, keywords, text expansion, clipboard management, and visual workflow automation. Users can search their Mac and the web, control applications and files, and automate repetitive tasks without coding.
Alfred pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free core version. Powerpack license available for purchase.
Alfred Core
FreeFree version with core search and productivity features
- Search Mac and web
- Application and file launching
- Hotkeys and keywords
- Clipboard history
- Text expansion
- Spell check and definitions
- System commands
- Calculations
Powerpack
Paid license unlocking advanced workflow automation and extended functionality
What Alfred does
The capabilities that matter for clipboard managers, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment model
- -
- Fuzzy searchable clipboard history
- -
- Rich media image and file retention
- ✓
- Unformatted plain text paste override
- -
- Sequential multi item paste stack
- -
- Cross device cloud clipboard sync
- -
- Password manager exclusion rules
- -
- Custom snippet pinning and favorites
- -
- Hex color code preview rendering
- -
- Local end to end encryption
- -
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- ISO 27001
- -
- Pricing model
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- macOS
Integrations (4)
Independently observed- Spotify
- Apple Music
- macOS System Settings
- 1Password•
Alfred FAQ
Common questions about Alfred, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Alfred?
A productivity application for macOS that boosts efficiency through hotkeys, keywords, text expansion, clipboard management, and visual workflow automation. Users can search their Mac and the web, control applications and files, and automate repetitive tasks without coding. It is indexed under Clipboard Managers.
Source: https://www.alfredapp.com/
Is Alfred free?
Alfred offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Alfred Core and Powerpack. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.alfredapp.com/
What platforms does Alfred support?
Alfred supports macOS and iOS. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://www.alfredapp.com/
What does Alfred integrate with?
We have confirmed 3 integrations for Alfred, including Spotify, Apple Music and macOS System Settings. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.alfredapp.com/
Where is Alfred available?
Alfred is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Source: https://www.alfredapp.com/
Alfred alternatives
Other clipboard managers we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- PasteClipboard manager that saves and syncs your copied items across deviceslow · 40%
- MaccyA macOS clipboard manager that keeps your copy history organized and searchablelow · 21%
- ClipyClipboard management for macOSlow · 10%
- GPasteGNOME clipboard manager that maintains a history of copied itemslow · 31%
- CopyQlow · 38%
- FlycutA clipboard manager for macOS and iOS that stores and lets you quickly access your copied itemslow · 29%
Compare Alfred
Side by side against other clipboard managers, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Alfred, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.08 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 29 | 0.04 | 1.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 17 | 0.05 | 0.8 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 63% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Rich media image and file retention | mediumsource · 2026-09-21 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 3 | mediumsource · 2026-08-18 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: GB · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-18 · 75% |
Pricing
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