Which vendor for networking, MikroTik or Ubiquiti or other?

Currently I have a mix of old ancient cisco/juniper stuff and generic consumer network gear like TP-Link/Netgear and looking to upgrade to a more modern network stack. There is a good chance one of my main switches is dying so being "forced" to upgrade since I don't care enough about it to rework it, it's noisy and uses a lot of power and is "outdated" by 2026 standards.

I don't think I'll go with cisco due to fact I can't get old hand-me-downs from work anymore and guess they have license fees on newer models (?).

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The two "big names" in homelab space seem to be MikroTik or Ubiquiti. Both seem solid. Anyone want to offer input or color on what or why someone might pick one or the other? Or maybe a 3rd contender?