Space does not remotely permit an in-depth comparison at the moment, so let’s confine ourselves to the big picture.
Would that it were as simple a matter to distill it further. So, from these tests alone, it boils down to Finale or Sibelius. Plus, unless one is musical hermit, one must deal with colleagues, and thus it pays to use what others use. The race does not always go to the swift, since few users with careers built on software will want to master more every few years neither do they want to abandon a body of work done in one format because it didn’t go the distance. There are other programs available, of course, but I would be leery of adopting upstarts, no matter how sexy the features, when there are veterans available. I am constantly asked for guidance in choosing which of the two preeminent music prep software packages to adopt.
