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The things I would recommend from my own use/experience:
EQ: Fabfilter Pro-Q
All-round compressor: Fabfilter Pro-C
Bus comp: the UAD API2500 is full of character but the Waves SSL G master buss comp is also very good.
Channel strip: the UAD SSL is amazing, I don’t know of one outside of UAD and Waves that quite does that, but you can surely pick up the Waves one on its own. However: the Lindell 80 is really really good, a Neve console emulation so a different flavour but it’s great:
https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/lindell_80_series.html
For colour/saturation: Kush Omega and Reddi series (also the UA preamp sims but those are tied to the hardware obvs). Also Fabfilter Saturn. Also Soundtoys Radiator
Delay: Soundtoys Echoboy
Reverb: Valhalla Vintageverb and Valhalla Plate (I also like the waves Renaissance verb for small spaces)
I use pedals quite a lot for delay and reverb though. Strymon Dig, Meris Polymoon, Mercury7 and Eventide Space get the most use.
For what you’ve mentioned I think it might be worth investing in an Izotope bundle or two when they’re on offer. RX, even just RX Elements is phenomenal for fixing problems and saving recordings. The vintage style comp is really good and the Tonal Balance plugin is a game changer (was for me anyway) but like most of their best plugins you need to stump up for the higher grade bundles to get them.
Fabfilter for utilities IMO. Izotope for the most complete bundles. Soundtoys and Valhalla for effects.