for road bikes, I do better with non cut saddles that have less padding. My bikes are fit pretty aggressive with larger saddle to bar drop. I have better shorts to help but doesn't mean the shorts have thicker padding.
For MTB, it doesn't matter. My current MTB came with a WTB Volt Race, which is pretty padded in my stardards and my first ride on the bike was 5hours moving time. Saddle did great and got better as it broke in. No need to change it out and fairly cheap for others to try.
https://www.amazon.com/WTB-Volt-Race...0SU?th=1&psc=1