Longarm if you really want to make it a business someday. You can get a good machine for embroidery much cheaper. I have a Bernina 440 with the embroidery module and I seldom use it... However, I recently bought a very basic longarm. It is a Bailey's and has the stitch regulator, but no other bells and whistles. I got tired of the embroidery stuff pretty quick. I bought the Bernina quilt frame and put my 440 on it. Just didn't have enough quilting space so I turned to the longarm and it actually works on my Bernina frame and I love quilting with it. You won't be sorry if you get the longarm.