If KiCAD gains some signal integrity stuff (and other niceties you get with the expensive stuff) then it'll be really good for the space, I think. KiCAD is far

If KiCAD gains some signal integrity stuff (and other niceties you get with the expensive stuff) then it'll be really good for the space, I think. KiCAD is far from perfect, however some industry familiars should be apologetic and embarrassed at how poor their offerings are compared to the open source equivalent (plural even, sometimes). I didn't spend a huge amount of time in Altium designer but, although I did like parts of the UI, it just seemed like a old codebase past it's sell by date with a pretty face slapped on top.