After an year of endless upgrades of my Ender-3 Pro - beginning with the dual Z-axis, passing through the Creality direct drive extruder, then spending hours of designing my own print head (based on the Orbiter extruder), changing control boards, rewriting almost all the firmware… I bought a Prusa MK3S+ 😄. So my advice is - if you want to print (not tinker), the entry level 3D printer is the Prusa MINI+. Otherwise - upgrade the Ender-3 (I spent €500 - including the original 3D printer - to make it print almost like the MINI+)

I know is one year later than asked, but here I found a good answer video for you, and is up to date for NOW. Things will change in the future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb0LOpCo454