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Back when I decided to pick an economical design tool, I had a four layer board to design and the price was right with KiCad, so I never got into using EAGLE. The clearance issue is one that I do have to wrap my brain around each time I do it, just like pin spacing on custom footprints. I put that down to my own personal issues with keeping three digit numbers straight in my head though, rather than any particular problem with KiCad in general. That's why I consider doing the Gerber visual diff so vital, because it's very easy to tell when you've screwed up the solder vs. paste clearance.