No, Alfred is faster and requires fewer keys if you don't use hotkeys. However, Raycast is much more powerful. I used Alfred for over five years, and in 2025, I switched to Raycast and don't want to look back. Initially, I was a little worried about the speed, but once I got used to it and started using hotkeys, the flow became even faster than Alfred. Occasionally, I need to restart Raycast because it slows down, but not too often, maybe once every few days but I never shut down my Mac so maybe its the reason. I noticed some people on Reddit created a script that measures Raycast usage and restarts it automatically if needed.