You just ended a five-hour stream. Somewhere in there are a few moments that could do well on TikTok, but finding them by hand takes longer than the stream itself. That's what clipping software is for.
The catch: give two tools the same stream and you get two different sets of clips. That's because they look for different things. This guide explains the difference and helps you pick the best clipping software for the kind of streamer you are.
Full disclosure: we make StreamLadder, one of the tools on this list. We've tried to keep it fair, and we say so when another tool does a job better.
The short answer
It depends on what you post.
- Want clips that get views on TikTok, Shorts and Reels? StreamLadder.
- Want your kills and wins from competitive games? Eklipse.
- Only stream on Twitch and want AI clipping for free? StreamGen.
- Make podcasts or talking-head videos? OpusClip.
- Want to record clips on your PC while you play? Medal.
- Just need to share a clip with a link? Streamable.
Clipping tools look for different things
"AI clipping" sounds like one thing, but the tools do three quite different jobs:
- Moments people watch. A funny reaction, chat losing it, a clutch that goes wrong. This works on any stream, gaming or not.
- Things that happen in the game. Kills, wins, eliminations. Very precise in the games a tool supports, but it misses everything else.
- Nothing at all. Recorders save clips while you play, converters turn a clip you already have into a vertical one, and hosting sites give you a link. Handy, but you still pick the moment yourself.
Most people who end up disappointed picked a tool that does a different job than the one they needed. So work out which of the three you want first. The table below is sorted that way.
Which kind of streamer are you?
| You want | Pick | Works with | How much you can clip | Try it free |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clips that get views, from any stream | StreamLadder | A Twitch or Kick link, or an upload | No limit on Creator and Pro (fair use) | 7 days of everything, plus a free editor |
| Kills and wins in supported games | Eklipse | A Twitch link; Kick and YouTube once connected | A paid pass per new game on monthly plans | A preview only; exporting needs Premium |
| Free AI clipping on Twitch | StreamGen | Twitch VODs | A set number of streams a month | 3 streams a month with AI |
| Podcasts and talking-head video | OpusClip | A link or an upload | 1 credit per minute of video | 60 minutes a month, watermarked |
| Recording while you play | Medal | Your PC or phone | No stream needed | Free, with a watermark |
| Sharing a clip with a link | Streamable | A file you upload | Doesn't find clips | Short videos, kept 90 days |
Checked on each tool's own pages in November 2026.
Moments people watch: StreamLadder
ClipGPT looks for the moments people stop scrolling for: a funny reaction, chat going wild, a clutch that falls apart. It doesn't depend on the game, so it works just as well on Just Chatting and IRL streams. Every clip gets a virality score, so you know which one to post first.
Here's how it works:
- Paste a Twitch or Kick link, or upload a recording up to 10 GB. Sub-only Twitch VODs work too once you link your account.
- You get up to 30 clips back, already edited: cropped to vertical, facecam framed, with captions, hashtags and a hook title. Post them as they are, or tweak them in the editor.
- Want something specific? With Find clips you just ask, like "the funniest moments", and get those back as edited clips.
- Post or schedule to TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook, and to X on Pro, from the web or the mobile app.
- Clip as much as you like. ClipGPT has no limit on Creator and Pro, within fair use. No credits, no minute counter.
- Working with an editor? On Pro, invite up to 2 editors to your workspace, or more on request. Only you need a plan. They can clip, edit and schedule for you, and you choose who can post to your socials.
You can try all of it free for 7 days. After that, the free plan is a clip editor without AI clipping. And ClipGPT doesn't pick out in-game events like headshots. If that's what you're after, Eklipse is the better fit.
Events in the game: Eklipse
Eklipse focuses on what happens in the game. Its help centre says it picks up kills, multi-kills and headshots in shooters, and goals and saves in games like Rocket League. If you mostly post competitive gameplay and want your best frags, this kind of detection is a good fit.
Two things to know before you sign up. You can join for free and see a preview of your clips, but exporting them needs Premium. And on a monthly plan, new trending games need an extra paid VIP Pass, which Eklipse says "is charged per game". Yearly subscribers get it included. Full details in StreamLadder vs Eklipse.
Want to try AI clipping before you pay anything? You have two good options. StreamLadder gives you 7 days of every feature for free. StreamGen has a free plan that keeps going every month, but only for Twitch.
Free AI clipping on Twitch: StreamGen
StreamGen is made for Twitch streamers, and its free plan includes AI clipping: 3 streams a month, exported at 1080p without a watermark. Its pricing page says its models "look at your chat and audio to find clip worthy moments", and it gives each clip a score.
The downside is reach. We couldn't find Kick support or a mobile app, the plans limit how many streams you can clip each month, and clipping an uploaded video needs the top plan. If you only stream on Twitch and don't want to pay yet, it's a good place to start. More in StreamLadder vs StreamGen.
Podcasts and talking-head video: OpusClip
Not every stream is a game. OpusClip is made for talking: interviews, podcasts, webinars. It adds AI B-roll, cleans up speech, can dub into other languages and posts to LinkedIn. It also gives you more clips from a long video: 42 to 55 from anything over two hours, according to its help centre.
For streamers, the catch is the meter. OpusClip charges credits for every minute of video, so long streams use up a plan fast (more on that below). And pasting a Twitch link needs its Pro plan. More in StreamLadder vs OpusClip.
Tools that don't find moments: Medal and Streamable
Two tools show up on almost every list of clipping software, but they do something else.
Medal records your games on your PC or phone while you play. Its features page says it can clip a "win, goal, headshot, etc." automatically in supported games, and you don't even need to be streaming. The recorder is free, but free downloads come with Medal's watermark and an outro. It can't take a stream you've already finished. More in StreamLadder vs Medal.
Streamable is a place to host videos. In its own words, it "is not another Twitch editor or AI clip detector". You upload a video and get a link to share in Discord or embed on a website. It works well next to a clipper: make the clip somewhere else, then share it from Streamable. More in StreamLadder vs Streamable.
What limits how much you can clip
Once you know which kind of tool you want, check one more thing: how much you're allowed to clip. Most AI clippers count something, and if you stream a few times a week, it adds up quickly.
| Tool | What it counts | In its own words |
|---|---|---|
| StreamLadder | Nothing on Creator and Pro, within fair use | No credits, no minute counter, no per-game fees |
| OpusClip | Minutes of video | "processing clips will cost 1 credit per minute of the original video imported" |
| Eklipse | A paid pass for each new trending game, on monthly plans | "The VIP Pass is charged per game" |
| StreamGen | Streams per month and clips per hour of stream | "3 streams/month" on its free plan |
For example, one 4-hour stream uses 240 of the 300 monthly credits on OpusClip's Pro plan. That doesn't make these tools worse at finding clips. It just changes how far your plan goes.
How we checked
We read each tool's pricing page, help centre and app listing in November 2026. Every claim on this page links to our full comparison for that tool, where you can see the source. We haven't used Medal, Streamable, Kapwing, Vizard or quso.ai ourselves, so for those we went by their own pages.
We also ran the same 4-hour League of Legends stream from Twitch through four AI clippers in September 2026, once each, and timed how long each took to give us clips.
| Tool | Access used | What it processed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| StreamGen | Free plan | Full 4 hours | 8 clips, its free limit for 4 hours, in 1 min 05 s |
| StreamLadder | ClipGPT, as on Creator and Pro | Full 4 hours | 30 clips in about 5 minutes |
| Eklipse | A new account, during a speed boost its onboarding called normally Premium-only | Full 4 hours | First clips after about 18 minutes |
| OpusClip | Free access, which covered 60 minutes | First hour | 1 hour 31 minutes for that hour |
What this test doesn't tell you. It was one stream and one run per tool. It shows speed, not which tool picked the better moments. And we didn't win it: StreamGen was the fastest. Paid plans on OpusClip and Eklipse may also be faster than the free versions we used.
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Other tools we looked at
We haven't used these ourselves, so this is based on their own pages.
- Nexus Clips has one unlimited plan that's cheaper than StreamLadder's Creator plan, and its clips come back framed and with captions. It only posts to TikTok and YouTube, Kick streams have to be uploaded as a file, and there's no app. StreamLadder vs Nexus Clips
- quso.ai (formerly Vidyo.ai) scores clips by virality and can schedule to seven platforms. It uses about one credit per minute of video and doesn't import from Kick. StreamLadder vs quso.ai
- Vizard takes links from Twitch, YouTube, Zoom and more, and includes AI clipping on its free plan. Every minute you upload costs a credit. StreamLadder vs Vizard
- Kapwing is a video editor for teams. Its Twitch clip generator uses credits. StreamLadder vs Kapwing
- Cross Clip by Streamlabs turns a Twitch or Kick clip you already have into a vertical video. It doesn't look for clips in your stream. StreamLadder vs Cross Clip
Shut down or changed
Some lists of the best clipping software still include tools that no longer exist, so check when a list was last updated.
- Powder has shut down. powder.gg now shows the team's goodbye note. What to use instead of Powder
- JoinCombo shut down on 14 December 2023. What to use instead of JoinCombo
- Cutlabs looks like it has shut down: its app no longer loads. What to use instead of Cutlabs
- Munch is now Munch Studio, a social media service for businesses. Munch alternatives
