The best AI clipping tools for streamers in 2026
The best AI clipping tool for streams takes the replay's link, finds the moments worth posting in hours of footage, and lays each one out for a phone with the webcam and the game both in view. For streamers who talk through their streams, and the clippers paid to clip them, we rank Clyper first: paste a Twitch VOD's link or a finished YouTube stream's, and the clips come back with the webcam stacked over the game and every word captioned. We make Clyper, so weigh that. For gameplay highlights picked from the game itself, Eklipse and WayinVideo's Game Clipping are built for that, and we say so below, from each tool's own pages, which its comparison links.
By the Clyper team · Updated · 13 tools, each checked on its own site
The short answer
- Best for streams:
- Clyper. Paste a Twitch VOD's link or a finished YouTube stream's, or upload the replay (a Kick stream's, say), up to 4 hours at a time, and get up to 30 clips with the webcam stacked over the game, cut to whole sentences, captioned and given a hook score, with no watermark on any plan. Why Clyper
- Runner-up:
- StreamLadder. Its AI clipping takes Twitch and Kick VOD links, its auto crop finds your facecam, and its editor adds stickers, emotes and effects; YouTube streams go in as uploads. See StreamLadder
- For gameplay highlights, hands off:
- Eklipse. Connect your Twitch, Kick or YouTube channel and it clips each stream after it ends, tuned to game events, audio spikes and chat. See Eklipse
- For very long VODs:
- WayinVideo, whose help center says it handles VODs of 10 hours and more, from Twitch, Kick or YouTube links, though its Auto Reframe stops at shorter videos on each plan. See WayinVideo
The ranking at a glance
| # | Tool | Stream links | Facecam layout | Longest video | Clip score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clyper | Twitch VODs and saved YouTube streams; Kick as an upload | Finds the webcam and stacks it over the game; frames the streamer when there's no game | Up to 4 hours at a time; a longer stream a part at a time | A hook score on every clip, on every plan |
| 2 | StreamLadder | Twitch and Kick VODs; YouTube by upload | Auto crop to 9:16 that finds your facecam; layouts for facecam and gameplay | Whole VODs; no length limit listed | A virality score from 0 to 100 |
| 3 | WayinVideo | Twitch, Kick and YouTube links | Auto Reframe follows faces and switches layouts, for videos up to 10 minutes on Free, 30 on Starter and 120 on Pro | Long streams too: its help center says it handles VODs of 10 hours and more | A viral score on each clip; paid plans add feedback on hook, story, value, engagement and reach |
| 4 | Eklipse | Connects your Twitch, Kick or YouTube channel | AI Edit reframes clips to 9:16, keeping crosshairs, kill feeds and facecams in frame | Its help pages give different limits, for streams and for uploads | A viral score from its AI |
| 5 | Klap | Twitch and YouTube links, and others | AI reframe with active speaker detection, plus split-screen, screen and gaming layouts | Up to 3 hours on paid plans | A virality score from 0 to 100, with the reasons |
| 6 | quso.ai | Twitch and YouTube links, and others | Face and speaker tracking to 9:16, with 9 layouts for speakers and screens (CutMagic, on paid plans) | Up to 5 hours, says its help center, though its AI Clips page says 75 minutes; AI clips need 3 minutes or more | A virality score on each clip, and a predicted-retention score on paid plans |
| 7 | OpusClip | Twitch links; YouTube after a channel check | Auto reframe on every plan; tracking of moving subjects on Pro | Up to 10 hours | A virality score, from Starter up |
| 8 | Reap | Twitch and YouTube links; not Kick | Face tracking (in beta) and speaker detection on paid plans, with Fill, Fit and Split layouts | Uploads from 1 minute to 3 hours | A virality score on each clip, on paid plans |
| 9 | Captions | YouTube and other public links | Vertical or horizontal, keeping speakers centered; facecam layouts for gaming | Up to 3 hours (10 GB as a file) | Clips ranked by a virality score |
| 10 | SendShort | Twitch, Kick and YouTube links, from Professional | Tracks the speaker and keeps them centered; its pricing table lists 1:1 and 16:9 versions on Business | No limit listed; one of its comparisons says 2 hours and longer | Its home page says it scores every moment for retention; its pages show no score on each clip |
| 11 | Ssemble | Twitch and Kick VODs, and YouTube | Follows the face of whoever's speaking, falling back to Fit when it can't find one; a sports mode follows the ball | Clipped in 20-minute parts, a credit each; uploads 1 to 30 minutes | A 0 to 100 score on each clip |
| 12 | Spikes Studio | YouTube videos and live streams, its site says | Auto reframe and AI face tracking on PRO+ | Not listed on its site | An AI virality score, on every plan |
| 13 | Crayo | YouTube and TikTok links; no Twitch or Kick | Centers whoever's talking, found by face and lip movement, with layouts for a stream's facecam, split screen and letterbox | Uploads up to 3 hours; its comparison says a 6-hour stream needs splitting | Its own comparison says it ranks moments rather than printing a score |
Each tool's row is from its comparison with Clyper, as its own site gave it on the date checked; its plans, prices and sources are there, linked below.
Our pick: stream replays in, webcam stacked over the game
Clyper
Best for
- Clippers paid by streamers: paste the VOD's link, with nothing to download, and get the stream's best moments laid out for a phone.
- Streamers clipping their own streams: a few hours of stream becomes a week of clips, with your face and the game both in view.
- Clipping several channels: Studio takes 10 links at once with priority processing.
Twitch VOD links, YouTube streams, uploads
Paste a past broadcast, highlight or upload's link from Twitch, or a saved YouTube stream's. For Kick, or a subscriber-only VOD, upload the replay: MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV, up to 4 GB.
Webcam over the game
Clyper finds the webcam, a small face that stays put in a corner, and gives it a strip across the top, with the game filling the rest, big enough to follow on a phone.
Up to 4 hours at a time
A 4-hour stream goes in whole; for a longer one, pick the part to clip with From and To times, then the next part.
Scored, captioned, no watermark
Every clip gets a hook score, so you post the strongest first, and downloads as a 1080 × 1920 MP4 with no watermark on any plan.
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What it costs
A credit is a minute of video, so a plan is how much video you can clip in a month, however many clips it makes. Two three-hour streams a month are 360 minutes of video: Pro's 600 credits a month cover it, for up to 300 clips.
Starter
$20/mo
200 minutes, about 100 clips
Pro
$19/mo yearly
600 minutes, about 300 clips
Studio
$48/mo yearly
2,000 minutes, about 1,000 clips
Also as 2× or 4×, for more of both
Stream clipping tool
StreamLadder
Best for
Twitch and Kick streamers who want their own VODs clipped from the link, then dressed up with stickers, emotes and effects and scheduled from one app.
Falls short for streamers
Its AI clipping takes Twitch and Kick links, not YouTube ones, so a stream saved on YouTube is a download and an upload, and its auto crop is built around finding a facecam.
Why streamers pick Clyper instead: Clyper takes Twitch VOD links and YouTube links alike, and frames whoever's talking when there's no facecam, so the same tool clips a stream, a podcast or an interview.
AI video platform with clipping
WayinVideo
Best for
Streamers who want Game Clipping to pick moments from what's on screen as well as what's said, from Twitch, Kick or YouTube links, with very long VODs and scheduling in one app.
Falls short for streamers
Its help center limits Auto Reframe to videos up to 30 minutes on Starter and 120 on Pro, and its editor's AI tools share the credits clipping uses.
Why streamers pick Clyper instead: Clyper lays out every clip from up to 4 hours of stream at a time, webcam over the game, on every plan, and its credits only pay for clipping.
Stream highlights tool
Eklipse
Best for
Gaming streamers who connect their channel once and want every stream's highlights found from kills, wins, audio spikes and chat, dressed up and scheduled for them.
Falls short for streamers
It's tuned to gameplay, and its help pages disagree on whether you can paste a video's link rather than connect your own channel, so clipping someone else's stream is harder.
Why streamers pick Clyper instead: Clyper takes any Twitch VOD or YouTube link, picks moments from what's said and cuts them on whole sentences, so it suits streamers who talk and the clippers who clip them.
AI clipping tool
Klap
Best for
Streamers who want gaming and split-screen layouts, a virality score with its reasons, 4K exports and scheduling, from Twitch links as well as YouTube's.
Falls short for streamers
Its docs put the longest video on paid plans at 3 hours, and its plans are counted in clips, each one taken from a monthly allowance.
Why streamers pick Clyper instead: Clyper clips up to 4 hours at a time and counts minutes of video, so asking for more clips from a stream, up to 30, costs no more credits.
AI clipping and scheduling tool
quso.ai
Best for
Streamers who'd rather clip, edit and post from one app, with nine layouts for speakers and screens and links from Twitch, YouTube and more.
Falls short for streamers
Its layouts (CutMagic) are on paid plans, and its AI Clips page and help center give different longest videos, 75 minutes and 5 hours.
Why streamers pick Clyper instead: Clyper stacks the webcam over the game on every plan and clips up to 4 hours at a time.
AI clipping tool
OpusClip
Best for
Streamers clipping their own channel who want long VODs, up to 10 hours, and links from Twitch, then B-roll, templates and scheduling in the same app.
Falls short for streamers
Its help center says a YouTube link asks you to confirm the channel is yours, and its comparison lists auto reframe on every plan and tracking of moving subjects on Pro, but no layout for a facecam.
Why streamers pick Clyper instead: Clyper takes any public or unlisted YouTube link with no channel check, and Twitch VOD links, and stacks the webcam over the game on every clip it's in.
Clyper vs OpusClip, in fullOpusClip alternativesOpusClip pricing
AI video editor with clipping
Reap
Best for
Streamers who want clips, dubbing, translated subtitles and scheduling in one editor, from Twitch or YouTube links, with a free plan to start.
Falls short for streamers
Its pages say Kick links aren't supported, its face tracking is in beta, and its gamers page says it works from what's said, that HUD elements can fall outside a vertical crop and that silent gameplay is its weak case.
Why streamers pick Clyper instead: Clyper finds the webcam and stacks it over the game, so the face and the play both stay in view, with a hook score on every clip on every plan.
AI video app with a clip maker
Captions
Best for
Streamers who also make videos with AI actors and dubbing, and want a clip maker with facecam layouts for gaming in the same app.
Falls short for streamers
Its clip maker isn't on the free plan (it starts with Max), takes videos up to 3 hours, and its FAQ says how many clips you get depends on the video.
Why streamers pick Clyper instead: Clyper is built only for clips: up to 4 hours at a time, as many clips as you choose, up to 30, each with the webcam over the game.
AI shorts maker with a scheduler
SendShort
Best for
Streamers who want slideshows and faceless videos as well as clips, from Twitch and Kick links, scheduled to TikTok and YouTube.
Falls short for streamers
Clipping long videos starts with its Professional plan, every finished clip counts against the month's shorts, and its pages don't describe a layout for a stream's webcam and game.
Why streamers pick Clyper instead: Clyper stacks a stream's webcam over the game on every plan, and asking for more clips costs no more, since a credit is a minute of video.
AI clipping and scheduling tool
Ssemble
Best for
Streamers on a budget who want a score on each clip and scheduling, from Twitch and Kick VODs as well as YouTube.
Falls short for streamers
Its help center says it works only for talking videos, it clips a long VOD in 20-minute parts at a credit each, and it doesn't take live videos.
Why streamers pick Clyper instead: Clyper reads up to 4 hours of a stream at a time as one video and stacks the webcam over the game.
AI clipping tool
Spikes Studio
Best for
Streamers who want B-roll, music, transitions and clip analytics added in, and scheduling to TikTok, YouTube and more.
Falls short for streamers
Its pricing page keeps auto reframe, face tracking and animated captions for PRO+, so a free try gets demo clips at 720p with a watermark.
Why streamers pick Clyper instead: On every Clyper plan, each clip is laid out with the webcam over the game, captioned word by word, scored and exported with no watermark.
AI short-video maker with a clipper
Crayo
Best for
Clippers who also make faceless videos and want a facecam layout, a timeline editor and campaigns with footage attached in one app.
Falls short for streamers
It takes no Twitch or Kick VOD links, its uploads stop at 3 hours (its own comparison says a 6-hour stream needs splitting), and each clip takes one of its credits.
Why streamers pick Clyper instead: Clyper takes the Twitch VOD's link as it is, and counts minutes of video, so more clips from one stream cost no more.
How we ranked them
- Takes the VOD's link Downloading a four-hour stream to upload it again takes longer than clipping it. Tools that take a Twitch VOD's link, and YouTube's, ranked highest; Kick links counted too, since some tools take them and Clyper doesn't.
- Facecam and game both in view We looked for a layout that keeps the webcam and the game in a vertical clip without setting it up clip by clip, on every plan.
- Long VODs Streams run for hours. We noted the longest video each tool's pages give, and how a longer one goes in.
- Talk or gameplay Some tools pick moments from what's said, which suits commentary, Just Chatting and IRL streams; others from game events, which suits silent gameplay. We say which each does, and rank for streams with talking in them.
- Ready to post, and scored Clips that come laid out, captioned and scored ranked above clips you finish in an editor, and we checked which tools put a watermark on them.
Every tool ranked for clippers: the best AI clipping tools. Every tool side by side, with prices: Clyper vs the other clipping tools. What Clyper costs for the hours you clip: the AI clipping cost calculator.
More on this from Clyper
From people clipping with Clyper
$1,200/mo
“Didn’t touch editing software once. Just dropped links in, posted what it spit out.”
Jordan MackeyFaceless clipper90 sec/clip
“Went from an hour per clip to under 2 minutes. Still can’t believe it.”
Hom NurkilSolo creator9 clients
“Tripled our client load without hiring anyone. Clyper is basically a second team.”
Dan ReyesLowkey Media
Questions
What is the best AI clipping tool for streamers?
For streamers who talk through their streams, and the clippers who clip them, Clyper, and we make it, so weigh that. It takes Twitch VOD links and saved YouTube streams, up to 4 hours at a time, stacks the webcam over the game, captions every word and scores every clip, with no watermark on any plan. StreamLadder is the runner-up; for gameplay highlights picked from the game itself, look at Eklipse and WayinVideo.
Which AI clipping tools take Twitch VOD links?
Clyper takes Twitch VOD links (twitch.tv/videos/...), and so do StreamLadder, WayinVideo, Klap, quso.ai, OpusClip, Reap, SendShort (from Professional) and Ssemble, by their own pages. Eklipse connects to your channel instead, and Crayo takes no Twitch links.
Which AI clipping tools take Kick VODs?
StreamLadder, WayinVideo, SendShort and Ssemble take Kick links, and Eklipse connects to a Kick channel. Reap's pages say Kick links aren't supported. On Clyper, download the Kick replay and upload it.
How does an AI clipper keep the facecam in a vertical clip?
Clyper finds the webcam, a small face that stays put in a corner, and stacks it in a strip across the top with the game below, for the shots it's on screen. StreamLadder's auto crop finds your facecam, Eklipse keeps facecams in frame, and Klap, Crayo and Captions have gaming or facecam layouts.
How long a stream can I clip?
Clyper takes up to 4 hours at a time; for a longer stream, set From and To times and clip it a part at a time. OpusClip takes up to 10 hours, WayinVideo's help center says 10 hours and more, Klap and Crayo 3 hours, and Ssemble clips in 20-minute parts.
Can I clip someone else's stream?
Only with their permission, like a clipping campaign or a streamer's own clipping program gives. Many streamers pay clippers for the views their clips get.
About this ranking
We make Clyper, and we ranked it first. What this page says about each other tool comes from that tool's own site, checked between October 10, 2026 and October 30, 2026; each comparison lists its sources and prices. Tools change, so check before you buy. The other tools' names and logos are trademarks of their owners, shown to identify their products; Clyper isn't affiliated with them.
Clip your next stream
Paste a Twitch VOD or a finished stream's YouTube link. Clyper finds the best moments, stacks the webcam over the game and captions every word: up to 30 clips, ready to post.
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