Our take
Pick Karabiner-Elements if mac users who will stay on Free / Unlicense while they remap a first right_command → button3 — then keep it at $0, not Raycast Pro $10 first unless they want a launcher, and not if they refuse Input Monitoring / DriverKit. Pick Keyboard Maestro if mac users on macOS 10.13+ who will run the fully-functional trial while they bind a first Paste Selection macro — then v11 at US$36 once (up to
Best for
Karabiner-Elements A remap you start at a public $
Keyboard Maestro A macro you start at a public $
Free plan
Karabiner-Elements No free plan
Keyboard Maestro No free plan
Lowest paid
Karabiner-Elements Not published by the vendor
Keyboard Maestro Upgrade to 11 $25
Next step up
Karabiner-Elements
Keyboard Maestro Keyboard Maestro 11 $36
Watch out
Karabiner-Elements macOS only
Keyboard Maestro macOS-only
Last checked
Karabiner-Elements 2026-10-23 · karabiner-elements.pqrs.org
Keyboard Maestro 2026-10-23 · keyboardmaestro.com
mac users who will stay on Free / Unlicense while they remap a first right_command → button3 — then keep it at $0, not Raycast Pro $10 first unless they want a launcher, and not if they refuse Input Monitoring / DriverKit.
Read the Karabiner-Elements pagemac users on macOS 10.13+ who will run the fully-functional trial while they bind a first Paste Selection macro — then v11 at US$36 once (up to 5 Macs per user), not Alfred Powerpack £34 first unless they want a launcher, and not if they need Windows / iOS.
Read the Keyboard Maestro page
