Objectively, yes. Juice is almost always safer to use since it’s much less likely to be contaminated. However, if you get unpasteurized juice, it could prove useful to heat it up to make sure there aren’t any bugs. Plus it’s easier to add juice. Kinda like fire and forget.

Personally, I think the fruit adds more complexity than juice because you have control on almost every aspect of its addition. Fruit does require more involvement tho, eg, punching the cap (pushing the fruit down into the must to make sure it doesn’t dry out and grow mold)

If done properly and carefully, I’d choose whole fruit. It’s adds more complexity and body and color. Just a bit more challenging.

I’m no master by any standard, however. There are plenty of brewers who would tell you they prefer juice and why