01 Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft's GPT-5-powered AI assistant for chat, search, and AI inside Word, Excel, and Teams
AI Chatbots from $0 free tier: yes Verified JUN 22, 2026
Raycast alternatives
5 alternatives compared · prices last verified Jul 3, 2026 · how we verify
Microsoft Copilot is the top Raycast alternative in our directory: it covers the same category (AI Productivity), starts at $0, and has a free tier. All 5 alternatives below are compared on pricing verified against the official pricing pages, on the dates shown.
Ranked by category overlap with Raycast, free-tier availability, then lowest verified starting price — computed from our verified data, never sponsorships.
Raycast alternatives compared
| Alternative | Category | Starting price | Free tier | Price verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Copilot | AI Chatbots | $0 | yes | Jun 22, 2026 |
| Warp | AI Coding | $0 | yes | Jun 22, 2026 |
| Notion | AI Productivity | $10/member/mo | yes | Jun 11, 2026 |
| ChatGPT | AI Chatbots | $8/mo | yes | Jun 11, 2026 |
| Claude | AI Chatbots | $20/mo | yes | Jul 3, 2026 |
Each alternative, in brief
02 Warp
AI-powered terminal and agentic development environment with autocomplete and cloud agents
AI Coding from $0 free tier: yes Verified JUN 22, 2026
03 Notion
AI workspace combining docs, databases, projects, and autonomous agents in one platform
AI Productivity from $10/member/mo free tier: yes Verified JUN 11, 2026
04 ChatGPT
Conversational AI assistant by OpenAI with multimodal reasoning, voice, and agent capabilities
AI Chatbots from $8/mo free tier: yes Verified JUN 11, 2026
05 Claude
Anthropic's AI assistant built for long-context analysis, coding, and safe reasoning
AI Chatbots from $20/mo free tier: yes Verified JUL 3, 2026
When to stay with Raycast
Documented strengths from our Raycast review — switching isn't always the right call:
- Free tier is genuinely usable long-term: launcher, extensions, snippets, window management, and 3 months of clipboard history at no cost
- Pro at $8/month on annual billing bundles AI chat with a full launcher toolkit — cheaper than most standalone AI chat subscriptions
- One app replaces several single-purpose utilities: launcher, clipboard manager, snippet expander, window manager, and notes