When I was researching Kitchenaid stand mixers recently, I came to the same conclusion.. kind of. The commercial version looks like it has a significantly upgraded motor (horsepower is listed as 1.3, vs home version where horsepower isn't listed). Thing is, it also only comes in an 8 quart bowl size. That's.. kind of huge. Takes up a lot more space in the kitchen. Harder to move around and store. So there's definitely a trade-off here.