Comparison of digital audio editors

The following tables compare general and technical information among a number of digital audio editors and multitrack recording software.
Digital Audio Workstations.
Basic general information about the software: creator/company, license/price etc.
Wave editors.
Basic general information about the software: creator/company, license/price etc.
Plugin support.
The plugin types the software can run natively (without emulation).
File format support.
The various file types the software can read/write.