Let’s take for example sugar free Gatorade, or pedialyte. That in itself, is it effective at hydrating you?
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For the vast majority of people, tap water is all they need for hydration. In fact, it’s best because the majority of people who live in areas like North America already eat too much salt in their diet which leads to health problems. In fact, to expel salt from the body, we must expend H2O, meaning that drinking salty water can actually DEhydrate you!
(Note I’m talking in generalities here… If someone is a high performance athlete, with a support team of professional working with them to extract every ounce of athletic output possible, then they’re going to do things differently. Same goes if one has specific medical conditions.)
As for how well other things work to hydrate a person. They’re fine. For the most part the average person can extract all the hydration they need from any commonly consumed liquid. That even includes things like coffee or tea that are normally thought of a direutic (makes you pee). Your body can still extract enough water from those beverages for you to get by. It’s the other stuff in them that’s the problem. Primarily, all the sugars or calories that makes them so tasty.
TLDR: Just drink water from the tap. Save your money.
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