Record anywhere vs clip anything.
Riverside is primarily a recording platform, high-quality remote interviews and podcasts with local recording. They've added AI clipping as a feature, but it only works on content recorded on their platform. Katto clips any video from any source. Here's the comparison.
Riverside is excellent if you record podcasts remotely and want clipping built in. But if you have existing content on YouTube or local files, Riverside can't help, Katto can, at about half the price. If most of your back catalogue already lives on YouTube or as local files, Katto turns it into vertical, captioned clips today on a flat €12 plan, while Riverside only clips what you record inside it.
| Feature | Katto | Riverside |
|---|---|---|
| Price / month (annual) | €12 | $24 (Pro) |
| Allowance / month | 25 videos | 5 hrs recording |
| Resolution | 1080p | 4K |
| Languages | 99 | 100+ |
| Clip from YouTube | ||
| Clip from any file | ||
| Remote recording | ||
| Virality scoring | ||
| Auto captions | ||
| Face tracking | ||
| Gaming stacked layout | ||
| 1-click export to socials | 7 platforms | |
| Free plan | 2 videos/mo (≤30 min) | 2 hrs recording (720p, watermark) |
Katto clips YouTube videos, Twitch VODs, uploaded MP4/MOV/WebM/MKV. Riverside only clips content recorded on their platform.
If you already record elsewhere (OBS, Zoom, in-person), paying $24/mo for Riverside just to clip makes no sense. Katto does it for €12/mo, about half the price.
Katto scores clips on Hook, Flow, Value and Trend. Riverside's Magic Clips has no scoring, it picks moments but doesn't rank them.
Katto handles gaming layouts (stacked webcam + content). Riverside is built for podcasts and interviews only.
We believe in honest comparisons. Here's where Riverside has an edge:
Choose Katto if...
Creators who already have video content and need to repurpose it into shorts, regardless of where it was recorded.
Choose Riverside if...
Podcasters and interviewers who want an all-in-one record + clip platform.
Riverside is excellent if you record podcasts remotely and want clipping built in. But if you have existing content on YouTube or local files, Riverside can't help, Katto can, at about half the price. If most of your back catalogue already lives on YouTube or as local files, Katto turns it into vertical, captioned clips today on a flat €12 plan, while Riverside only clips what you record inside it.
Riverside is excellent if you record podcasts remotely and want clipping built in. But if you have existing content on YouTube or local files, Riverside can't help, Katto can, at about half the price. If most of your back catalogue already lives on YouTube or as local files, Katto turns it into vertical, captioned clips today on a flat €12 plan, while Riverside only clips what you record inside it.
Katto Creator costs €12/month (annual). Riverside costs $24 (Pro)/month. Katto clips YouTube videos, Twitch VODs, uploaded MP4/MOV/WebM/MKV. Riverside only clips content recorded on their platform.
Choose Katto if Creators who already have video content and need to repurpose it into shorts, regardless of where it was recorded. Choose Riverside if Podcasters and interviewers who want an all-in-one record + clip platform.
Yes. Katto has a free plan with 2 videos per month at 720p, no credit card needed. The Creator plan is €12/month billed annually (€15 monthly) and gives you 25 videos per month at 1080p, with no watermark, face tracking, and captions in 99 languages. Pricing is flat, with no credits to count.
Yes. Katto clips from both YouTube and Twitch, and it auto-detects webcam-in-corner gaming layouts to build stacked gameplay-and-webcam clips. If you make gaming content, that is one of the main reasons creators choose Katto.
Katto auto-captions in 99 languages using Whisper large-v3, with AI proper-noun correction, and word-timed captions in 41 of them — including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Japanese, and Arabic. The remaining languages get sentence-level captions.
No. There is nothing to migrate. Paste a YouTube or Twitch link, or upload a file up to 90 minutes, and Katto reclips it from scratch: it finds the best moments, scores them for virality, reframes to 9:16, and burns in captions. You keep your source video and simply get new clips.
Moving over takes a couple of minutes. There is no export or import step, because Katto works from your source video, not your old projects.
2 free videos every month. See for yourself how Katto compares.