I switched to Phase One's Capture One a long time ago -- it's light years ahead of anything Lightroom has to offer. The biggest improvement is performance, due

I switched to Phase One's Capture One a long time ago -- it's light years ahead of anything Lightroom has to offer. The biggest improvement is performance, due to C1's use of Sessions, which are basically folders where you store your RAW files, edits/history, trash, and exports per shoot. While C1 does support the antiquated method of using a Library, there's more safety and manageability in using Sessions, and most professional photographers use this for good reason. And regarding presets, C1 stores all (incl. user) presets in a standard directory in your home folder, so it's trivial to keep them automatically backed up.