Who here uses Izotope for mastering?

Mastering isn’t my strong suit, but I can at least get my tracks sounding how I want them to sound finished and at a good level.

For awhile, my chain went EQ, dynamics, exciter (minimal usage), stereo imager, then maximizer. I noticed basically no matter what level of limiting/maximizing (within a “normal” loudness threshold, and even quite a bit lower), my master always had some minimal clipping when played on a phone or laptop speakers, even with little to no gain reduction from the limiter.

It wasn’t until I messed around and started putting the exciter before the compressor/dynamics that it went away. I wish I’d known sooner.

Anyone have any other tips/pointers/best practices that might help myself or others using Izotope?