Fire Bowls
The simplest fire pit. A bowl, some wood, and an evening.
Fire Tables
A dining or coffee table with a fire down the middle.
Fire Pits
For the part of the evening after the cooking is finished.
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What to know before you buy
A fire pit is not a cooking device first, it is the reason people stay in the garden after the food is finished. Most of the good ones will take a cooking attachment, which makes them a reasonable second purchase rather than a competing one.
The meaningful technical difference is secondary burn. Double-walled pits draw air up between the walls and re-ignite the smoke coming off the fire, producing noticeably less of it. In a small garden with close neighbours that is the difference between using it and not.
Check what the base does to whatever it stands on. Most need a stand or a heatproof mat if they are going on decking, and several will scorch a lawn permanently if they sit directly on it.