When Eklipse fits
You want automatic vertical highlights from your streams for TikTok, Shorts, and Reels, posted with little editing.
Highlights or the whole story
An Eklipse alternative
for long-form video.
Eklipse finds highlights in your streams and prepares short vertical clips. AquaEdits makes the main-channel upload: one long-form video cut from hours of the same stream. Your first video is free.
AquaEdits vs. Eklipse
Short highlights.
Or the full video.
Both start from a gaming stream. Eklipse describes ready-to-post clips for TikTok, Shorts, and Reels; AquaEdits returns one long-form video for YouTube.
| Your decision | AquaEdits | Eklipse |
|---|---|---|
| Finished output | One long-form video: a finished MP4 with effects and captions, or an editable project for Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve. | Short highlight clips, converted to 9:16 with captions and templates for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Reels. |
| Source | An uploaded recording up to 50 GiB: a VOD downloaded from Twitch, YouTube, or Kick, or a local file. | A connected Twitch, YouTube Live, or Kick channel, per its homepage. |
| Editing focus | Setup, progression, and payoff across a section of up to five hours. | Detecting individual moments and formatting them for short-form feeds. |
| Editor export | Premiere Pro XML or DaVinci Resolve .otioz, with source media and a WAV. | Not described on the pages we checked. |
| Free option | 7-day free trial with 1 video. Card required; nothing is charged until the trial ends. | A free account includes an AI scan of one recent stream; exporting clips requires Premium, per its help center. |
| Paid plans, billed monthly | Creator $50/month for 5 videos. Professional $80/month for 10. | Eklipse Premium $24.99/month on the web, or $179.99/year. |
| What a plan buys | Long-form videos: one credit edits a source section of up to 5 hours. | Clip exports in 1080p 60fps without a watermark, templates, and AI editing. No usage cap is stated. |
Published by AquaEdits, a competing product. Eklipse details and prices are from Eklipse’s homepage and its help articles on Premium pricing and free accounts, checked October 10, 2026; monthly-billing prices in USD. Vendors change plans, so confirm on their site. We have not tested both products on the same footage.
Two uploads from one stream
A highlight is not the episode
Eklipse is built around the moment: a kill, a reaction, a funny exchange, reframed to vertical and posted to short-form feeds. That is useful for discovery, and it is a different deliverable from the video a subscriber sits down to watch.
A long-form upload needs the parts a highlight detector skips. The failed attempt explains the later strategy change; the quiet stretch before the fight builds the tension. AquaEdits reads the whole section, keeps the scenes that set up and pay off the story, and cuts the rest.
We found no long-form or full-VOD edit output described on Eklipse’s official pages. If you need both shorts and a main-channel video, treat them as two jobs and compare each tool on its own job.
Make the choice on your footage
Match the tool
to your next upload.
When AquaEdits fits
You have hours of gameplay and no cut yet, and you want one long-form YouTube video from it: the story found, the dead time removed, and a finished MP4 or an editable timeline back.
Test it on a real stream
Use a representative session, not your easiest highlight. The AquaEdits trial includes one full video, so you can judge the complete result before paying.
Before you choose
Your questions,
answered.
Is AquaEdits an Eklipse alternative?
Yes, if what you need is a long-form YouTube video rather than short highlights. Eklipse prepares short vertical clips from your streams; AquaEdits cuts hours of a stream into one complete video.
Does Eklipse make long-form videos?
Its official pages describe short highlight clips and montages exported to short-form formats. We found no full-VOD long-form edit described there when we checked on October 10, 2026.
Is AquaEdits cheaper than Eklipse?
They price different things. AquaEdits is $50 a month for 5 long-form videos, or $80 for 10, after a free first video. Eklipse Premium is $24.99 a month on the web for short clips. Compare the price of the finished upload you need, including your own editing time.
Can I use AquaEdits and Eklipse together?
Yes. They can serve different uploads: AquaEdits for the main long-form video and Eklipse for short social clips. Decide which moments work as standalone clips after the full video’s story is clear.
How do I start with AquaEdits?
Sign in and start the 7-day free trial; a card is required and nothing is charged until it ends. Upload a recording up to 50 GiB, set a title, a target length, and a brief, and download your video.
Your next long-form upload
Try it on
your own stream.
Your first video is free on a 7-day trial. After that, Creator is $50 a month for 5 videos and Professional is $80 a month for 10. Cancel before the trial ends and you are not charged.
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