Paste is a polished clipboard manager. It has a long track record, apps for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, and features such as shared pinboards and Paste Stack that many alternatives do not match.

So why look elsewhere? Usually it comes down to one of four things: you only need a Mac app, you want a smaller interface, you would rather buy once for less, or you want a feature Paste does not center—like inline clip shortcuts or connecting your history to an AI coding tool.

We make Pastea, one of the alternatives below. Here is the honest version of where each option fits.

Pastea: for a focused, local-first Mac workflow

Pastea opens at the right edge of your current app with ⌘ ⇧ V. It saves text, links, code, colors, files, images, and screenshots; search can also find words recognized inside images on your Mac.

It is a good Paste alternative when your work happens primarily on macOS and you want three things in one focused utility:

• Reusable clips: pin them, put them in lists, or give them inline triggers such as ;reply.
• Private controls: exclude concealed items, apps, or entire content types; pause capture whenever you want.
• Local AI access: connect approved MCP clients so they can search and read your history through a local-only endpoint.

The tradeoff is platform coverage. Pastea syncs between your Macs through iCloud, but there is no iPhone or iPad companion yet. Paste remains the better choice if mobile access is essential.

Pastea costs $49.99 once, with a $37.49 launch offer for the first 50 customers, and includes a seven-day trial without a card. Check current Pastea pricing because launch availability changes.

Supaste: for a notch shelf and visual collections

Supaste combines a visual history with a notch shelf, custom categories, OCR, inline shortcuts, clip reminders, multi-clip copy, Apple Intelligence actions, and Dropbox sharing.

It is worth trying if you work heavily with screenshots, icons, or design assets and want a temporary shelf that lives around the MacBook notch.

Supaste is Mac-only, like Pastea. At the time of writing, its site showed a limited $15 lifetime offer for one device, backed by a 14-day money-back guarantee rather than a free trial. Its promotion and available spots can change, so verify the offer on its own site.

Raycast: for people who want one productivity command bar

Raycast includes a capable clipboard history alongside app launching, file search, window management, snippets, extensions, and AI tools.

It can search text, images, files, links, emails, and colors; extract text from pictures; pin entries; and paste sequentially. If Raycast is already central to your day, its clipboard history may be the most economical alternative because it avoids another interface and shortcut.

The tradeoff is focus. Raycast is a platform, not a dedicated clipboard library. Some longer history-retention options also require Raycast Pro.

Maccy: for a fast, minimal list

Maccy is the straightforward option. It is an open-source clipboard manager built around a searchable, keyboard-friendly list.

Choose it if most of your clipboard is text and you do not need visual cards, OCR, AI access, rich organization, or cross-device sync. A smaller tool is often better when the extra features would stay switched off.

What you give up by leaving Paste

Paste covers Mac, iPhone, and iPad with one personal plan. Its Pinboards can be shared, its Paste Stack handles ordered multi-item pasting, and it has a decade of product maturity behind it. The official price we saw on September 3, 2026 was $29.99 per year or $89.99 lifetime, but Paste's pricing is the source to check.

If those cross-device and collaboration features solve real problems for you, keeping Paste is a reasonable decision. Switching only makes sense when a different app's shape better matches your work.

Our recommendation

Do not migrate based on a comparison table alone. Run your normal workflow through two contenders:

1. Copy a rich-text email, code block, file, link, and screenshot.
2. Wait until they are no longer in recent memory.
3. Search for each item using the clue you would actually remember.
4. Paste them back and check fidelity.
5. Review what each app stores, syncs, and sends to the network.

If you mainly work on a Mac and want a visual history with inline shortcuts and local AI connections, try Pastea free for seven days. If you need your full clipboard on iPhone and iPad, Paste is still likely the right answer.