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Makita have a slightly different approach as they standardised the voltage of their batteries and use doubles or quads to power the bigger stuff like leaf blowers or lawn mowers. So for battery compatibility across the range they are probably most consistent. Amperage can vary of course.
Bosch seem to be the battery of choice for alternative use power like electric bikes. Not sure why that is but you could have a battery that powers your tools and bike in the future.
I still stand by the Festool TXS recommendation, that or the Mafell A10M which is a rebadged Metabo but allows you to avoid the centrotec system. Buy the best tool you can afford, quality is remembered after the price is forgotten etc.
I have 12 and 10 year old drills from the Festool range that are still in daily use with their original batteries. Nothing I had in the years before that came even close, battery performance has improved but the ever increasing voltage numbers game aspect of it is bs mostly.