It's a $99 handicapped DAW. Far from compelling. I have it. The Artist version is handicapped and that seems like a worse value than Elements. (requires dongle) You can get Mixcraft, Reaper, of course Bandlab with no limitations.
I am tempted to upgrade my 9.5 Elements for $15 just in case I want to put it on another system.
BTW the Cubase crossgrade is $7 a month with the Sweetwater card. My temptation is to avoid getting 2 Cubase licenses. I have 3 elicensers.