Id be very curious to see player counts from then compared to know, but at least in the quality of servers they feel comparable and even better than osrs in some aspects!

Anything in the top of the top lists is good, ikov is probably best for pvm comparable to osrs with a little bit of uniqueness, while runewild is the best for pvp and has absolutely incredible ui/ux. Unfortunately all servers have some aspect of random boxes/currency for getting items and gambling, but the major ones make donating easily avoidable. They do all let you but the donor ranks with in game gp so donating definitely isn’t required.