> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://soundforgepro.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # iZotope Bundles Compared: Music Production Suite 9 vs Everything Bundle and More - URL: https://soundforgepro.com/izotope-bundles-compared/ - Published: 2026-10-21T02:56:46.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-22T01:28:14.000Z - Description: Six iZotope bundles, one table: what each contains, how much it saves against buying the parts, which upgrade rows lead into it, what past Black Friday sales took off, and why Music Production Suite 9 beats the Everything Bundle for most music buyers. - Author: Erick Finn - Tags: iZotope, Deals & Prices **For most music producers, Music Production Suite 9 at $799 is the iZotope bundle to buy. The Everything Bundle at $2,999 earns its extra $2,200 only if you need RX 12 Advanced, and even then MPS 9 followed by the $1,279 upgrade row costs $921 less, if your iZotope account offers that row.** Every iZotope store price on this page is the US price on October 21, 2026, when no bundle was on sale. I decide this on one product: RX. Music Production Suite 9 carries RX 12 Standard. The Everything Bundle carries RX 12 Advanced, plus three creative plugins MPS 9 lacks. If your work is songs, beats and masters, Standard already covers the repair jobs a mix throws up, and I would keep the $2,200\. If you clean dialogue for film, TV or podcasts, look at RX Post Production Suite 9 before either of them. If you are still sorting out which iZotope tools matter for your work at all, start from the [iZotope plugin guide](https://soundforgepro.com/izotope/) and come back here with a shortlist. ## Music Production Suite 9 or the Everything Bundle: the short answer Pick by the work you do, not by the size of the box. Six bundles are on sale today, and each one has a clear job. | Your work | Bundle to buy | US price, Oct 21, 2026 | Why | | ------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------- | ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Producing, mixing and mastering music | Music Production Suite 9 | $799 | Ozone 12 Advanced, Nectar 4 Advanced and RX 12 Standard for less than Ozone Advanced plus RX Standard cost alone | | Music plus serious dialogue or post repair | MPS 9 now, Everything upgrade later | $799 + $1,279 | $2,078 in total against $2,999 outright, subject to the price your login shows | | Dialogue, film, broadcast, podcasts | RX Post Production Suite 9 | $1,799 | RX 12 Advanced with mixing, metering and loudness tools around it | | Mixing and mastering on a tighter budget | Mix & Master Bundle Advanced | $599 | Ozone 12 Advanced plus four more products for $100 over Ozone alone | | First iZotope purchase | Elements Suite 12 | $149 | Four Elements editions; later step-ups are priced through the loyalty program | | Everything, with no staged buying | Everything Bundle | $2,999 | The full catalog in one license, no EDU price | On timing: iZotope took 40% off all three large suites in its 2025 Cyber Season sale. MPS 9 itself has not dropped 10% or more at any store a price tracker follows since April 2026\. The sale-history section below has the dated figures. ## All six iZotope bundles compared (US prices, October 21, 2026) Music Production Suite 9 gives the most per dollar, and Mix & Master Bundle Standard the least. The table values each bundle against buying its iZotope-sold products one by one at list price on the same day. | Bundle | US price | EDU | Ozone 12 | RX 12 | Nectar | Parts bought separately | Saving | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------- | -------- | -------- | ---------- | ----------------------- | -------------- | | [Elements Suite 12](https://www.izotope.com/products/elements-suite) | $149 | $74.50 | Elements | Elements | Elements | $264 | $115 (43.6%) | | [Mix & Master Bundle Standard](https://www.izotope.com/products/mix-master-bundle-standard) | $429 | $214.50 | Standard | None | None | $518 | $89 (17.2%) | | [Mix & Master Bundle Advanced](https://www.izotope.com/products/mix-master-bundle-advanced) | $599 | $299.50 | Advanced | None | 4 Advanced | $1,325 | $726 (54.8%) | | [Music Production Suite 9](https://www.izotope.com/products/music-production-suite) | $799 | $399.50 | Advanced | Standard | 4 Advanced | $2,616 | $1,817 (69.5%) | | [RX Post Production Suite 9](https://www.izotope.com/products/rx-post-production-suite) | $1,799 | $899.50 | None | Advanced | 4 Advanced | $2,574 | $775 (30.1%) | | [Everything Bundle](https://www.izotope.com/products/everything-bundle) | $2,999 | None | Advanced | Advanced | 4 Advanced | $3,943 | $944 (23.9%) | Three notes make the table honest. Neutron 5 is in every bundle except Elements Suite 12, which carries Neutron 5 Elements, so Neutron never decides between the larger bundles. Every bundle except Everything has an EDU price at exactly half. And the "parts" column leaves out what iZotope does not sell on its own store: Guitar Rig 7 Pro and the eight Native Instruments effects in MPS 9 and Everything, plus Melodyne 5 essential, which Celemony's own shop sells for US$99\. The real saving on MPS 9, PPS 9 and Everything is therefore larger than shown. ![Six iZotope bundles arranged as steps from Elements Suite 12 at $149 to the Everything Bundle at $2,999, each step showing its key Ozone, RX or Nectar editions and its saving against separate purchase, with Music Production Suite 9 marked as best value](https://storage.ghost.io/c/af/4b/af4b05d4-2e0b-4edc-8378-1e2a62fecc70/content/images/2026/10/bundle-ladder.webp) The saving peaks at Music Production Suite 9; above it, each step adds RX Advanced at a much smaller discount. Prices outside the US differ by region and currency, so UK and EU buyers should check their own regional iZotope store while logged in rather than convert these figures. ## What the extra $2,200 buys in the Everything Bundle The Everything Bundle adds $1,327 of list-price software to MPS 9, and $1,000 of that is the step from RX 12 Standard to RX 12 Advanced. Everything else in the two bundles is the same product list. | Component | Music Production Suite 9 | Everything Bundle | List value of the difference | | -------------- | ------------------------ | ----------------- | --------------------------------- | | RX 12 | Standard | Advanced | $1,000 ($1,399 minus $399) | | Trash | Not listed | Included | $99 | | Stutter Edit 2 | Not listed | Included | $199 | | VEA | Not listed | Included | $29 | | Total added | | | $1,327 against a $2,200 price gap | Both bundles carry Ozone 12 Advanced, Neutron 5, Nectar 4 Advanced, Tonal Balance Control 3, Insight 2, Equinox, VocalSynth 2, Neoverb, the five Catalyst plugins, Guitar Rig 7 Pro and the eight Native Instruments effects. One difference is on paper only. The MPS 9 page lists Visual Mixer, Relay and Melodyne 5 essential as "also included"; the Everything Bundle page does not list them. iZotope's PPS page says Visual Mixer and Relay come with Neutron 5, so a missing line is not proof of absence. If Melodyne essential matters to you, ask iZotope before you buy Everything. ![Two-column contents chart for Music Production Suite 9 and the Everything Bundle with the RX 12 Standard versus Advanced row and the Trash, Stutter Edit 2 and VEA rows highlighted with their list prices](https://storage.ghost.io/c/af/4b/af4b05d4-2e0b-4edc-8378-1e2a62fecc70/content/images/2026/10/mps9-vs-everything.webp) Only four rows differ, and the RX row carries $1,000 of the $1,327 difference. ### What RX 12 Advanced adds over Standard RX 12 Standard is not a light edition. It has 19 plug-ins, including Dialogue Isolate, Spectral De-noise, De-bleed and Music Rebalance, and 33 modules in the Audio Editor, according to iZotope's [RX 12 edition overview](https://docs.izotope.com/rx12/en/rx-overview.html). Advanced raises that to 22 plug-ins and 46 modules. The 13 modules only Advanced has, per the [RX 12 module list](https://docs.izotope.com/rx12/en/module-list.html), are Ambience Match, Azimuth, Center Extract, De-rustle, De-wind, Deconstruct, Dialogue Contour, EQ Match, Leveler, Scene Rebalance, Spectral Recovery, Trim Silence and Wow & Flutter. Advanced also adds Multichannel Processing, the only Advanced-only editor feature, plus a Quality menu and a four-band mode in Dialogue Isolate. Scene Rebalance, new in RX 12, separates voice, music and effects in a finished soundtrack. Ambience Match, De-rustle and Scene Rebalance run as plug-ins only in Pro Tools AudioSuite. Read that list as a post-production toolkit: lavalier rustle, wind, room tone, dialogue levels. That is why [the difference between RX 12 Standard and Advanced](https://soundforgepro.com/izotope-rx-elements-vs-standard-vs-advanced/) is the real reason Everything costs more. ### The cheaper route to the same bundle Buy MPS 9 for $799 now and take the "upgrade from Music Production Suite" row on the [Everything Bundle page](https://www.izotope.com/products/everything-bundle) later for $1,279\. That totals $2,078, $921 below Everything bought outright. The row does not name a qualifying MPS version, and iZotope confirms eligibility only after you log in, so check your account before you plan around it. If RX Advanced is the only thing you want, compare that $1,279 with the $999 RX 12 Standard to Advanced upgrade on the RX Advanced page. The $280 difference buys Trash, Stutter Edit 2 and VEA, which list at $327 together. Whether the RX Standard license inside MPS 9 qualifies for the $999 row is again something only your login shows. ## What's inside each bundle Current versions are Elements Suite 12, Music Production Suite 9 and RX Post Production Suite 9; the Everything Bundle has no version number. The flagships inside are Ozone 12, Neutron 5, Nectar 4 and RX 12\. Older names such as MPS 6, 7 or 8 are previous versions of the same suite. ### Elements Suite 12 ($149) Ozone 12 Elements, Neutron 5 Elements, RX 12 Elements and Nectar Elements. RX 12 Elements alone has six plugins, among them Repair Assistant, and costs $99, so the suite adds the other three for $50\. Owners of any Elements product can move up to the suite for $99. ### Mix & Master Bundle Standard ($429) [Ozone 12 Standard and Neutron 5](https://soundforgepro.com/neutron-5-vs-ozone-12/), nothing else. Ozone 12 Standard has 14 modules against Advanced's 20 (see [Ozone 12 editions compared](https://soundforgepro.com/ozone-12-elements-vs-standard-vs-advanced/) for what the missing six do, and the Neutron 5 review for the mixing half). The saving is just $89, and the US store shows no upgrade or crossgrade row into this bundle. I recommend it only if you are sure you will not want Stem EQ, Unlimiter or Nectar 4 Advanced: Mix & Master Advanced costs $170 more and adds Ozone Advanced, Nectar 4 Advanced, Tonal Balance Control 3 and Neoverb. ### Mix & Master Bundle Advanced ($599) Ozone 12 Advanced, Neutron 5, Nectar 4 Advanced, Tonal Balance Control 3 and Neoverb. It costs $100 more than Ozone 12 Advanced alone, which makes it the cheapest serious mastering setup iZotope sells. [Tonal Balance Control 3](https://soundforgepro.com/tonal-balance-control-3/) comes in every bundle from this one up, so its target-curve metering is part of the deal from here on. Ozone readers can find the rest of the family in the [Ozone hub](https://soundforgepro.com/izotope-ozone/). ### Music Production Suite 9 ($799) Ozone 12 Advanced, Neutron 5, Nectar 4 Advanced, RX 12 Standard, the five Catalyst plugins (FXEQ, Velvet, Aurora, Plasma, Cascadia), Neoverb, Guitar Rig 7 Pro, Insight 2, Tonal Balance Control 3, Equinox, VocalSynth 2 and eight Native Instruments effects, among them Raum, Crush Pack, Mod Pack, Replika XT, Solid Mix Series, Driver and Transient Master. The page also lists Visual Mixer, Relay and Melodyne 5 essential. If you are wondering whether that Melodyne edition is enough for vocal tuning, read [what Melodyne essential can and cannot do](https://soundforgepro.com/melodyne-essential-vs-assistant/). Against Mix & Master Advanced, MPS 9 costs $200 more and adds RX 12 Standard, the Catalyst plugins, Insight 2, Equinox, VocalSynth 2, Guitar Rig 7 Pro, the NI effects and Melodyne. Read iZotope's "100+ pro tools" line as a count of tools inside the products: the page itself names 15 main products, eight NI effects and three extras. Dealer copy is not always current either. Plugin Boutique's MPS 9 description still mentions Audiolens and a "Neutron 4" target library, and one dealer list adds a Brainworx set the official page does not show. Trust the vendor's own contents list. ### RX Post Production Suite 9 ($1,799) RX 12 Advanced, Neutron 5, Nectar 4 Advanced, Equinox, Tonal Balance Control 3 and Insight 2, plus Relay and Melodyne 5 essential. It costs $400 more than RX 12 Advanced alone and $1,200 less than Everything. Parts of the official page are out of date: one heading still reads "RX Post Production Suite 8.7" and the Melodyne text mentions Nectar 3 Plus, so read the contents list rather than the marketing paragraphs. The wider RX family is mapped in the [RX hub](https://soundforgepro.com/izotope-rx/). ### Everything Bundle ($2,999) RX 12 Advanced, Ozone 12 Advanced, Neutron 5, Nectar 4 Advanced, Tonal Balance Control 3, Plasma, Aurora, Cascadia, Velvet, FXEQ, Equinox, Neoverb, Insight 2, Trash, VocalSynth 2, Stutter Edit 2, VEA, Guitar Rig 7 Pro and the eight Native Instruments effects. It has no version number and no EDU price. ## Test results: bundle value and sale depth, as a composite Composite result: across six dated sale observations from three publishers, iZotope bundle sales reached a median of 37% off, with a range of 30% to 41%. A second composite, the list-price saving against separate purchase, has a median of 36.9% across all six bundles, from 17.2% to 69.5%. | Publisher and date | Bundle | Sale depth | Conditions | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [iZotope Cyber Season post](https://www.izotope.com/community/blog/cyber-season), Nov 27, 2025 | MPS, PPS, Everything | 40% | Official store; existing customers may see deeper prices | | [Sound On Sound Black Friday report](https://www.soundonsound.com/news/native-instruments-izotope-plugin-alliance-black-friday-sales), Nov 29, 2024 | Bundles such as MPS 7 and PPS 8.5 | 30% | Bundle offers ran until December 2, 2024 | | [plugindeals.net, Everything Bundle](https://plugindeals.net/price-history/iZotope-Everything-Bundle/rechFZp0sMePBOsQT/), Oct–Dec 2025 | Everything | 40% (to $1,799) | One sale in 12 months across 9 tracked stores | | [plugindeals.net, Mix & Master Advanced](https://plugindeals.net/price-history/Mix-&-Master-Bundle-Advanced/recD73kGCepUExwYu/), Oct–Dec 2025 | Mix & Master Advanced | 34% (to $317) | One sale in 12 months across 10 stores; low at Thomann, without VAT | | [plugindeals.net, Mix & Master Standard](https://plugindeals.net/price-history/iZotope-Mix-&-Master-Bundle-Standard/reccXHKzRvxGyF3iE/), Dec 2025 and Mar 2026 | Mix & Master Standard | 31% (typically 28%) | Two sales in 12 months, about 28 days each | | [plugindeals.net, Elements Suite](https://plugindeals.net/price-history/iZotope-Elements-Suite/recSiO9G9ts3UuTej/), Dec 2025 | Elements Suite | 41% (to $92.60) | One sale in 12 months across 5 stores | Three observations stay out of the median. A single-store record for the pre-9 Music Production Suite reached 51%, but at one dealer and without VAT. A second report of the same 2025 existing-customer sale would count one event twice. And [plugindeals.net's MPS 9 history](https://plugindeals.net/price-history/iZotope-Music-Production-Suite-9/recndJ6Sa90YbDuLn/) shows no sale at all: six stores, all at $799, no drop of 10% or more since tracking began in April 2026. The value composite is computed from the US store on October 21, 2026\. MPS 9 saves 69.5% against its parts, Mix & Master Advanced 54.8%, Elements Suite 43.6%, PPS 9 30.1%, Everything 23.9% and Mix & Master Standard 17.2%. These figures exclude Guitar Rig 7 Pro, the NI effects and Melodyne, so the three bundles that contain them are understated. My verdict from the numbers: bundle sales land between 30% and 41% off, and the value curve peaks at MPS 9\. Above it, each extra dollar buys software at a smaller discount. Mix & Master Standard is the weakest buy at list price: its 17.2% bundle saving is smaller than its usual 28% sale. ## Upgrade, update and crossgrade routes into each bundle If you already own iZotope software, your price is probably not the headline price. iZotope calls a move to a newer version of something you own an upgrade or update, and a lower price on a different product because of what you own a crossgrade, according to its [loyalty program page](https://www.izotope.com/pages/loyalty-program). These are the bundle rows on the US store on October 21, 2026. | Into | If you own | US price | | -------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | | Elements Suite 12 | Any Elements product | $99 | | Mix & Master Standard | No upgrade or crossgrade row | $429 full price | | Mix & Master Advanced | Ozone Advanced or Nectar Advanced | $359 | | Mix & Master Advanced | Ozone Standard, Nectar Standard or Neutron | $449 | | Music Production Suite 9 | MPS 8.5 / MPS 8.0 / MPS 1–7.1 | $129 / $225 / $459 | | Music Production Suite 9 | Mix & Master Bundle Advanced | $499 | | Music Production Suite 9 | Ozone Advanced, Nectar Advanced or Neutron | $499 | | Music Production Suite 9 | Ozone Standard or Nectar Standard | $599 | | Music Production Suite 9 | RX Standard or RX Advanced | $459 | | Music Production Suite 9 | Komplete Standard, Ultimate or Collector's Edition | $599 | | RX Post Production Suite 9 | PPS 8.7 / PPS 1–8.6 | $269 / $499 | | RX Post Production Suite 9 | RX 12 Advanced / RX 11 Advanced / RX 1–10 Advanced | $399 / $599 / $799 | | Everything Bundle | A previous Everything Bundle | $269 | | Everything Bundle | Music Production Suite | $1,279 | | Everything Bundle | Post Production Suite | $1,099 | | Everything Bundle | RX Advanced | $1,399 | ![Flow chart of staged iZotope purchases with arrows from Mix and Master Bundle Advanced to MPS 9 at $499, MPS 9 to Everything at $1,279, PPS 9 to Everything at $1,099, RX 12 Advanced to Everything at $1,399 and RX 12 Advanced to PPS 9 at $399](https://storage.ghost.io/c/af/4b/af4b05d4-2e0b-4edc-8378-1e2a62fecc70/content/images/2026/10/upgrade-paths.webp) Plan a staged purchase from these rows, then confirm each price after logging in to your iZotope account. Four results from those rows are worth knowing before you buy: - Mix & Master Advanced now and MPS 9 later totals $1,098, which is $299 more than MPS 9 bought outright. If you will want RX or the Catalyst plugins within a year, start with MPS 9. - An RX 12 Advanced owner reaches PPS 9 for $399, so RX Advanced plus that crossgrade ($1,798) costs a dollar less than PPS 9 new. - PPS 9 followed by the Everything upgrade totals $2,898, only $101 below Everything outright. RX 12 Advanced followed by the RX Advanced crossgrade totals $2,798. - An RX Standard owner pays $459 for MPS 9, the cheapest crossgrade into it. The loyalty rules behind those rows are simple. Any iZotope purchase, even an Elements edition, enrolls you. iZotope says that stepping from Elements to Standard to Advanced over time never costs more than the full price. You keep your old licenses, an upgrade is a full new license, and both versions can stay installed. Your prices appear only when you are logged in, on the Shop, Deals and product pages; Firefox's Strict privacy setting can hide them unless you add izotope.com as an exception. For MPS 8.0 owners, one dealer, plugindiscounts.com, listed the [MPS 9 update from MPS 8](https://plugindiscounts.com/product/izotope-music-production-suite-9-update-from-mps-8/) at $202.50 on October 21, 10% below the official $225\. Every single-product update and crossgrade price is in the [iZotope upgrade price guide](https://soundforgepro.com/izotope-price-upgrade-guide/). ## Sale history: what bundles cost in past Black Fridays The two most recent November events took 30% and then 40% off the large suites, and the dealer lows tracked for the smaller bundles sat in the same band. These are dated past prices, not a forecast for this year. In Black Friday 2024, Sound On Sound reported 30% off bundles such as Music Production Suite 7 and Post Production Suite 8.5, Elements plug-ins at $29 each or $99 for the Elements bundle, and up to 60% off Ozone 11 and RX 11\. The suite offers ended on December 2, 2024; the rest on December 5\. In 2025, iZotope's own Cyber Season post, dated November 27, offered 40% off MPS, PPS and Everything, up to 40% off RX 11 Standard or Advanced, 40% off Neutron 5, up to 40% off Nectar 4 and all Catalyst Series plugins for $29. | Bundle | Black Friday week 2023 | Black Friday week 2024 | Black Friday week 2025 | October 2026 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [Everything Bundle](https://plugindeals.net/price-history/iZotope-Everything-Bundle/rechFZp0sMePBOsQT/) | Not shown | $2,510 (Plugin Boutique) | $1,799 (Plugin Boutique) | $2,999 at most tracked stores; $2,799 at Thomann and $2,907 at Gear4Music, both without VAT | | [Mix & Master Advanced](https://plugindeals.net/price-history/Mix-&-Master-Bundle-Advanced/recD73kGCepUExwYu/) | $384 (Gear4Music, without VAT) | $327 (Thomann, without VAT) | $317 (Thomann, without VAT) | $599 at most stores; $565.02 at Best Service; $469 at Thomann without VAT | | [Elements Suite](https://plugindeals.net/price-history/iZotope-Elements-Suite/recSiO9G9ts3UuTej/) | $98 (Plugin Boutique) | $89 (Thomann) | $83.40 (JRR Shop) | $149 on the US store | | [Mix & Master Standard](https://plugindeals.net/price-history/iZotope-Mix-&-Master-Bundle-Standard/reccXHKzRvxGyF3iE/) | Low of $313 at Thomann in December 2025, without VAT; sales usually 28% off | $404.67 at Best Service; $429 at most stores | | | | [Music Production Suite 9](https://plugindeals.net/price-history/iZotope-Music-Production-Suite-9/recndJ6Sa90YbDuLn/) | Tracked only since April 2026; no sale recorded | $799 at all six tracked stores | | | Read the table with three cautions. Thomann and Gear4Music prices are shown without VAT, so they are not comparable with US list prices. Older rows cover the bundle versions on sale at the time. And the tracked 2024 Everything low, $2,510, is shallower than the 30% Sound On Sound reported for bundles that year; both figures are shown as their publishers recorded them. Post Production Suite has been tracked at one store only since September 2026, too short a history to show a pattern. If you are buying in November, what to buy at what price is covered in [iZotope Black Friday: past discounts and buy-below targets](https://soundforgepro.com/izotope-black-friday/), and current offers are collected on the [audio software deals page](https://soundforgepro.com/deals/). ## iZotope Pro or Plus instead of a bundle A subscription is cheaper for the first three years and more expensive after that. iZotope Pro costs $25 a month or $250 a year and includes Ozone 12 Advanced, RX 12 Standard, Neutron 5 and Nectar 4 Advanced, described as over 100 tools. iZotope Plus costs $15 a month or $150 a year for Neutron 5, Ozone 12 Standard, Nectar 4 Standard and RX 12 Elements, described as over 40 tools. Both have a 7-day free trial, per iZotope's [subscriptions page](https://www.izotope.com/pages/subscriptions). Three years of Pro at the yearly price is $750, $49 less than MPS 9\. In the fourth year the subscription passes the bundle. Five years of Plus is also $750, far above the $429 Mix & Master Standard that carries the same Ozone and Neutron editions. The line-ups are not identical: the subscriptions page names four flagships for Pro, while the MPS 9 page also names Tonal Balance Control 3, Insight 2, the Catalyst plugins and the rest, so compare both lists before you choose. The subscription rules matter more than the price. iZotope says Pro grew out of the former Music Production Suite Pro subscription and that perpetual licenses will stay available. After you cancel, the plugins turn read-only. They work offline but must connect through Native Access once a month, and the plans are managed through Native Instruments. If you want to try before choosing either way, Ozone 12 and RX 12 each have a 10-day trial; RX then stays in a limited demo mode until you enter a serial. I would subscribe only to bridge a short project or to try the Advanced editions for longer than ten days. For an engine you will use for years, the perpetual bundle wins. ## Who should buy which bundle Most buyers fall into one of six cases. Find yours and the price follows. ### You make and finish your own music Buy Music Production Suite 9\. Ozone 12 Advanced and RX 12 Standard alone list at $898, already more than the $799 suite. Ozone 12 Advanced plus Nectar 4 Advanced list at $798, a dollar under it. ### You master for others and want only the mastering chain Mix & Master Bundle Advanced at $599, if you are sure you will not want RX. If you might, MPS 9 now is $299 cheaper than the staged route. ### You edit dialogue, podcasts or film sound RX Post Production Suite 9, or RX 12 Advanced alone at $1,399 if you never touch mixing tools. Already own RX 12 Advanced? The rest of PPS 9 costs $399\. If you edit in Sound Forge and wonder how RX fits beside it, the [Sound Forge Pro vs iZotope RX comparison](https://soundforgepro.com/sound-forge-pro-vs-izotope-rx/) covers where each tool belongs. ### You do music and post work MPS 9 first, then the Everything upgrade at $1,279 when the post work arrives, if your account offers that row. Buy Everything outright only if you want one license and no staging. ### You are starting out Elements Suite 12 at $149\. The loyalty program means a later move to Standard or Advanced editions never costs more than buying them new. ### You are a student Every bundle except Everything has an EDU price at half: $74.50 for Elements Suite up to $899.50 for PPS 9\. At $399.50, MPS 9 EDU is the strongest value in the range. ## Formats, Mac support and installing a bundle The flagships are 64-bit plug-ins in the modern formats. Ozone 12 runs as AAX, AU and VST3 on macOS Sonoma 14.7.x, Sequoia 15.7.x or Tahoe 26.1.x and on Windows 10 (22H2) or 11 (24H2), and it no longer supports VST2, per the system requirements on the [Ozone 12 Advanced page](https://www.izotope.com/products/ozone-advanced). RX 12 plug-ins come as AU, AAX, AAX AudioSuite, VST3, AU ARA and VST3 ARA, according to the [RX release notes](https://www.izotope.com/pages/release-notes/rx-advanced). If those format names are new to you, [what a VST plugin is](https://soundforgepro.com/what-is-a-vst-plugin/) explains how hosts load them. Requirements for the other bundle parts can differ, so check each product page for your system. Installation runs through Native Access. All current iZotope products download there, and the Native Instruments parts of a bundle, such as Guitar Rig 7 Pro and the NI effects, install only through Native Access and never appear in Product Portal, as [iZotope support explains](https://support.izotope.com/hc/en-us/articles/47669578079885-My-Native-Instruments-Products-Do-Not-Appear-in-Product-Portal). If a bundle part will not install or authorize, the [installation and authorization fixes](https://soundforgepro.com/izotope-product-portal-authorization-install-fixes/) cover the common cases. ## Erick's pick My pick for almost every music buyer is Music Production Suite 9 at $799, the US store price on October 21, 2026\. It saves 69.5% against its parts, the best ratio in the range, and it holds the two plugins most people buy a bundle for: Ozone 12 Advanced and RX 12 Standard. I would buy the Everything Bundle only for RX 12 Advanced, and I would reach it through MPS 9 and the $1,279 upgrade if my login showed that row. Post engineers should start with RX Post Production Suite 9\. Budget mastering points to Mix & Master Advanced, beginners to Elements Suite 12\. Skip Mix & Master Standard. If you can wait, past November sales took 30% to 40% off the large suites; if you cannot, the list price of MPS 9 is still the best value iZotope sells.