A cloud clip maker or your own PC: how to choose
Written by the developer of CutBench, so this is not an independent review.
A Windows PC with an NVIDIA graphics card (6 GB of VRAM or more) can turn stream recordings into clips itself, and CutBench does this for $24.99 once on Steam. A monthly cloud plan makes sense on a Mac, on a laptop without such a card, or when clips are needed minutes after the stream.
Cloud clip makers and CutBench side by side
| Cloud clip makers | CutBench on your PC | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | The vendor’s servers, used from a browser | Your PC |
| What it needs | A browser, and an upload or a link | Windows 10 or 11; the supported spec is an NVIDIA card with 6 GB of VRAM or more |
| What it costs | Opus Clip from $15 a month; Eklipse Premium $24.99 a month; StreamLadder €27 a month for its AI clipping; FragCut $24.99 a month | $24.99 once on Steam |
| After one year | At monthly prices: Opus Clip $180, Eklipse $299.88, StreamLadder €324, FragCut $299.88 | $24.99, the same purchase |
| Time to clips | FragCut: 15 to 30 minutes to render, plus the download of a Twitch VOD | 0.6 to 1.1 times the recording length, plus 5 to 10 minutes, on one RTX 3080 |
| The recording | Uploaded, or fetched from a link | Not uploaded for processing |
| Monthly limits | Set by the plan: FragCut Creator counts 40 hours of streams, Opus Clip counts credits | None |
| On a Mac or a weak laptop | Works the same, because the work happens on the vendor’s servers | No Mac version; without an NVIDIA card it runs on the processor, tens of times slower |
Checked on 14 November 2026 on the vendors' own pages: Opus Clip, Eklipse, StreamLadder, FragCut. Prices change, so check before you buy.
When your own PC is enough
Cloud clip makers and CutBench do the same job: they find the moments worth posting in a long recording and cut them into vertical clips. What differs is where the work runs and how it is paid for. When the recordings are already on a Windows PC with an NVIDIA card, a cloud plan mostly pays for work that PC can do itself.
- The streams are long or frequent: some monthly plans count hours or credits, and CutBench has no monthly limit.
- The clips can wait a few hours: CutBench is a batch tool, and a 3-hour recording takes 1 h 53 min to 3 h 28 min on one RTX 3080.
- The recording should stay on the PC: CutBench does not upload it for processing.
When the cloud is the better pick
- The computer is a Mac: there is no Mac version of CutBench.
- The PC is a laptop without an NVIDIA card: CutBench would run on the processor, tens of times slower, while a cloud service does the work on the vendor’s servers.
- The clips are needed minutes after the stream: FragCut, for one, says it renders them in 15 to 30 minutes, after the download of a Twitch VOD.
- The PC has to stay free for games while the clips are made.
What a year costs
At monthly prices, a year of Opus Clip Starter is $180, a year of Eklipse Premium or FragCut Creator is $299.88, and a year of StreamLadder Creator, the plan with its AI clipping, is €324. Where there is a yearly plan, it costs less: FragCut Creator is $179.88 a year, and StreamLadder gives two months free. CutBench is $24.99 once; that is the US price, and Steam sets regional prices.
If the recordings are on a Windows PC with an NVIDIA card, CutBench turns them into vertical clips with subtitles, ranked best first, and the recording is not uploaded for processing.
The CutBench guide has the full requirements and what a job looks like from start to end.
Questions people ask
Do I need a subscription to make clips from my streams?
No. The cloud plans named on this page charge a monthly or yearly fee, but a Windows PC with an NVIDIA card (6 GB of VRAM or more) can make the clips itself with CutBench, bought once on Steam.
Is a local clip maker slower than a cloud one?
CutBench takes longer than FragCut’s quoted rendering time: on one RTX 3080, a 3-hour recording takes 1 h 53 min to 3 h 28 min, and FragCut quotes 15 to 30 minutes to render the clips, plus the download of a Twitch VOD.
Which PC can make the clips itself?
Windows 10 or 11 with an NVIDIA card that has 6 GB of VRAM or more. On AMD and Intel Arc, CutBench runs on the processor, tens of times slower, and still completes.