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Preliminary opinion: no 2254 compression plugin sounds like the hardware or hardware clones in character. The action however can be similar.
Note: comments restricted to plugins I either own or have evaluated during trial periods.
Voosteq:
Model N: very colored for a plugin. I don't like lots of digital coloration on my mixes, so this would be used sparingly for my taste. As many have noted, the GUI is muted and needs some highlights and white-balancing. The plugin is super cheap while having a lots of sounds, so it's hard to complain. I've run into bugs here and there, but the developer does work on updates.
Lindell:
254e: one of the best itb compressors I've ever heard. Note that the noob shootout-makers on youtube don't realize it has oversampling options in the settings menu.
80 channel: pretty good, but the weird post-compressor-only gate is a waste of screen space. I turn the THD and fake preamp down to 0 on this plugin-I don't like it when the preamp simulation on a Neve plugin has "break up" programmed into it, because that's not how hardware Neve or Neve clone preamps sound when pushed (except for the GAP73, which does break up). Visually, I dislike how they changed the knobs from the more hardware-accurate 254e. Note: you don't get a free 254e stand-alone plugin with this... just running sound through this plugin is different.
Sonimus:
Burnley73: super-aggressive high shelf (apparently accurate to many, but not all, very oldest hardware specimens). Excellent smooth preamp simulation (excellent, as far as fake digital saturation goes, which ain't very far with me). This plugin is a winner for the hi pass alone (it is always in the exact right place to enhance a signal). The GUI is disgusting, like the puke turquoise light in an old insane asylum. I made my own GUI for this and replaced the default, thank goodness.
Britson: channel is fine (nice filters!), but the bus is just a bit too colored for me to use often. The GUI is ugly, but I replaced it with my own. The oversampling in the new "N-Console" version may have improved Britson, no idea as I haven't tried it. They certainly improved the GUI in the newer N-console.
UAD:
2254: very nice soft, puffy/poofy sounding compressor. I like it alot, but any 2254 related hardware of any sort I've ever heard, either under my fingers in real life or in shootouts on youtube, is more aggressive in vibe. Good paired with the Lindell 254e for different sound, but similar compression. Nice GUI except the overbearing jpg-looking wood surrounding it, and the numbers are kind of hard to see in places.
mk2 1073: somewhat similar fake preamp saturation to the Sonimus Burnley (not much "break up"). EQ's are good. The wood texture around the GUI needs to be toned down, for my taste.
Legacy 1073: perfectly usable, with low DSP hit.
Waves:
V-comp: soft and poofy, kinda like the UAD is. Except this one (as often with Waves in my opinion) has messy, unreliable compression action. Cheesy GUI. I would never reach for this plugin over the options listed so far.
V-EQ's: fine I guess.
I'm sure I'm forgetting a couple, but that's enough rambling for now, anyway.