What record cleaner is the most bang for the buck??

Look at the Keith Monks Prodigy, I believe they start at $1000 and go to around $2000. No Re-Contamination and quiet and fairly quick.

To counter a post above, IMHO 99.9% of people don’t take record cleaning seriously enough.

I use a VPI 16.5 cleaner and Audio Intelligent Premium Record Cleaner — Formula #15.

For the sake of thoroughness, discussions of record cleaning should probably include:

https://thevinylpress.com/app/uploads/2022/01/PACVR_3rd-Ed_2022-01-17_Master.pdf

I used a VPI 16.5. Then I tried 80KHz ultrasound. The latter made as much difference as the upgrade of a major component, so I cleaned all my records with US. Later, I found that my stylus hadn't worn much - minimal wear at 1000 hours, verified by photomicrograph.

I think a quality US machine is a no brainer, but YMMV.

I prefer ultrasonic cleaning.  Once is enough, after that take reasonable care of the cleaned records and just use a brush if necessary