Compared September 2026
Cliplala vs Spikes Studio
Both clip long video into shorts and both price in minutes or hours of source. Spikes Studio has a Twitch integration that clips a stream the moment it ends, and a built-in scheduler. Cliplala includes seats, never deletes a short, and queues to 10+ platforms through Schedulala. Here is the whole picture, including where Spikes wins.
60 minutes of video free. No credit card.
Pick Spikes Studio if
- You stream on Twitch and want clips waiting when the stream ends, picked with chat activity as a signal
- You want yearly billing at less than half the monthly rate
- You want AI b-roll, transitions and effects in the same tool
Pick Cliplala if
- You send a couple of hours a month and want the smallest bill for that
- You want more hours for less: 4 hours for $14 here, 5 hours for $32.99 on Spikes PRO+
- You share one plan with a few friends and want real seats, not a shared password
- You never want a short to expire: Spikes keeps free-plan clips 7 days and PRO+ clips 90
- You post to more than four platforms and want them all in one queue
- You clip gameplay and want the game and your cam on screen together, decided every second
Pricing
What your money buys
Both count the length of the video you send. Spikes says minutes, we say hours. The rows below put both in the same words so you can do the sum once.
$14 a month
4 hours of video
$32.99 a month
PRO+, 300 minutes, which is 5 hours
$10.50 a month
25% off yearly, on every plan
$14.09 a month
3,600 minutes a year, paid at once
$28 a month
8 hours, 3 seats
$115.99 a month
Enterprise, 1,200 minutes, account manager. $56.34 a month paid yearly
Hours of video you send
Minutes of video processed
A 60-minute video costs 60 minutes
60 minutes of video, once
Watermark. Your shorts stay and you can download them.
Demo clips, or up to 30 minutes a month
The plan card says demo clips; the FAQ on the same page says 30 minutes. Watermark, 720p
Never
Not on free, not after you cancel
7 days on Free, 90 days on PRO+
Unlimited storage on Enterprise
Included
Lite 1, Starter 3, Creator 3, Pro 4, Studio 10
None
Their help centre says to give the other person your login and password
Spikes Studio prices read from their own site on 2026-09-09. Ours come from the same file as our pricing page.
Feature by feature
What each one does, and on which plan.
Only things that ship today, on both sides. Where Spikes Studio has something we do not, the row says so.
Paste a link or upload a file
YouTube, Google Drive or Vimeo link, file upload
Plus Twitch: streams are clipped automatically when they end
None on paid plans
Not published
Minutes count against the plan. The web editor takes videos up to 5 minutes
Yes, ranked 1 to 100
Yes, a virality score on every plan
For Twitch, chat activity is one of the signals
Yes
Every plan
Topic search on paid plans
Pick a length or let the AI choose
Every plan
Paid plans only
Their help centre lists how many clips a video yields by its length
Yes, before you see them
Bad cuts are re-snapped or removed
Not listed
Yes, every plan
Auto reframe on paid plans
Yes, every plan
Faces are measured, not guessed
AI face tracking on paid plans
Yes, decided every second
Splits when both matter, solo when one does
Not listed
Twitch is a source, but no split layout is listed
10 styles, each word lights up as it is said
Auto captions on every plan, animated on paid plans
99+ languages, emoji on paid plans
No
Yes, on paid plans
Limited b-roll on Free
No
You pick which shorts to keep, we do the cut
Yes
Basic on Free, premium on Enterprise; takes videos up to 5 minutes
10+ through Schedulala
Connect your channels inside Cliplala. No second account
4, on paid plans
LinkedIn, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, per their FAQ
Every paid plan
Through Schedulala
Paid plans
Built in
No
Schedulala has its own analytics for what it posts
Paid plans
From their users
What people say about Spikes Studio, and what we do about it.
Paraphrased from public reviews and threads. Each one links to where it was said.
Paid $20 for a subscription, did not get what was paid for, and got no reply from support or on social media.
Trustpilot, June 2026What we do
You find out before you pay. The first 60 minutes of video run free, the shorts are yours to post or download, and there is no card on file until you pick a plan.
Hundreds of unused minutes on the account, and every attempt to generate clips ended in an error.
Trustpilot, July 2025What we do
A project that fails is not charged. Hours are only counted when your shorts are made.
A charge appeared on a card for a service never ordered, and the refund request was passed to a billing department.
Trustpilot, June 2025What we do
Billing is Stripe, and there is no card on file until you choose a plan and see its price.
Switching
Moving over takes an afternoon.
- 1
Try 60 minutes free
Paste a link or drop a file. Your first 60 minutes of video run free with a small Cliplala watermark, and you can post or download the shorts. No card.
- 2
Connect your channels in Schedulala
Posting goes through Schedulala, built in. You connect your channels inside Cliplala once, and every short can queue to all of them. There is no second account to open.
- 3
Download your Spikes clips before they expire
Their pricing table says clips are stored 7 days on Free and 90 days on PRO+, so export what you want to keep. Then pick a Cliplala rung by the hours of video you send a month.
Questions people ask before switching
Is Cliplala cheaper than Spikes Studio?
Yes. Month to month, it is $14 for 4 hours here against $32.99 for 5 hours. Paid yearly, Spikes drops to $14.09 a month for the same 5 hours, and we drop to $10.50 for 4. Per hour on yearly billing, that is $2.63 here and about $2.82 on Spikes.
What is a source-hour?
One hour of the video you send us. A 75-minute podcast is 1.25 hours. Spikes counts the same thing in minutes.
What does Spikes Studio have that you do not?
A Twitch integration that clips streams as they end, AI b-roll, transitions, music and effects, and a built-in scheduler and analytics. If you need those, Spikes is the better pick today.
Do my shorts expire if I stop paying?
No. Shorts are yours on every plan, including free, and they stay after you cancel. The uploaded source video is kept for 30 days. Spikes lists 7 days of storage on Free and 90 days on PRO+.
Do you train AI models on my videos?
No. Your uploads are used to make your shorts and for nothing else. It is written in our terms and privacy policy.
Can I post to the same platforms?
Spikes posts and schedules to LinkedIn, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube on paid plans. We queue to 10+ platforms through Schedulala on every paid plan. You connect your channels inside Cliplala once, and you check each short before it goes.
Your next nine posts are already recorded.
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