Good day. I am a home recorder, I know that I will never be doing "professional" projects but I do want to make my stuff sound as competitive as possible while maintaining a budget. I used to have access to many plug-ins from Waves, Izotope etc. I no longer have those options. I have X3 Producer and have found with the plugins that come with it and my Pod farm I am good with the exception of a good limiter plug-in. I have found 3 deals and I need some expert advice on what you guys think would be the best way to go. 2 of the deals end today.
1-waves power pack which includes the L1 Ultramaximizer, C 1 comp, Desser,
10 Band eq, Double and some others for $129
2-Waves L2 Ultramaximizer $100
3- Izotope Ozone 6 $249 but with 24 mos interest free on Sweetwater Card.

The 2 waves deals end today.

Which do you guys think is the better deal taking quality into account?

Thank you for your help.

Perhaps you already know about it but if not, check out Limiter 6 by vladg. It's insanely good, and maybe I just saved you a bunch of cash.

Concrete Limiter by Cakewalk, a ProChannel module.

Google George Yohng's free limiter...very Waves-ish.

Thanks for the help guys! I still have no idea what I'm gonna do. I wish I had time to try demos I dont wanna risk missing out on the Waves deal seeing how respected and used the are in the industry.

How did you lose access to the waves plugins ? I had a similar problem but waves support restored my access to the Gold bundle, with just one piece of info from an old invoice. I had to get the update plan, but that got me a lot more plugins and 64 bit versions, so I have L1, and I got the L2 and L3 in separate sales. I like the L2 (you want limiter advice) and it's very popular. I like the L3 also and often split the duty between both. Don't hit them too hard though. Limiter 6 isn't bad either. If you just want to compress, I like The Glue, API 2500, Neve 33609 (UAD). I also find the Waves RComp to be quite the Swiss Army knife. If I come across some extra cash, and the Dbx160 goes back down to 99 dollars, it just seems to do something to drums (make them pop) very nicely. That's my nickels worth

Another +1 for Limiter 6. Very capable for a free plug.

I still use L2 a lot for quick and dirty "mastering" duties. I really like it. I don't do a lot of limiting on instruments generally but I have a few, concrete limiter seems pretty decent there and works well in Sonar. What do you mainly need the limiter for?

Limiter 6 is definitely a good option. Can't beat the value there. I would get it even if you invest in Waves or Izotope.

Another +1 for Limiter6
 
I've been using it more and more lately.

As good as I know Limiter 6 is, for me, it's just not quick and intuitive to set up. Personally, I find it confusing.