Cricut vs Silhouette: Which Machine is better?

Anyone who has been crafting for a while has heard about the age-old competition between Cricut and Silhouette machines.
While some crafters swear by Cricut machines, others are die-hard fans of Silhouette. As such, we decided to finally put this argument to rest and objectively compare these two brands for ourselves.
Although both Silhouette and Cricut produce high quality cutting machines, there are very tangible differences between their machines.
But before we get to the differences, we have to talk about the major similarities between the machines produced by these brands.