Have you checked out Horizon-EDA? It was built to address some issues with other tools, but it's a newer project so not as far along as KiCAD in other areas.
I dind't know about it but as far as I seen is a well thought out software.
But the main attraction to Kicad is that is a CERN backed software. So has some pedrigree and that pedrigree is needed if you want to sell it to your manager as a backup tool for simpler non critical boards.
But the main attraction to Kicad is that is a CERN backed software. So has some pedrigree and that pedrigree is needed if you want to sell it to your manager as a backup tool for simpler non critical boards.