User blog comment:Mohamed7845/Semira/Ciara 7* Who is Better/@comment-110.137.228.250-20151028205736/@comment-175.136.119.174-20151029012208

Quaid's specialty is his versatile nature, especially as a lead. He's got decent stats and BB fill rate. Combine that with his ES and he becomes exceptionally strong for long battles such as Challenge Arena. Not to mention spheres are more effective on units with selfish benefits when these benefits are quite strong to outweigh the balance versus squad benefits that Ciara provides.

TL;DR: Ciara has more buffs to help the squad, but Quaid is stronger than her as a unit.