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Waves Ultimate comparisons

Paid#2 of 40 in Audio Plugins

Waves Ultimate is compared head-to-head with UAD Plug-Ins, iZotope Ozone and FabFilter Total Bundle and more: 7 head-to-heads in Audio Plugins, each with the specs and prices we checked.

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Waves Ultimate vs each of them

#	Tool	Free plan	Paid from	Plugin formats	Effect types	License model	External sidechain	Score
2	Waves Ultimate	No		AAX Native, Audiosuite, Audio Units, VST3	vocal production, analog modeling, mastering, compression, EQ, effects, instruments, saturation, channel strips, noise reduction, surround processing	Subscription	Yes	9.2
1	UAD Plug-Ins	Yes	$149.99/yr	VST3, AU, AAX	preamps, EQ, channel strips, compressors, limiters, reverb, delay, modulation, tape, saturation, vocal processing, guitar amps	Both	Yes	9.4
3	iZotope Ozone	No	$55 one-time	AAX, AU, VST3	equalization, dynamics, compression, limiting, saturation, stereo imaging, loudness processing, dithering	Both		9.1
4	FabFilter Total Bundle	No		VST, VST3, Audio Units, CLAP, AAX Native, AudioSuite	EQ, reverb, compression, multiband dynamics, limiting, de-essing, gate/expander, distortion/saturation, delay, filtering, synthesizer	Perpetual	Yes	8.8
5	Guitar Rig	Yes		VST3, Audio Units (AU), AAX	amplifier and cabinet simulation, distortion, delay, reverb, modulation, filtering, dynamics and EQ	Both		8.7
6	iZotope RX	No	$99 one-time	AU, AAX, AAX Audiosuite, VST3, AU ARA, VST3 ARA	Noise reduction, de-clicking, de-clipping, de-hum, de-reverb, de-ess, de-plosive, de-rustle, dialogue isolation, spectral repair, EQ, loudness control, music rebalance, breath control, ambience matching	Perpetual		8.6
7	Valhalla DSP Plugin Collection	Yes		VST, VST3, Audio Units (AU), AAX	reverb, delay, echo, modulation, chorus, flanger, pitch shifting, frequency shifting	Perpetual		7.9
8	Sonnox Oxford Plugins	No		VST3, AU, AAX Native, AAX DSP	EQ, dynamic EQ, compression, limiting, gating, expansion, transient shaping, loudness enhancement, reverb, de-essing	Perpetual	Yes	7.8

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