I perfer to work with Daz figures, Posers' native figures are a little "off" looking to me. Poser comes with no facial hair for male figures, and the older Poser figures did not morph well into over weight people. I also find that Daz hair, in general, is more natural and realistic looking, though some of the newer hair peices generated in the hair room do look quite nice if they are longer styles. I felt it strangely ironic, that Poser 5 had on it's box cover, images of not their own native people, but Daz's Micheal and Victoria. Some people have come out with some nice add ons for the Poser male and females over the years which can be purchased at affordable prices here. I particularly like Arduino's characters, he had a particularly good looking male figure named Claudio a few years ago. Oh course Micheal and Victoria do come with price tags, the newerst base figures are free, but they are very plastic and unnatural looking as is. If you go for Daz you have to buy texture map, hair, clothtes, etc. The Platinum Club is probably the best way to go if you need to buy a lot of stuff.