A good cabinet line will make good quality cabients no matter what the reveal might be. Poor quality is poor quality, it doesn't matter what the reveal might be. Pick your cabinets based on the age and style of your home, and your budget. Inset is currently "in style", but wasn't for many years. It's trendiness will fade once again, and you'll be left with something obviously out of style if it doesn't suit the bones of your home.

Thank you GreenDesigns! My home was built in the 1930's. Center hall colonial. kitchen used to be very small with a bathroom in it. We added an extension and placed the bathroom elsewhere. You make a good point, thank you! So confusing with so many options.

inset has less storage space in the cabinet. if you have a large kitchen, you may not care. from what i gathered from pricing out cabinets, shiloh looked to be the most reasonable cost wise for inset as it would be the same as full overlay (at least it was last spring)
i have a small kitchen and went full overlay and sometimes wish i could have budgeted a bit more and gone frameless for the storage space.
i have a mock old New England center hall colonial and full overlay look great to me!

FWIW, my 1925 center hall colonial had its original cabinets and they were inset. So, if you love them (I do too!) and you can make them work, I say go for it.

Actually inset, done well has more storage than overlay framed, but less than frameless.
"Done well" = combined cabinets to eliminate some of the stiles, 2" ears in corners instead of 3" fillers, in a better line ( upper middle) the intermediate rails on drawer bases can be eliminated gaining height as well, wall cabinets should be at least 13 making interior depth equal, many have standard 13.5 or 14 walls.

Value priced brands include Showplace, Shiloh, Medallion. Best priced I've run into is Eastman Street; only in the Northeast, no exposed hinges, and no combined cabinets, just prices really well.

Jackuvall, thank you for this information!