This is a rare compare where the cheaper base is also the better-scored one. The R9 V3 comes in $100 below the Alpha EVO Sport 9 and still edges it on our rubric, mostly on software maturity and ecosystem, while matching it on value and build. Both are 9 Nm, both are aimed at the person taking their first proper step into direct drive, and on raw merit the MOZA is the easier recommendation. It proved that 9 Nm and PC-only could compete with Fanatec on price and beat it on the upgrade ladder, and that argument holds up just as well against Simagic here.
So what is the Simagic for, then? Its pitch is not the price - it loses that - it is the encoder and the ladder. The Alpha EVO Sport 9 is the cheapest way onto Simagic's 21-bit encoder, and it drags the entry tier upmarket by putting higher-end internals in a starter base. If you have already decided you want to end up in the Simagic world - their wheels, their SimPro Manager, their higher-torque bases later - then starting on the Sport 9 means you are not switching ecosystems when you upgrade.
For most people buying at 9 Nm, though, I would take the R9 V3, bank the $100, and enjoy a base that scores at least as well. The Simagic makes sense as a deliberate ecosystem choice rather than a value one. If you are weighing them purely on what you get for the money, the MOZA is the pick - it is one of the reasons the entry tier looks the way it does now.