I've thought this exact thing many times over.
Chasing all the 'pedals of the moment' that people rave about either here or on talk bass.
I've found that, for me, very very few actually live up to the hype. (Inc source, boutique brands, and some of the ehx products)
The boss offerings, as well as the ampeg inspired ones don't work for me. It has cost me an absolute fortune over the years!!
The ones I've had the best results with are the bass soul food, bass tubescreamer, dod bass overdrive, cream pie for subtle drive and the glove for lemmy grind
I don't have much use for full on drive/ distortion tones- so I don't have anything on my boards at the moment to cover that.