I have the Venture, a few Makers, and some Explores machines all with the capability of doing print then cut however, hands down this little machine does it better, faster, and is compact! If you don't have this one you need it! This sits by my computer and I can just sit and feed my sheets into it, all while taking up hardly any space.
I love this machine. I started out with the joy and bought this quickly after. pros are all the tools I bought for the joy work with the joy extra minus the mats. I am a part time crafter at a very beginner level. I honestly still use both machines. I think if you’re going to invest in one I say the joy extra is where to put your money. But like I said before both are awesome the only tue difference is the print and cut feature and being able to do slightly bigger projects.