Eklipse vs StreamLadder: VODs, Layouts, Price and Free Tier

The short answer

For a streamer the two tools do the same job, and the price structure is what sets them apart. Eklipse sells one tier, Premium, at $24.99 a month. StreamLadder sells three: Starter at $14.99, Creator at $26.99 and Pro at $38.99. Its AI clip finder, ClipGPT, starts at Creator, so the fair pairing is Eklipse at $24.99 against StreamLadder Creator at $26.99. That is $2 a month more for StreamLadder ($26.99 minus $24.99).

Two warnings about the prices. StreamLadder's web pricing page could not be read, so its figures come from its App Store listing and may differ on the web. Eklipse's own pages disagree with each other, and the figures here are the ones in its help articles. Everything was read on 2026-10-04.

Eklipse at a glance

Eklipse links to a Twitch, Kick or YouTube channel and scans a stream for its best moments, then returns them as 9:16 clips made for TikTok, Reels and Shorts. Detection is aimed at gaming footage. The editing side covers captions, jumpcuts, memes and effects, plus layouts that place gameplay beside a facecam. Its Content Publisher can queue posts for later and send them to TikTok and YouTube.

The pages read show a single tier, Premium. It costs $24.99 a month, or $179.99 a year, and exports 1080p at 60 fps without a watermark. No clip, minute or credit allowance is published. Opening an account costs nothing and gets you a scan of a recent stream to preview, yet creating and exporting clips takes Premium. Eklipse's own blog says the old no-cost clipping plan is gone.

The price needs checking. The help articles say $24.99 and $179.99, a 2024 post says $19.99 and $149.99, and a July 2026 blog says about $12.50 a month on annual billing. That blog also says there is no public pricing page and that the rate is confirmed at checkout. Face-tracking reframe, API access and credit expiry are not described on the pages read.

StreamLadder at a glance

With StreamLadder you paste a Twitch or Kick VOD link, while a YouTube stream goes in as a file you upload. ClipGPT finds the webcam, keeps the face in every vertical crop and gives each clip a score from 0 to 100. The editor offers stack, side-by-side and picture-in-picture layouts, animated captions and a text-to-speech tool that is English only, with up to 500 characters per segment. The publisher handles TikTok, Reels and Shorts with scheduling.

Basic editing is described as free, unlimited and without watermarks, and the page does not say whether the no-cost tier limits quality or exports. New users also get a 7-day trial of the premium features. Starter is $14.99 a month ($149.99 a year, or $12.50 a month) and holds the full editor, AI captions, 1080p at 60 fps and posting. It does not hold ClipGPT. Creator is $26.99 ($269.99 a year) and adds unlimited ClipGPT. Pro is $38.99 ($389.99 a year) and adds 4K at 60 fps and posting to X.

No minute, credit or clip meter is stated. Plans unlock features instead of counting usage. A web-only buyer should confirm the price at checkout, because the figures above are App Store prices.

What the gap comes to

Two comparisons, depending on whether you need AI clip finding.

• Without it. StreamLadder Starter at $14.99 is $10 a month cheaper than Eklipse Premium at $24.99 ($24.99 minus $14.99). On yearly billing, Starter at $149.99 is $30 cheaper than Eklipse at $179.99. You find the moments yourself, since Starter has no ClipGPT.
• With it. StreamLadder Creator at $26.99 is $2 a month dearer than Eklipse. Yearly, Creator at $269.99 is $90 dearer than Eklipse at $179.99, which is $7.50 a month ($90 divided by 12). What you get for the difference is unlimited ClipGPT and a face-tracking crop.

No cost per minute is worked out here, because Eklipse states no allowance and StreamLadder states no meter.

Side by side

Where GPT-Video fits as a third option

A note on bias first: GPT-Video is our product. It fits a streamer who keeps each recording as a file and wants the reasoning behind every pick. Each clip comes with its opening hook and the sentence that earned it a place in the set. To adjust one, you type the request to the Editor Assistant, watch it land on the clip, and undo it if it misses. Vibe editing has the detail, and the stream highlights page covers the stream case.

The meter matters for this audience, so here is the arithmetic. We count the length of the video you upload, one credit per minute at Standard quality. A 3-hour stream is 180 minutes, so 180 credits, and on Starter that comes to $13.68 ($19 divided by 250 is $0.076 a minute, times 180). The 250 credits in Starter cover one stream of that length with 70 minutes left over. A Draft pass halves the count to 90 credits. Creator costs $49 for 800 credits, about $0.061 a minute, which leaves room for four long streams. If you go live most days, a source-minute meter will feel tighter than a tool with no stated allowance. Credits unused at month end do not carry forward.

The gaps are these. GPT-Video does not publish or schedule, takes no VOD link or YouTube address (you upload the VOD file), and keeps no tier that stays free. Each streamer who opens an account gets free access after the email check: 50 credits for 14 days, no card, up to 2 exports a day. That covers 50 minutes of a stream at Standard, places are limited, and Starter is the first paid plan. Assistants in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor can reach it through eight MCP tools, set out in the MCP docs. Each rival has its own page too: Eklipse alternatives and StreamLadder alternatives.

Which to pick

If you want to start cheap, try before paying or paste a VOD link, StreamLadder is the easier start, and Starter at $14.99 is the lowest paid price of the two. Remember that clip finding comes with Creator. If you want one tier with channel connection and gaming-tuned detection, Eklipse keeps it to a single price, and you should confirm that price at checkout.

Test with one real stream either way. Check that the crop follows you, that the captions fit your style and that the layout suits your facecam. If you start from a saved recording and post the clip by hand, add GPT-Video to that test, using part of the stream on its free access.