Do remember that not all 1X road/gravel drivetrains have the same or even similar ratios. I went with an Ekar drivetrain mostly because I like the ergonomics of the controls, but within the Ekar there are 3 variants.

The difference between Ekar and SRAM is that Ekar has the wide ratio 5 speed low end and the close ratio 8 speed high end. My memory says that SRAM has a more evenly spaced ratio spread, so it might ne better for some circumstances. I don't like the ergonomics of Shimano, so I never looked at it to see what they have in terms of gear ratios. There may also be aftermarket clusters for the SRAM or Shimano.