Priced by the minute of source
€0.025 per minute on Starter, before VAT, whatever the number of shorts, up to 20 per video on the Studio plan. 30 minutes are free at sign-up, no card.
COMPARISON
Eklipse alternative: shortshort vs Eklipse.
shortshort cuts one long video into vertical shorts chosen to end where the sentence ends, frames the face with automatic zooms, and costs €0.025 per minute of video before VAT. Below, side by side with Eklipse: the numbers first, then 18 criteria with a check or a cross, then the plans of both.
30 free credits, no cardUp to 2 GB per videoMP4 · 9:16 or 4:5
shortshort vs Eklipse: the short answer
shortshort turns one long video of up to 2 GB into 9:16 shorts chosen to end where the sentence ends, framed on the face on screen with automatic zooms, captioned word by word, for €0.025 per minute of source video before VAT. 30 minutes are free, no card.
Eklipse makes clips from gaming streams on Twitch, YouTube, Kick and Facebook. It may fit better for bigger files, longer videos, a crop you set by hand; the table below says where, with the source.
- Price per minute of video
- €0.025 here, $24.99 a month, Premium at Eklipse
- Free plan
- 30 credits once here, no free plan at Eklipse
Facts checked against the product on . Prices before VAT.
Why shortshort
Four things the product does by design; the table below checks the rest, both ways.
Cuts that finish the sentence
The AI reads the whole transcript and picks complete, quotable passages, chosen to open and close on a sentence rather than on a timer; the end of each short is checked against the transcript.
Framing that follows the face, with motion
The 9:16 crop follows the face on screen and adds automatic zooms between x1.0 and x1.6; slides and wide shots stay whole. Framing is automatic; cuts, title and captions stay editable.
One page, nothing to learn
Drop the file, choose how many shorts and how long, check the proposals, export the MP4s. No timeline, no template to configure.
18 criteria, side by side
One line per criterion, the same shape on both sides. The Eklipse column is derived from Eklipse's own site: the number after a cell points to the source, and the exact wording is under the table.
Reading note. Eklipse is built for gaming streams on Twitch, YouTube and Kick. Its pricing page redirects to the homepage, so prices are read from the pricing article of its help center; its pages disagree on a free tier, and the newest say there is none.
| Criterion | shortshort | Eklipse |
|---|---|---|
| Getting the video in | ||
| Longest video | Set by the 2 GB file size, 12 hours at mostOne file of up to 2 GB and at most 12 hours, on every plan; below that, how many hours fit in 2 GB depends on the bitrate. | Under 5 h per VOD, 4 h per upload [1] [2]Their FAQ says VODs should be shorter than 5 hours, the limit of their current server setup; a help article limits uploaded files to 15 minutes to 4 hours. |
| Largest file | 2 GB per fileMP4, MOV or WebM. | 10 GB per uploaded VOD [3] [2] [4]Uploaded VODs are MP4 files of up to 10 GB, on Premium; clips sent to AI Edit must be under 1 GB. |
| How the video gets in | File upload or a YouTube linkMP4, MOV or WebM from your disk, or a public or unlisted YouTube link of your own, downloaded on our servers at up to 720p with its audio. | Upload, or a Twitch, Kick or YouTube link [5]Studio takes an uploaded file or a pasted Twitch, Kick or YouTube link, and pulls VODs from a connected account. |
| What comes out | ||
| Crop follows the face | Follows the face, zooms x1.0 to x1.6The 9:16 crop follows the face with automatic zooms; slides, screens and wide shots stay whole; framing is set automatically. | Follows facecam, crosshair and killfeed, not a face [6]The 9:16 reframe tracks the crosshair, the killfeed and the facecam, and follows the action rather than a face. |
| Automatic captions | Word by word, 4 stylesSpotlight, Impact, Karaoke, Minimal; timed on the audio; SRT import and export. | Yes, animated auto-captions, word by word [6]Speech is transcribed and timed word by word in gaming fonts, and every line stays editable before export; the editor runs on the paid plan. |
| Aspect ratios | 9:16, or 4:5 for the Instagram feedChosen at export for the whole series; a 4:5 export tracks the face again for that frame. No 1:1 or 16:9. | 9:16, Studio is built around it [5]Their Studio page says the editor is built around 9:16; other ratios are not stated. |
| Export | MP4 1080 × 1920 or 1080 × 1350, 30 fpsH.264, rendered on our servers on every plan: 1080 × 1920 in 9:16, 1080 × 1350 in 4:5. | Up to 1080p, 1440p with Ultra Highlights [1] [7] [8]Clips keep the quality of the source VOD, up to 1080p; a private stream sent through Ultra Highlights exports up to 1440p. Paid exports carry no watermark. |
| Editing and export | ||
| Manual editor | Yes, on the AI proposals, with a free accountClips and their bounds, title, description, caption words and caption style of each AI proposal; the editor and the MP4 export need a free account. | Yes, Eklipse Studio, on the paid plan [5]Crop, trim and reframe to 9:16, set in and out points, drag any region, add captions and stickers; editing inside Studio is paid. |
| Brand presets | One preset, Studio planCaption colour and font, preselected on every new video. | Handle or logo on every export, templates [6]Add a handle or logo once and it carries across every export; templates set the 9:16 crop, caption style and safe zones. |
| Edit export | JSON edit plan on every planThe studio exports the plan of the open short on every plan; the Studio plan adds the plan of every saved short from My projects. | Not stated on their siteNo XML or editing-software export is mentioned on the pages read. |
| Extras | ||
| Translation or dubbing | Not offeredCaptions in the language spoken, transcribed by OpenAI's whisper-1 (98 languages according to OpenAI); nothing is translated or dubbed. | Not stated on their siteNo translation or dubbing is mentioned on the pages read. |
| Virality score | None, by designThe AI keeps complete, quotable sentences; you choose what goes out. | Yes, moments scored and ranked by the AI [9]AI Highlights scores game events, audio peaks and on-screen markers across the whole VOD, then ranks what it found. |
| B-roll, music, titles | None addedThe short is your video, reframed and captioned. | Not stated on their siteThe editor adds memes, stickers, sound effects and zooms; no b-roll is mentioned. |
| Publishes to social | YouTube on a calendar, TikTok in early accessConnect a YouTube channel, pick a day and time per short or auto-fill the calendar. TikTok is in early access. One MP4 per short, or a ZIP, for the rest. | Yes, post now or schedule to 4 platforms [10]Share now or schedule on a calendar to TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels and Facebook; scheduling runs on the paid plan. |
| Team and price | ||
| Team seats | One account, one login | No, one account per person [11]Their help center says collaborators cannot share an account; each person needs their own Premium plan. |
| API | None | Not stated on their siteNo API is mentioned on the pages read. |
| Free plan | 30 credits once, no cardThe account never expires; the 30 credits are given once, not every month. Up to 3 shorts per video, watermarked, exports join the public community. | No free tier, the account is free [6] [12] [13]Creating an account and a preview scan of one recent stream cost nothing, but editing and exporting clips need Premium; the standalone browser tools are free. |
| How you pay | 1 credit = 1 minute of videoWhatever the number of shorts. Plans from 12 EUR a month for 480 minutes, before VAT. Unused credits roll over and never expire, even after cancelling. | Paid subscription, monthly, 6-month or annual [6] [14] [15] [3] [16]Premium $24.99 a month, $112.99 for 6 months or $179.99 a year; Premium Pro $39.99 a month. No monthly minutes; help articles cap Premium at 3 streams and 12 h a day. |
- Offered
- On some plans, or with a limit
- Not offered
- A fact, not a yes or no
- Not stated on their site
The exact wording of each Eklipse cell, as read on their site
- Longest video
- FAQ: "Your VODs should be shorter than 5 hours. Our current server setup is constrained to processing footage from under 5 hours."; for a manually uploaded file, the help center says "The file must be between 15 minutes and 4 hours in length" [1] [2]
- Largest file
- Local VOD import, Premium only: "Your files should be in MP4 format. Each file can be as hefty as 10 GB."; manual stream uploads "strictly under 10GB in size"; clips sent to AI Edit: "File size: under 1GB for manual uploads." [3] [2] [4]
- How the video gets in
- Studio: "Upload a file, or paste a Twitch, Kick or YouTube link and let Eklipse pull the VOD."; "Studio does not need the clip to come from a connected stream, so old recordings and clips from other tools still work." [5]
- Crop follows the face
- Subject tracking on the 9:16 reframe: the editor "tracks the crosshair, the killfeed, and your facecam and moves the crop to follow them"; "the reframe follows the crosshair and killfeed rather than a face" [6]
- Automatic captions
- Animated auto-captions: "Speech is transcribed and timed word by word, then styled in gaming-native fonts that move with the audio"; "Every line stays editable before export." [6]
- Aspect ratios
- Studio FAQ: "9:16 is the full-screen vertical format for TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels. Studio is built around that ratio."; other ratios not stated [5]
- Export
- FAQ: clips come "in the same quality as the VOD/stream video we receive (up to 1080p, with premium)"; Ultra Highlights, a private stream sent to Eklipse through an OBS stream key: "Exports up to 1440p", "Capture Every Frame in Stunning 1440p Quality." [1] [7] [8]
- Manual editor
- Eklipse Studio: "Crop, trim and reframe horizontal footage into 9:16 clips"; "Set in and out points"; "Drag any region where you want it"; "Editing inside Studio runs on a paid plan." [5]
- Brand presets
- "If you want your own branding, add a handle or logo once and it carries across every export"; "Choose a template for the format you are posting to. The editor sets the 9:16 crop, caption style, and safe zones to match" [6]
- Edit export
- Not stated on their site.
- Translation or dubbing
- Not stated on their site.
- Virality score
- AI Highlights: "It scores game events, audio peaks, and on-screen markers, then ranks what it found." [9]
- B-roll, music, titles
- Not stated on their site.
- Publishes to social
- Content Planner "sends them to TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels and Facebook at the times you pick"; "Free to sign up · Scheduling runs on a paid plan" [10]
- Team seats
- No shared account: "You cannot add collaborators to share a single Eklipse account. Each person needs their own Premium plan to access full features like AI clipping, private streaming, and video editing." [11]
- API
- Not stated on their site.
- Free plan
- No free tier: "Creating an Eklipse account costs nothing", but "The editor itself is paid" and "there is no zero-cost tier"; "What is genuinely free is the set of standalone browser tools". No time-limited trial; a free account gets one preview scan: "our AI scans a recent stream and shows you a preview of the clips it finds", while "creating and exporting your clips requires an Eklipse Premium subscription". [6] [12] [13]
- How you pay
- Paid subscription, monthly, every 6 months or annual: "Eklipse is a fully paid product, at roughly $14.99 a month on the annual plan or $24.99 month to month, and there is no zero-cost tier." No monthly minute allowance is stated; the help center caps Premium processing per day ("You can process up to 3 streams per day", "The total accumulated duration limit is 12 hours per day") and local VOD imports per month ("Each import requires 1 credit", "You can process up to 10 offline recordings/VODs each month (10 credits)"). The homepage FAQ adds a second tier: "Eklipse Premium starts at $24.99 per month and Eklipse Premium Pro is $39.99 per month, and annual plans add 1080p lossless export." [6] [14] [15] [3] [16]
Sources for the Eklipse column, read on 24 October 2026
Their pages can change after that date; the table does not update itself.
- https://eklipse.gg/faq/
- https://eklipse.gg/help/how-to-upload-a-video-or-import-a-stream/
- https://eklipse.gg/help/how-to-import-streams-from-local-storage/
- https://eklipse.gg/help/ai-edit-requirements/
- https://eklipse.gg/features/eklipse-studio/
- https://eklipse.gg/features/ai-edit/
- https://eklipse.gg/features/
- https://eklipse.gg/features/ultra-highlights/
- https://eklipse.gg/features/ai-highlights/
- https://eklipse.gg/features/content-planner/
- https://eklipse.gg/help/how-do-i-add-collaborators-to-my-eklipse-account/
- https://eklipse.gg/help/is-there-a-free-trial-for-premium/
- https://eklipse.gg/help/is-eklipse-free-or-paid/
- https://eklipse.gg/help/how-much-does-eklipse-premium-cost/
- https://eklipse.gg/help/how-much-credit-do-i-have-per-day-to-upload-clips/
- https://eklipse.gg/
Eklipse pricing (checked 24 October 2026)
Eklipse plans as listed on eklipse.gg/help/how-much-does-eklipse-premium-cost, read on 24 October 2026 [14]. Eklipse's cheapest plan is $24.99 a month, Premium: No monthly minutes, capped at 12 h a day, so its price per minute cannot be compared with shortshort's €0.025 per minute, before VAT. Every plan, per minute, in the price index.
Eklipse
- Premium, monthly$24.99 a monthNo monthly minutes; 3 streams, 12 h a dayAI clipping, AI Edit and Studio editingScheduling to TikTok, Shorts, Reels, FacebookNo watermark, 1080p, 1440p with Ultra Highlights$27.99 a month in the mobile apps
- Premium, semi-annual$112.99 every 6 monthsNo monthly minutes; 3 streams, 12 h a dayThe same paid features as monthly
- Premium, annual$179.99 a year, about $14.99 a monthNo monthly minutes; 3 streams, 12 h a dayThe same paid features as monthlySaves $119.89 a year against monthly, per their page
As written on their pricing page on 24 October 2026
- Premium, monthly: USD 24.99 per month ("$24.99 per month" on the web; "$27.99 per month" in the iOS and Android apps)
- Eklipse Premium, "With features like 1080p 60FPS exports, priority AI processing, and advanced templates". "Total per year: $299.88" when paid month to month; no monthly minute allowance stated; help center caps: up to 3 streams and 12 hours of processing a day, up to 10 local VOD imports a month (10 credits)
- Premium, semi-annual: USD 112.99 every 6 months ("$112.99 every 6 months", on the web and in the apps)
- The same Premium features. No monthly equivalent stated; no monthly minute allowance stated; same daily and import caps as monthly
- Premium, annual: USD 179.99 per year ("$179.99 per year", "~$14.99/month"; same price in the apps)
- The same Premium features. Labelled "Annual (Best Value)"; "Choosing the Annual Plan saves you $119.89 every year" against month to month; no monthly minute allowance stated; same daily and import caps as monthly
shortshort
- Free€0, no card30 welcome credits given once, 30 minutes of videoUp to 3 shorts per videoWatermarked exportExported shorts join the community
- Starter€12 a month480 min of video a month, 8 hoursUp to 5 shorts per videoNo watermarkOption to keep your exports out of the public community gallery
- Creator€29 a month1,600 min of video a month, 26 h 40Everything in StarterUp to 10 shorts per videoCredit top-ups of 400, 1,200 or 4,000 credits
- Studio€79 a month6,000 min of video a month, 100 hoursEverything in CreatorUp to 20 shorts per videoOne brand preset: your caption colors and font, preselected on every new video
Prices before VAT, from the product. Annual billing: Starter €115 a year, Creator €278 a year, Studio €758 a year. Full detail on the pricing page.
The verdict: Eklipse or shortshort
shortshort for the cuts and the framing; Eklipse when you need bigger files or longer videos. Both lists come from the table.
Where shortshort comes out ahead
- Free planYes, 30 credits once, no card, no monthly refill; Eklipse: No free plan, No free tier; free account, a preview scan, browser tools.
- Cuts on complete sentencesEach short is cut on word boundaries and aims for the end of a sentence, with a 25% margin around the target length; the ending is checked against the transcript.
- Framing that follows the face, with automatic zoomsFace and scene tracking move the 9:16 crop; automatic zooms between x1.0 and x1.6; slides and wide shots stay whole.
- One page, nothing to learnDrop, choose the count and the length, check, export. No timeline or template to set up.
- A public before-and-after galleryEach short next to the video it came from, with the transcript of each short, so the result can be judged before trying.
Where Eklipse may fit better
- Bigger files [3] [2] [4]10 GB per uploaded VOD against 2 GB here. Uploaded VODs are MP4 files of up to 10 GB, on Premium; clips sent to AI Edit must be under 1 GB.
- Longer videos [1] [2]Under 5 h a VOD, 4 h an upload, where shortshort is limited by its 2 GB file size. Their FAQ says VODs should be shorter than 5 hours, the limit of their current server setup; a help article limits uploaded files to 15 minutes to 4 hours.
- A crop you set by hand [5]Crop, trim and reframe to 9:16, set in and out points, drag any region, add captions and stickers
- Virality score [9]Yes, moments scored and ranked by the AI. AI Highlights scores game events, audio peaks and on-screen markers across the whole VOD, then ranks what it found.
What shortshort produces, on a real video
A published transformation from the community: the original on top, the shorts it became below. Click one to see it next to the original video.
3 of 6 shorts shown · The Override That Saved Humanity · watch it in the community, with the transcript of each short
Demo footage: Tears of Steel © Blender Foundation, licensed CC BY 3.0. Cut, cropped and captioned by shortshort.
How shortshort cuts, frames and captions
Three things the table can only name. The passage, the frame and the captions below are illustrations; the community shows the real thing.
1 · The cut ends on the sentence
Cut at the target
The reason most clips fail is that they stop before the idea lands, and a viewer who never hears the end of the sentence has no reason to share it. ✂ mid-sentence
Cut at the sentence
The reason most clips fail is that they stop before the idea lands, and a viewer who never hears the end of the sentence has no reason to share it. ✂ on the full stop
Same passage, same 30-second target. shortshort keeps going to the end of the sentence, 37 seconds here, which is inside the 25% margin it allows.
2 · The 9:16 crop follows the face on screen
3 · Captions timed word by word
Spotlight, one of the four caption styles. Impact, Karaoke and Minimal use the same word timing.
Eklipse alternative: questions people ask
Is Eklipse free?
No. Eklipse's own site lists no free plan. On Eklipse: no free tier, the account is free. Creating an account and a preview scan of one recent stream cost nothing, but editing and exporting clips need Premium; the standalone browser tools are free (their own site, read on 24 October 2026).
How much does Eklipse cost?
Eklipse's pricing page lists 3 plans. On Eklipse: Premium, monthly, $24.99 a month (No monthly minutes; 3 streams, 12 h a day); Premium, semi-annual, $112.99 every 6 months (No monthly minutes; 3 streams, 12 h a day); Premium, annual, $179.99 a year, about $14.99 a month (No monthly minutes; 3 streams, 12 h a day) (their own site, read on 24 October 2026). They are listed on this page under "Eklipse pricing (checked 24 October 2026)". Eklipse's cheapest plan is $24.99 a month, Premium: No monthly minutes, capped at 12 h a day, so its price per minute cannot be compared. shortshort charges 1 credit per minute of source video, whatever the number of shorts: Starter is 12 EUR a month for 480 credits, Creator 29 EUR for 1,600 and the Studio plan 79 EUR for 6,000, before VAT, and every account starts with 30 free credits, given once.
What is a free alternative to Eklipse?
shortshort can be tried for free: 30 credits given once at sign-up, no card, which cover 30 minutes of video, with up to 3 shorts per video and a small watermark on the export. Your upload stays private until you export; exported shorts join the public community gallery by default. It is a one-time allowance, not free minutes every month: the tools that give free minutes every month are listed, with the limits of their free plans, in the price per minute index.
Is shortshort a good Eklipse alternative?
It depends on what you need. shortshort turns one long video of up to 2 GB into vertical shorts, 3 per video on the Free plan and up to 20 on the Studio plan, cut on complete sentences, framed on the face on screen and captioned word by word in one of four styles. Eklipse may fit better if you need bigger files, longer videos and a crop you set by hand, according to its own site. If the job is cutting long talks into shorts, try it with the 30 free credits and compare the result with what you get from Eklipse.
How long can a video be on Eklipse and on shortshort?
On shortshort, one file of up to 2 GB and at most 12 hours on every plan; the file size is what usually limits, and how many hours fit depends on the bitrate. On Eklipse: under 5 h per VOD, 4 h per upload. Their FAQ says VODs should be shorter than 5 hours, the limit of their current server setup; a help article limits uploaded files to 15 minutes to 4 hours (their own site, read on 24 October 2026).
How do captions compare between Eklipse and shortshort?
shortshort times every word on the audio, in one of four styles (Spotlight, Impact, Karaoke, Minimal), with SRT import and export. On Eklipse: yes, animated auto-captions, word by word (their own site, read on 24 October 2026).
Can I try shortshort before leaving Eklipse?
Yes. The 30 free credits cover 30 minutes of video, with up to 3 shorts per video, no card needed. Your upload and drafts stay private until you export: an exported short is published to the community with its full source video and the transcript of the short, unless your account is set to keep it out, which every paid plan can do.
Cuts that finish the sentence, at a price by the minute.
The fastest comparison is your own video: 30 minutes are free, no card. Your upload stays private until you export; exported shorts join the community with their source video by default, and any paid plan can keep them out.