Certainly JLC and their EasyEDA integration is a great tool for reducing barriers - absolutely. There are others as well, Eagle for one (maybe even before KiCad

Certainly JLC and their EasyEDA integration is a great tool for reducing barriers - absolutely. There are others as well, Eagle for one (maybe even before KiCad got as popular as it is) plus some of the newer tools looks Libre PCB and Horizon. I'm definitely biased towards KiCad, since it's what opened doors for me personally a decade ago.