I was a huge Aperture fan myself, and have since moved to DxO. They put out a new version every year that has an upgrade fee, but there's no issue staying put for as long as you like. And it's 100% filesystem-based, so it's much easier to work into whatever backup workflow you like; cloud or otherwise.
I actually like it so much, that I even use it since I switched to Linux recently. I have a Windows VM with one app installed that I boot up every month or so to process photos.
Just learning about DxO for the first time. I purchased another app called Luminar that I tried once and wasn't totally blown away by. What I'm looking for is a sane workflow and lightning quick navigation, hopefully with some basic edits and tight photoshop integration.
One of my favourite things about Aperture+PS was being able to spawn an edit process that, when you save the file in PS, created a duplicate version with the changes back in Aperture. The more I think about it, this was the secret sauce. Is this replicated in DxO?
Oh, I have no idea about that, sorry. Don't use Photoshop myself. I just need to do some cropping, lighting/color/contrast adjustments and noise reduction, then I move on to the next family photo. :D
I actually like it so much, that I even use it since I switched to Linux recently. I have a Windows VM with one app installed that I boot up every month or so to process photos.