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It always seems to leave some of the audio underwater
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Noise reduction is rarely perfect... It usually works best when you have a tiny-constant background noise... It works best when you don't
really need it.
There's only so much that can be done with software, even expensive software...
Pros still record in soundproof studios with good equipment and good mic placement, etc. Radio & TV studios are soundproofed. On-location movie dialog is re-recorded in the studio, etc.
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...Audacity's seems to be much better,
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Use whatever works best for you and your particular noise situation!
If you've got an important project and you've got the budget, there are some commercial noise reduction plug-ins from Izotope or WAVES, etc.
Or, there are times when the overall sound is best when you do nothing and live with the noise.
It's not unusual to have multiple tools for different situations... You might want to record with REAPER with an ASIO interface, clean-up some noise in Audacity, and then go back to REAPER for mixing, etc. Or, if you're doing "simple" voice-over work or making an audio book with little or no mixing, it might be better to use Audacity for the whole thing. (You don't always need a full-DAW for every audio task.)