I would say that the Finnex Stingray would work well for low to medium light plants, for sure, and because it is a shallow tank, it may do well with some plants with higher light demands. Without CO2 the 24/7 may produce a lot of algae.
I have not used either light, however, I have a 10 gallon shrimp tank with a Marineland Double Bright LED light on it. It supposedly has the same par as the light you are looking at at 12" depth. That is about how far my light is from the substrate. The water is 10" deep or so, and the light is about 1 1/2" from the water. No glass canopy or anything like that.
I have had this tank set up for 5 years. Very little maintenance other than water changes, filter cleaning and a rare bit of fertilizing when the plants look like they could use it.
I have Anubias barteri 'Nana', Hygrophila polysperma, Cryptocorne Wendtii 'Brown', Cryptocorne Wendtii 'Bronze', Bacopa monnieri, Heteranthera zosterifolia, Ludwigia repens, Ceratophyllum demersum, Vesicularia dubyana, Rotala rotundifolia. I have been successful with these plants in this tank for the past 5 years.
I hope this helps a bit and please feel free to ask questions.