You'll get a lot of extremes either way on a thread like this - horror stories & easy labours in abundance.
A lot of it comes down to your hospital's / consultant's protocols & outcomes though. I advise asking for their stats around successful inductions, vs. spontaneous vaginal delivery. I had an induction on my first, and I probably would have made a different decision if I knew that my hospital had a 1 in 2 C-section rate, with only 10% of FTM having an unassisted delivery. That was because of their high induction rate & strict protocols - something they advised on after the fact. I had made my decision based on the average stats that I'd googled, instead of hospital specific info.
I'd also ask about your bishop score beforehand. This shows how likely an induction is to be successful. It gives a score out of ten for how ready your body is for labour (things like dilation, cervix length, etc.,).
& I'd also consider your personal circumstances too - is there any reason specific to you that you should have the baby out by a certain date?
Other food for thought is I personally think a lot of inductions go wrong because of the other interventions. If you're in hospital instead of your own home, you're more likely to be uncomfortable or want to take readily available pain relief earlier. Most inductions get the epidural I think (anecdotally) because induction labours tend to start contractions with a bang, you're in the hospital anyway, and there's not as much to do to take your mind off the pain. My consultant told me 90% of epidural births need assistance or c-sections (again hospital specific) but something to ask your care team about.
If you do get induced, that's also not to say you have to accept every intervention they offer thereafter. E.g. breaking waters, pitocin drip, internal fetal monitoring - so have a think about what you want in each scenario. I wrote a really detailed birth preference plan second time around, which had this laid out. E.g. if labour "stalled" I wanted to do X & Y instead of pitocin, for X period of time.
Best of luck with your decision. ❤️
For what it's worth, my first birth was an induction at 41 weeks, & I birthed in 7 hours. I would also recommend asking if your baby is OA or OP facing, because I learned the hard way an induction with an OP baby is not fun! I personally preferred spontaneous delivery but second babies are easier anyway.