i think Bitcoin is only profitable if done at large scales. you must get expensive mining equipment and of course it consumes a lot of electricity monthly. Also it’s usually much more cost effective to buy Bitcoins with this money instead of using it to buy mining equipment.
It depends on what do you prefer that will suit's your way of earning cryptocurrency, mining is profitable depending on the electricity consumption in your place while buying bitcoin is also profitable if your good on trading in the market or you will hold and wait for very long time until the price will grow.