Best Elgato Prompter Accessories to Upgrade Your Setup

The Elgato Prompter is already one of the most useful tools you can add to a streaming, video, or work-from-home setup. Whether you're reading a script, maintaining eye contact during video calls, or keeping your stream chat directly in your line of sight, it solves a problem that normally requires a much larger traditional teleprompter setup.

But depending on your camera, phone, and how you use your Prompter, the stock setup isn't always perfect.

That's where a few carefully chosen Elgato Prompter accessories can make a big difference. From mounting different cameras and webcams to adding a smartphone or simply cleaning up your setup, here are some of the best ways to get more out of your Elgato Prompter.

1. Camera and Webcam Backplates

One of the biggest advantages of the Elgato Prompter is that you aren't limited to using it with a traditional camera and lens. Webcams can make for an incredibly compact Prompter setup, especially for streaming, video calls, and desk-based content creation.

The challenge is mounting them.

Different webcams have dramatically different shapes, lens positions, and mounting systems. A backplate designed specifically for your camera can position its lens correctly behind the Prompter glass while blocking unwanted light from entering around the camera.

A properly fitted backplate can also make the entire setup feel much more integrated than trying to adapt the universal mounting hardware.

Akosin Creations offers Prompter plates for a growing range of popular cameras and webcams, making it easier to build a clean setup around the hardware you already use.

2. Smartphone Mounting Plates

Your phone might already be one of the best cameras you own.

Modern smartphones can produce excellent video, but mounting one properly behind a teleprompter isn't always straightforward. A dedicated smartphone plate lets you position your phone's camera behind the Prompter glass without having to balance it on a tripod or build an awkward collection of adapters.

For creators who regularly switch phones or want to use different devices, a universal smartphone mounting system can be especially useful.

This can turn the Elgato Prompter into a surprisingly capable smartphone teleprompter for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, talking-head videos, and other content.

3. Elgato Prompter Privacy Cover

If your camera or webcam stays mounted behind your Elgato Prompter, traditional webcam privacy covers aren't a practical option. Once the camera is installed behind the Prompter glass, the lens isn't easily accessible.

A dedicated Elgato Prompter Privacy Cover solves that problem by covering the front of the Prompter itself. Instead of trying to reach the camera behind the glass, you can physically block the entire viewing area whenever the camera isn't in use.

It's a simple addition that's especially useful for Prompters that stay permanently set up on a desk for streaming, content creation, or video calls. You get the convenience of leaving everything assembled while still having a physical barrier in front of the camera when you want one.

4. Better Cable Management

Nothing ruins a clean Prompter setup quite like USB, HDMI, and power cables hanging everywhere behind it.

Small cable clips and routing accessories can keep those cables attached to your monitor arm, desk, or other mounting hardware instead of dangling behind the Prompter.

This is especially helpful if your Prompter is mounted to an adjustable arm. Leaving enough slack for movement while controlling where that slack goes can make the setup look significantly cleaner.

It can also reduce the chance of accidentally pulling on your camera's USB or HDMI connection while repositioning the Prompter.

5. Accessories for Your Camera

Don't forget about the camera sitting behind the Prompter.

Depending on your setup, filters and other camera accessories can still be useful when shooting through teleprompter glass.

A circular polarizing filter, for example, can help control certain reflections in a video setup. Other accessories may let you adapt a camera or webcam to better suit your particular lighting and shooting environment.

The important part is checking whether the accessory physically fits once your camera is installed behind the Prompter. Space gets tight quickly, particularly with webcams.

6. A Better Mounting Setup

Where your Prompter sits can have just as much impact as what's attached to it.

Ideally, the camera should sit close to your natural eye level. This makes it easier to maintain convincing eye contact while reading text from the display.

Monitor arms, desk mounts, and other adjustable mounting solutions can also make it much easier to move the Prompter between different positions.

For example, you might keep it centered for recording videos, move it alongside your main monitor while streaming, and reposition it for video calls.

The easier the Prompter is to reposition, the more useful it becomes as part of an everyday desk setup.

Build the Elgato Prompter Setup That Works for You

There's no single perfect Elgato Prompter setup.

A streamer using a webcam has very different needs from a YouTuber using a mirrorless camera, while someone primarily using the Prompter for Zoom or Teams calls may want something different again.

That's why many of the accessories we design at akosin creations start with a very specific problem: how can we make a particular piece of hardware work better with the equipment you already own?

From custom camera and webcam plates to smartphone mounts and other Elgato Prompter accessories, we're continually designing new ways to make the Prompter more flexible.

Explore our Elgato Prompter accessories to find mounting solutions and upgrades compatible with your setup.