The Baby Lock site has a comparable chart for their machines. You can compare features, stitches, etc and see what you get with a particular machine. Other sites may have the same for their machines. Baby Lock and Brother have many similarities. My embroidery machine is a mid-dollar and as much as I enjoy it, I wish it cut thread between jump stitches. Not necessary but would be a great perk.
http://www.babylock.com/embroidery/compare/