In my experiences using MobX as a state management library produces less code and lets you get things done quicker (two-folded knife!) but with Redux you get a lot of stuff for free – most notable is scalable approach to architecture and maintenance of web applications.

I personally prefer Redux also because it’s functional like React which puts a lot of emphasize on functional stateless components and it makes me feel like a JavaScript developer. While that means it’s more verbose, it contains minimal abstraction and thus is easier to debug.