They are not the same. Photoshop Elements is aimed at regular consumers and Creative Suite/Creative Cloud are aimed at professionals. Some actions will work in both, and many have to be tailored to one or the other. I'm not familiar with using other kinds of scripts with Elements.
IMO there is no one "best" program. The best one is the one that works for you, you know? Some people use GIMP because it's free, and if price is the most important thing, then that's the best. Photoshop probably has more bells and whistles than any other program (including being able to use fancy actions and scripts), so if capability is most important, that's the best. But Elements is more user-friendly, and there are other programs like Serif CraftArtist that are made especially for scrapbooking and a lot of people swear by that.
Personally, I edit my photos in Lightroom and then scrap them in Photoshop.
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