calibratng steppers - got 5 printers, only ever needed to do that on one - the cheapest printer on the market.
So, not generally an issue.

I don't generally recommend any creality printers. we just get an awful lot of people with issues with them.

there are a number of MUCH better machines around.

this looks pretty reasonable: https://www.amazon.com/ADIMLab-Assem...strial&sr=1-19

what you're looking for in an i3 are three main points:
1) direct drive extruder
2) dual side bed support rails
3) dual z motors

The ender 3 has none and most creality machines lack either 1 or all three.

The sovol is worth a look - doesn't have the side support rails, but does use a 40x20 extrusion for bed support, which seems to do the job: https://www.amazon.com/Sovol-Pre-Ass...strial&sr=1-28