The #1 Raycast Alternative

Highlight vs Raycast

Raycast is purpose built for quick keyboard actions; Highlight helps you work faster across your meetings and the rest of your workday—with transparent, encrypted desktop context and flexible integrations.

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Why choose Highlight over Raycast?

Available on

Mac + Windows
macOS

Core Purpose

AI assistant that understands your work across every app
App launcher with command shortcuts

Screen Awareness

Knows your context: meetings, apps, emails, browser tabs
None — works via keyboard commands only

Meeting Recordings

Yes — auto-transcribes, summarizes & finds action items
No

Integrations

100+ integrations via MCP Servers
Limited app extensions

AI Capabilities

Advanced cross-app reasoning + on-screen understanding
Basic chat window

Collaboration

Team-level knowledge and context sharing
Individual use only

Data Privacy

100% private — your data never used for model training
Cloud processing; limited visibility into data use

Learning Curve

Plug-and-play; learns from your workflow automatically
Steep — command setup required

Pricing Model

$12/month — all AI features included
$20/month (AI add-ons extra)

Highlight provides comprehensive AI assistance with universal context awareness, while Raycast offers more limited functionality.

3 reasons people choose Highlight

Task tracking interface

Privately captures what matters on your screen

Highlight auto-detects action items from your selected apps, so you never miss one.

Recording interface

Records meetings, no annoying meeting bots

Instant meeting transcripts and summaries, across all your meetings platforms.

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Work with any kind of context

Select text, upload files, take screenshots, transcribe audio, and more.

Use cases

Get answers to questions Raycast can't answer

Write a response to this customer's query

Provide accurate answers to questions using your personal knowledge base.

GmailGoogle Meets

What were the action items from our daily sync?

Go from long meetings and countless discussions to actionable items immediately.

Google Calendar

Catch up on what we discussed last week

Quickly catch up on key topics and decisions. Be better prepared and share updates with your team on Slack.

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Draft release notes for the next release

Use past meetings to draft release notes and update documentation in apps like Notion and GitHub.

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