Have been almost completly vegetarian for the last 4 and a half years and was pretty much a carnivore before that, so I feel this is as unbiased of an opinion as is possible.
The Beyond, Gardien, Impossible, etc fake chicken have more flavor, nearly indistinguishable texture, are just as juicy, and aren’t greasy. At this point, I consider them better than regular chicken with the sole exception of fried chicken which was never my favorite but I can see the appeal of it.
I’ll concede that the beef substitutes have a ways to go (I like them and they’re not bad but they’re not fooling anyone, either) but they’re not the subject of this opinion.
Yeah, they’re definitely pricey. I tend to buy in bulk when they go on sale, and they freeze just fine.
The Beyond breakfast sausages are absolutely delicious. There’s two, maybe three, varieties available in my area. There’s the links, which are my favorite, and also the patties. I’m not sure if they stopped making them or my grocery store just stopped carrying them, but there used to be a maple sausage one that was beyond amazing.
Impossible makes a ground sausage that’s also really good. It comes in a sleeve like regular ground sausage and, IMO, tastes better than the real thing.
If you’re talking about the brats, then yeah, AFAIK there’s only one type of those.
The meatballs are kind-of sausage-y and also excellent.