Raycast locks AI behind paid plans, kills 50 free messages
What happened
Between the Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026 captures of Raycast's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Free and Teams Free plans lost their 50-message Raycast AI quota; AI now requires a paid plan, with a new Pro AI models tier and expanded feature list, and Free, Forever wording dropped from plan pricing; New Dictation feature added to Pro, Teams Pro, and Enterprise plans, listed between Cloud Sync and Custom Themes in the plan comparison table. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature added, freemium change) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Sep 14, 2026) lists Pro at $8, Teams Pro at $12, Pro+ at $16, Teams Pro+ at $20 and Pro Max at $40.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Raycast. Raycast has been tracked since 2026-07-15.
In the same window SmoothStay, Slack, Sinch, Moodle and Portant also changed their Collaboration & Productivity pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Teams Pro, Enterprise · FeatureAddedNo Dictation featureDictation feature
- Teams Free, Pro · Free tierFreemium change
Free and Teams Free plans lost their 50-message Raycast AI quota; AI now requires a paid plan, with a new Pro AI models tier and expanded feature list, and Free, Forever wording dropped from plan pricing.
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams Pro, Enterprise | Feature | No Dictation feature | Dictation feature | Added |
| Teams Free, Pro | Free tier | Free and Teams Free plans lost their 50-message Raycast AI quota; AI now requires a paid plan, with a new Pro AI models tier and expanded feature list, and Free, Forever wording dropped from plan pricing. | Freemium change | |
Values as written on Raycast's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Raycast's pricing page (www.raycast.com) from Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where Dictation feature now appears.
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Raycast, pricing history
Full history- Sep 14, 2026packagingRaycast adds $50 Max plan, splits Pro into 3 AI-credit tiers, drops $8 add-on
- Aug 24, 2026improvedRaycast locks AI behind paid plans, kills 50 free messages · this change
Across Collaboration & Productivity in the same window
All Collaboration & Productivity changes- SmoothStayOct 19SmoothStay: Host Plan now states each extra unit costs $3.90 (billed yearly) after the first unit at $5.90; previously…
- SlackOct 19Slack hides Enterprise+ price, swaps $45/user for "Contact sales
- SinchOct 19Sinch Voice adds Voice Relay, Streams and AI text-to-speech previews
- MoodleOct 19Moodle trims Starter plan to $160/year, Standard to $2,090/year
- PortantOct 19Portant adds HubSpot to Team plan tagline, prices unchanged
Questions about this change
Did Raycast raise prices in August 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, freemium change.
What changed on Raycast's pricing page between Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026?
Teams Pro, Enterprise feature: No Dictation feature → Dictation feature, added; Free and Teams Free plans lost their 50-message Raycast AI quota; AI now requires a paid plan, with a new Pro AI models tier and expanded feature list, and Free, Forever wording dropped from plan pricing. Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Raycast change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Raycast in the 90 days before this one; Raycast has been tracked since 2026-07-15.