Raycast records 710,581 monthly visits with -24.5% month-over-month growth and Freemium, Free Trial pricing. Sider records 2,644,740 monthly visits with -10.6% growth and Freemium pricing.
An extendable launcher that puts your tools, AI, and automations one keystroke away
AI sidebar and browser agent for reading, writing and research
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | raycast.com | sider.ai |
| Pricing Model | Freemium, Free Trial | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 710.58K (710,581) | 2.64M (2,644,740) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -230.34K (-24.5%) | -314.2K (-10.6%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (26.9%) | 🇺🇸 United States (13.3%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 350.22K | 1.7M |
| User Rating | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
An extendable launcher that puts your tools, AI, and automations one keystroke away
Open apps, run commands, and search files from a single hotkey, with thousands of community extensions connecting the services you already use.
Chat with leading AI models, call Quick AI from any app, and let AI Extensions act on your connected tools to finish multi-step tasks.
Browse everything you have copied and insert frequently used text or addresses by simply typing a keyword.
Create shortcuts that launch URLs, run scripts, or trigger commands, and assign hotkeys or aliases to the actions you repeat most.
AI sidebar and browser agent for reading, writing and research
A persistent panel that reads the page you are on and answers follow-ups with GPT, Claude or Gemini without copying content into another tab.
Summarise long articles, PDFs and YouTube videos, extract key points, and ask detailed questions about the source material.
Translate webpages, PDFs and images, compare bilingual output side by side, and have content read aloud for review on the move.
Delegate multi-step tasks across real websites — price comparison, form filling, research and inbox triage — using your existing logged-in sessions.
SpecialistOpenAI's flagship multimodal assistant powered by GPT-6 and GPT-5.6 for reasoning, coding, and deep research.
SpecialistOpenAI's flagship multimodal assistant powered by GPT-6 and GPT-5.6 for reasoning, coding, and deep research.
SpecialistAnthropic's frontier AI workspace powered by Claude 5.5 for agentic coding, analysis, and nuanced writing.
SpecialistAnthropic's frontier AI workspace powered by Claude 5.5 for agentic coding, analysis, and nuanced writing.
SpecialistIntegrates AI drafting and summarization directly into documents, but is confined to a workspace document app rather than OS-wide.
SpecialistIntegrates AI drafting and summarization directly into documents, but is confined to a workspace document app rather than OS-wide.
SpecialistAccelerates email and calendar workflows with advanced shortcuts and AI, but is narrowly focused on communication rather than system control.
SpecialistAccelerates email and calendar workflows with advanced shortcuts and AI, but is narrowly focused on communication rather than system control.
Offers a very similar browser sidebar experience with multiple AI models, but features slightly different pricing and workspace tools.
Offers a very similar browser sidebar experience with multiple AI models, but features slightly different pricing and workspace tools.
Provides robust browser-based summarization and prompt assistance, but lacks some of Sider's deeply integrated multi-model chat UI features.
Provides robust browser-based summarization and prompt assistance, but lacks some of Sider's deeply integrated multi-model chat UI features.
Free / Open-sourceOffers a powerful self-hosted chat interface for local models, but lacks desktop command-palette integration and system window management.
Free / Open-sourceOffers a powerful self-hosted chat interface for local models, but lacks desktop command-palette integration and system window management.
SpecialistDelivers a polished productivity workspace with built-in AI writing tools, but operates as a note-taker rather than a launcher.
SpecialistDelivers a polished productivity workspace with built-in AI writing tools, but operates as a note-taker rather than a launcher.
SpecialistIntegrates AI assistance directly into a modern terminal environment, but is restricted to command-line workflows rather than general OS launching.
SpecialistIntegrates AI assistance directly into a modern terminal environment, but is restricted to command-line workflows rather than general OS launching.
Excels at advanced web automation and data extraction alongside chat, but has a steeper learning curve than Sider.
Free / Open-sourceRuns open-weight models locally on consumer hardware with an open-source client, but does not serve as a system launcher.
Free / Open-sourceRuns open-weight models locally on consumer hardware with an open-source client, but does not serve as a system launcher.
Free / Open-sourceSummarize YouTube, Google, and any page with AI — free in your browser
Free / Open-sourceSummarize YouTube, Google, and any page with AI — free in your browser
