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Avoid Dysons (easy at your price point), they're too fragile. I'd find a local vacuum repair shop and get a refurbished vacuum. It'll probably be something you pass down to your kids.
Not shilling for Dyson, but I've had two over the past 10 years, and we only sold the first one because we wanted to get some money for it before it maybe stopped working, and we bought a new one on Black Friday. Nothing ever broke, maintenance is easy, the ball really is easy to steer, and they are effective. My only gripe is that with our carpet pile, the suction is too much and I had to modify a little to make it run better. I don't know if it's a design flaw, because my carpet isn't that thick, but I was able to find forum posts with people having the same issue. It could also just be a, we got the wrong model, situation.
My next vacuum, hopefully years down the road, will be a Miele. I just need to start setting cash to the side to it hurts less when I need to do it.
I have two Dyson stick vacs, maybe they're less robust. Both have broken in different ways. They're still mostly usable, but are now annoying to use.
My Filter Queen, on the other hand, has been a champ for over two decades and will still be running when I'm dead.
I had a Dyson also for a few years, found a Miele for $20 at a local thrift shop and have never gone back. I did have to buy bags, so it did cost a bit more than the initial outlay of cash, but I am pretty sure it is worth it.
I bought a vacuum from goodwill for $24 usd when I moved to a new city 11 year ago and its still kicking. Crazy to me to spend $500 cad on something like a vacuum.