I have used both extensively now, and regard myself as unbiased. The difficulties of using Poser figures in Bryce can be exaggerated. I made some tutorials (at phantast.actionbabecentral.com) that show how to streamline the process of importing Poser figures into Bryce. In both Bryce and Vue you still have to retexture for best effects, see thread below. True, Bryce plants are not as good as Vue's, but you get more of them than the stingy little collection in basic Vue. The main issues are the interface and the render speeds. Bryce's interface is quirky, but once you learn how to get the most out of it, it is far, far easier to use than Vue. It is lightning fast and responsive, and it is much easier to position things accurately. In Vue you click the mouse and three seconds later you get a response. But the Vue render engine is MUCH faster. People exaggerate how slow Bryce is - of course you can crank up the render times by adding more complex render options, but many of my Bryce scenes took 5-10 minutes to render. However, in my experience the Vue renderer is about ten times faster than Bryce's and that really swings it for me. Daz promises that Bryce 5.5 will have a much faster renderer. We'll see.