The best clipboard managers for Mac
The best clipboard managers for Mac compared: Maccy, Paste, Pastebot, Raycast, Koi, CopyClip and Spotlight's own history. Prices, sync and how long they keep.
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What Paste does, and what it costs
Paste keeps everything you copy, with no limit: links, pictures, notes, files, colors and code. Pinboards keep what you reuse and can be shared with a team, and private iCloud sync brings it to iPhone and iPad. Rules skip passwords and apps you pick.
On the Mac App Store it's a free download with plans: $3.99 a month, $29.99 a year, $59.99 for a family or $99.99 for life, with a week to try it. It's also in Setapp. It needs macOS 14 or later.
We make Koi, so read this with that in mind. Every fact about another app comes from its own site or App Store page, checked October 26, 2026.
The picks
The best Paste alternatives for Mac in 2026
1. Koi
Best for: Six months of what you copy, in the notch, on your Mac only
Koi's Copy history keeps words, links, pictures and the paths of files you copy in Finder for 6 months, only on your Mac. It never keeps passwords or what apps mark as private, and it's never sent or read by Koi's AI. Open it from the notch's Tools: search it, pin what matters, copy it again.
Where Paste is better, plainly: it keeps everything with no limit, syncs to iPhone and iPad, and opens with a shortcut. Koi's Copy history is on one Mac and opens from the notch. Koi is $20 a month or Lifetime, paid once, with dictation, call recording and an assistant in the same app.
2. Spotlight, built in
Best for: Free, nothing to install, for the last hours or days
On macOS Tahoe, press ⌘Space, then ⌘4, for Spotlight's clipboard history. Apple's help for macOS 27 keeps it 30 minutes, 8 hours or 7 days. Seehow to find something you copied earlier.
3. Maccy
Best for: Free and open source
Keyboard first, ⇧⌘C, local only, skips passwords. Free; the App Store build is $9.99. More in our Maccy alternatives.
4. Pastebot
Best for: Filters and stacks
Text filters, stacks and iCloud sync across Macs. $39 with a year of updates. More in our Pastebot alternatives.
Comparison
Paste vs the alternatives
From each app's own site. “Not listed” means the site doesn't mention it.
| Opens with | Syncs | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paste | A shortcut | iCloud, iPhone, iPad | From $3.99 a month |
| Koi | The notch's Tools | No | Comes with Koi: $20 a month, or Lifetime, $199 once |
| Spotlight | ⌘Space, ⌘4 | Not listed | Free, built in |
Honest take
When Paste is still the better pick
Stay on Paste if
- You want your history on iPhone and iPad.
- You share pinboards with a team.
- You want nothing ever dropped from the history.
Choosing
Which one should you pick?
All of them side by side inthe best clipboard managers for Mac, or see Koi's Copy history.
Keep exploring
Copied it last week? It's still here.
Koi keeps everything you copy for 6 months, only on your Mac: words, links, pictures and files. Search it, pin it and copy it again. Never passwords.
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Frequently asked questions
On the Mac App Store: $3.99 a month, $29.99 a year or $99.99 for life, with a one-week trial.
Maccy is free and open source, and Raycast's Clipboard History is free in Raycast.
No. It never keeps what a password manager copies, or what apps mark as private or only passing through, and it stays on your Mac.