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General-purpose AI assistant for writing, analysis, coding, and research.
ProductivityFreemium
Desktop launcher for Mac, Windows, and iOS with built-in AI chat, commands, and extensions for everyday apps.
Overview
Raycast is a keyboard launcher that replaces the system search bar with a command palette for opening apps, running scripts, managing windows, clipboard history, and snippets. Paid plans add Raycast AI: a chat window and quick-AI commands that can rewrite text, summarize, translate, and answer questions using a choice of models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others, with usage measured in monthly credits. Its extension store connects to Slack, Notion, Linear, GitHub, Google Calendar, Jira, Zoom, and hundreds of other tools, so a user can create a task or search docs without leaving the keyboard. It originated on macOS and now ships on Windows and iOS. Small teams use it mainly as a personal productivity layer, with Teams plans adding shared snippets and quicklinks. The caveat is that it rewards keyboard-heavy users; staff who prefer clicking through apps may not see enough value to justify a subscription.
General assistant
Quick questions, rewrites, and summaries from any app via a hotkey.
1-2 weeks to value · Low effort · Medium risk · low
Writing assistant
Fixing grammar, changing tone, or translating selected text anywhere on the desktop.
1 week to value · Low effort · Low risk · low
Workflow automation
Scripted shortcuts and extension commands that chain simple actions across apps.
2-4 weeks to value · Medium effort · Medium risk · low
Verdict
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General-purpose AI assistant for writing, analysis, coding, and research.
AI assistant focused on writing, analysis, reasoning, and long-form work.
AI assistant embedded across Microsoft 365 apps for documents, email, meetings, and work data.
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