Hey all, recently I've been wondering about some hardware/software both physical and digital instruments that have great reviews, awesome user experience and support.

In your opinion what are the best companies?

In my experience, HorNet is amazing, Saverio is always respectful to user issues and requests along with great deals.

 

Hello @prm, Korg, Roland, Waldorf, U-he, Adam Szabo, AudioRealism, D16 Group, discoDSP, GForce, HY-Plugins, Karma FX, TheWaveWarden, Togu Audio Line

 

my personal top software plugins devs

TIER1
Melda, ToneBoosters, u-he, d16, Izotope, Unfiltered Audio, kiloHearts, Tokyo Dawn Records, Valhalla, Korg, kv331audio, r2r

TIER2
Plugin Alliance, Fuse Audio Labs, Kiive, Cableguys, Klanghelm, Algonaut, Sugar Bytes, Kazrog, Surge XT, Vital Audio, Cherry Audio, Applied Acoustics Systems, Native Instruments, AnalogObscession, Variety Of Sound, IK Multimedia, United Plugins, distrho

OTHER (i think they are good, even tier 1, but i dont use them)
FabFilter, DDMF, Xfer Records, Togu Audio Line, Baby Audio, Cytomic, Roland Cloud, Modartt, PSP

(i surely forgot some)

 

Last edited: Dec 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM

there are just so many that are good ones but don't forget the free plugin creators like Full Bucket.

 

You forgot UAD.

 

Off the top of my head and sometimes by different reasons:
Meldaproduction, Cockos (Reaper), Jam Origin (MIDI Guitar), Fabfilter, Blue Cat's Audio, Cytomic, CodeFn42 (free), Variety of Sound (free), Tracktion (Waveform)

I'm sure there's many more
PS. I can't speak of their customer support because... ahem...

 

Last edited: Dec 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM

I personally think that making a tierlist with best plugins AND best companies separately would be more useful... cuz sure theres a handful of companies that make great plugins but have subpar/pathetic customer support

 

Make Noise forever.

 

I agree, that's why I said "sometimes by different reasons". Hard to have all of the good points.

 

Easy for it to turn into a popularity contest or a junk fest. See above.

 

It's easier to create a list of companies you shouldn't deal with

 

I'm not ever doing that for free. There are zillions of ways to support the devs i like, mentioning one or another for the sake of it doesn't even make sense.

 

u-he, Xfer, Softube, Jam Origin, Klanghelm, PSP, Relab, Tone Projects, Youlean.

 

For once I disagree with you guys. I love this thread. Why?
Because this thread is about telling good things. In other words, in this day and age:
A UNICORN

 

Indeed, i would gift Fabfilter a unicorn if i could hehehe

 

Be careful what you wish for!

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in terms of the quality of products or services?

For Quality
1. Valhalla
2. Fabfilter
3. Sonible
4. U-He
5. Eventide
6. Soundtoys
7. Klanghelm
8. Xfer
9. Synapse Audio
10. Toontrack
11. Dreamtonics
12. Matthew Lane
and more I guess ..

but for Services .. almost (but not) all the same, Hit n Run = They will abandon you once they got your money. But some of them are actually very nice and have a good quality of after sales services.

 

I believe xfer is ok regarding the plugin itself, but they say I‘m not allowed to sell it, so I don‘t allow myself to buy it.

Not top tier imho.

 

I think most of the companies are pretty good. I don't really have any complaints that come into mind