I have Shade8.5 standard. Can't beat the usefulness of it's spline and curves. Wings for the blockmodeling.

Hex is like the 2 together,  in a way.  Hex kind of takes the best of both with a better ui. Hex 2, the unrwaping UV, the displacement brushes alone would make it worth the price.

But, modeling software is a personal thing. What works for me my be total crap for you. But you really can't go wrong getting it for the price right now.