Pump Shotgun Recommendation

hey all.. I am very new to shotguns and don't know much about them and a friend is asking for a recommendation for a pump 12 gauge in the $400-700 range.

Does anyone have a solid recommendation for something like this? Nothing fancy but a basic home defense setup so probably 18.5 barrel vs 28 inch but I'll take those as well if they are good options

I'll even take semi-auto recommendations but he seems very into the pump idea for the racking sound effect that apparently makes people run out of the house

Thank you