Both are legitimate, and the honest answer depends on your budget, your project, and how much you want to run the technical side yourself. Recording at home is free or close to it, available whenever inspiration hits, and perfectly good for demos, songwriting, and budget-conscious podcasting. It's also how a lot of artists sharpen their skills. The tradeoffs are real, though: an untreated room colors your sound, your gear is whatever you own, and you become your own engineer.
A pro studio flips that. You get treated rooms, a full signal chain, an experienced engineer, and no worrying about the neighbors, in exchange for an hourly rate that averages about $92 in Las Vegas. Home setups have limits, too, if you try to run one as a business. The
City of Las Vegas requires a home occupation to stay entirely within the dwelling, generally bars clients from coming to the property, and prohibits noise, vibration, or other nuisances for neighbors. If you're tracking a full band or need more square footage, a
sound stage in Las Vegas gives you room to spread out, and nearby options like
recording studios in Henderson widen the search.
Pro tip: Booking a private, ready-to-go studio means you skip the home-occupation limits and public-space permit and noise headaches that come with recording at home or in a shared or outdoor spot. The room is already set up and cleared for the work, so you can just press record.