This might be a good read. Tom's Hardware's Top 3D Printers 2022.
If you plan to print small figures, you'll eventually want a resin printer. I sure want one. I'm pretty happy with my Prusa, which also has auto-bed leveling. My first 3D printer was a cheapy Monoprice / Wanhao, and I cannot recommend auto bed leveling enough. The Prusa Mini is very well rated. I have the larger Prusa MK3S. Though expensive, they're well rated, and you can save some money buying the kit instead of the pre-built version. I highly recommend this, as it teaches you how to build (and re-build) a 3D printer, which unfortunately you'll likely have to learn to do anyway at some point.