# SupaClip vs Alfred clipboard history

Pick Alfred if you already use it, or want a launcher with snippets and its clipboard history comes with the Powerpack. Pick SupaClip if you want only the clipboard, a history you can keep longer than 3 months, and a $4.99 price in dollars. Alfred's clipboard history needs the paid Powerpack.

| | SupaClip | Alfred clipboard history |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Powerpack: £34 Single License or £59 Mega Supporter. USD: Not documented |
| Pricing model | One-time purchase. One license for three Macs, every 1.x update included | One-time license. Single includes a free upgrade to Alfred 6. Mega Supporter includes free lifetime upgrades |
| Free trial | 7 days, then a 25-item history until you buy | Not documented |
| Platforms | Mac (macOS 14 or later) | Mac. Required macOS version: Not documented |
| History kept | Up to 10,000 items by default, no age limit, adjustable up to 50,000 | 24 hours, 7 days, 1 month or 3 months |
| Pinned items | Yes, never removed | Not documented. A clip can be saved as a snippet |
| Paste as plain text | Yes, `⌥↩` | Not documented |
| Account needed | No | Not documented |
| Where your data lives | Only on your Mac | Not documented |

Alfred facts are from its shop, Powerpack and clipboard help pages, checked November 10, 2026. Alfred's pages list prices in pounds. “Not documented” means we found no statement either way.

## Price

Alfred's clipboard history is part of the Powerpack, a one-time license at £34 for a Single License or £59 for Mega Supporter with free lifetime upgrades. Alfred's pages we checked show those prices in pounds, with no dollar price. SupaClip is $4.99 once for three Macs, with every 1.x update, a 7-day trial and a 14-day refund. If you were going to buy the Powerpack anyway, the clipboard comes along at no extra cost.

## A launcher with snippets, or one job

This is where Alfred is far ahead. Alfred is a launcher, and its clipboard viewer sits next to its snippets. You can save a clip as a snippet with `⌘S`, and with merging turned on you hold `⌘` and double-tap `C` to append a copy to the previous one. SupaClip has no merging or snippets. It keeps your history and pastes from it.

## History length and privacy

Alfred keeps clips for 24 hours, 7 days, 1 month or 3 months, so something older is gone. SupaClip can keep a week, a month, a year or forever, with pinned items never removed. Alfred has the clipboard off by default, ignores password apps such as Keychain Access and 1Password, and ignores data marked as concealed. SupaClip never saves concealed items either, excludes password managers by default and keeps everything only on your Mac.

## Day to day

In SupaClip, `⌘⇧V` opens a list over any app, even in full screen. Type a few letters, press `⇥` to filter by type, and press return to paste. `⌥↩` pastes as plain text and `⌘1` to `⌘9` paste the first nine items. Both apps need the Accessibility permission to paste for you.

## Questions and answers

**Does Alfred need the Powerpack for clipboard history?**

Yes. Alfred's help says clipboard history is part of the Powerpack, and that it is turned off until you enable it.

**Can I keep clipboard history for more than 3 months?**

Not in Alfred, whose longest setting is 3 months. SupaClip keeps items for as long as you choose, up to forever, within a cap of up to 50,000 items.

**Can I run SupaClip and Alfred together?**

Yes. Give each a different shortcut and leave Alfred's clipboard off if you only want one history. SupaClip opens with `⌘⇧V`, which you can change in Settings.

- [Download the free trial](https://download.supaclip.app/SupaClip-1.2.0.zip)
- [All clipboard manager alternatives](https://supaclip.app/alternatives)