Well, I read someone mentioned warranties in regards to pumps. Sicce warranties their pumps for 3-5 years depending on where you buy them and how you register them.
I have a Sicce feeding my recirculating skimmer and another on my GFO reactor. Use an Eheim 1262 for water changes, and a Waveline DC12000 to provide for my DT, upstream refugium, ozone & carbon reactor, and whatever else I attach to my manifold. The Waveline replaced the Eheim.
I've been happy with all of these pumps. The DC12000 runs around or just under $300 and is way overpowered for my set up, but I like it that way and hope it lasts as long as my Eheim has. The less powerful Wavelines are less expensive.
I can't imagine not running a DC pump as the main pump as they are so flexible and adjustable with regards to flow rate, are rather inexpensive, quite powerful, have soft starts, and use less electricity.