Buy the Frigidaire FFEC3025UB Electric Smoothtop Style Cooktop.

One is an actual kitchen stove, the other is a plug-in extra burner wearing a stove's price tag.

What was compared

1. Cooks dinner, not just two pots at once
The Frigidaire gives you 4 elements to run a main, a side and a sauce at the same time. The Cuisinart caps out at 2 burners, so anything past a pot and a pan waits its turn or goes cold.
2. Actually replaces the stove in your kitchen
The Frigidaire drops into any existing 30 inch cutout and hardwires in as your real cooktop. The Cuisinart just sits on the counter next to it, it cannot become your kitchen's stove, only sit beside one.
3. No new pots and pans required
The Frigidaire's glass surface heats any flat-bottom cookware you already own. The Cuisinart only works with induction-ready pans, so if your set is aluminum or copper-bottomed, add that cost on top.
4. Holds up through years of real family cooking
Owners report the Frigidaire's surface shows no real scratches after 3 years of normal family use. The Cuisinart's own reviews flag a design flaw where larger pans can melt the plastic edge around the burner.
5. Cheaper and greener, but it can't run your kitchen
The Cuisinart is 100 dollars less and induction burns less power, that part is true. But it tops out at 2 burners and 1800 watts total, fine as a backup or dorm setup, not as the only stove in a real kitchen, and that is most buyers here.