I've never tried a Juki, but I've had the Janome 6500 for nearly 10 years and i love it. I've never had any problems with it and have only taken it in to be serviced. I have a Brother Quattro for machine embroidery, but even if I'm not embroidering and it's idle, i will use my Janome to sew with. Nice machine. Good luck in ur decision making!