As far as I know, the Figure Artist doesn't include Dynamic clothing or hair. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it's a hacked up version of Poser 7 with some of the rooms removed. Other than that, It depends on what you want to do. If you want to do things that only Poser can do, dynamics and faceroom stuff and morph brushes, yeah, it's MUCH better than DS. If you just want to create still images with no dynamics, original morphs or faceroom work. Stick to DS.