Best Clipboard Managers for Mac (2026)

Visual, card-based clipboard history with pinboards, fast search and iCloud sync to Paste's iPhone and iPad apps. Best for people who want the same clipboard on every Apple device and don't mind a subscription. Pricing: per year ($3.99 monthly or a lifetime plan also offered; 7-day free trial).

Clipboard history built into the Raycast launcher: text, images, colors and links, pinning, type filters, kept encrypted on your Mac with password-manager copies ignored. Best for anyone who already uses Raycast or wants a free, fast, keyboard-driven option. Pricing: free; Pro $8/month billed yearly ($96/year) for longer history.

Lightweight, keyboard-first clipboard history with quick search and pinning, MIT-licensed and actively updated. Best for people who want a reliable free history on one Mac and nothing else. Pricing: free, open source ($9.99 optional Mac App Store build).

Power-user clipboard manager with saved clipboards, text filters for transforming clips, sequential pasting and Mac-to-Mac sync, rebuilt as Pastebot 3 in 2026. Best for writers and developers who reshape text as they paste. Pricing: one-time, includes a year of updates ($24.99/year or $2.99/month on the App Store).

Keyboard-centric clipboard history with unlimited history, rich text, images and files, text tools like merge and split, and source code on GitHub; data stays on your Mac. Best for people who want a polished local-only app without a subscription. Pricing: one-time (1 Mac; price rising in October 2026).

Clipboard manager for Mac, iPhone and iPad with collections, snippets and filters by app or content type, bought once with Family Sharing. Best for Apple users who want cross-device history without a subscription. Pricing: one-time Pro in-app purchase (free to download).

Clipboard manager for macOS and Windows that labels each copy by what it is, searches instantly with typo tolerance, and syncs history across your computers encrypted, with passwords and keys kept on the device and AI labels and search opt-in. Best for people who copy a lot of varied content and want it organized for them. Pricing: per year ($5/month monthly; 7-day free trial, no card).

Searchable text, image and file history inside the Alfred launcher, off by default for privacy, with clip merging and saving clips as text-expanding snippets. Best for existing Alfred Powerpack owners. Pricing: £34 one-time Powerpack required (priced in GBP).

Unlimited text and image history with lists for organizing clips, batch pasting and text transforms. Best for people who want lots of organization features for a small one-time price. Pricing: one-time (Mac App Store).

Keyboard launcher whose built-in clipboard history and snippet manager let you browse, search and paste past copies. Best for LaunchBar users who want history without another app. Pricing: free to try with occasional purchase reminders; paid license from Objective Development's shop.

Opt-in clipboard history inside Spotlight (Command-Space, then Command-4), searchable and kept for 30 minutes, 8 hours or 7 days. Best for occasional needs on macOS 26 or later without installing anything. Pricing: free, built into macOS 26 Tahoe and later.

Simple menu-bar text history with search, favorites and app exclusions. Best for people who want a cheap, no-learning-curve history on one Mac. Pricing: one-time (Mac App Store; free trial from FIPLAB).

Pull-down shelf that combines clipboard history with a file dropzone and quick notes. Best for people who want those three tools in one place more than a deep clipboard manager. Pricing: one-time (10-day free trial).

Menu-bar clipboard history with snippet folders, supporting plain text and images, with a release in June 2026. Best for people who want free history plus organized snippets. Pricing: free, open source.

Bare-bones plain-text clipboard buffer for developers, based on Jumpcut. Best for people who want the simplest possible free text history. Pricing: free, open source.