I believe that upcoming catapult update will change everything and NEM, a truly fantastic and cheap cryptocurrency with a unique and progressive proof of importance concept will challenge ETH at it's own game and replace the damned Buterin's $hit coin, which only old grannies with their cryptokitties find useful
In some extent NEM can be even more interesting than Ethereum. Nem has a potential of sharp rise because now its price near the bottom line and it is possible to make a good profit in case of rise.
If you want to create customized smart contracts with NEM, you should host them on the company's computer, they are decentralized Ethereum is aiming at companies that are willing to rebuild internal networks in the next 5 to 10 years. So, they want to work with Ethereum's customized smart contracts. It is time consuming and costly.