And that is why we cannot afford it. Unless you are doing very well in your photography field, these extra costs simply drain your bank balance.
geezerhugo
Found this : PhotoLab has its own internal database, which holds all image edits. There is no such concept as catalogues. Personally, I activate and us DOP sidecar files, which can then be transferred with the image file, to other locations on disk without messing up things like catalogues.

Even if the database were to ever corrupt, normally, these DOP files will ensure that your edits are safe
I do not know what catalog means, but you can try it for free for a month and see what it does. It is mostly for color correcting, etc, not really for layers and extensive editing like Photoshop. Give it a try, you may just like it.
South Africa: One Rand for one Dollar.
We used to exchange R1 for $1. Now it is 20 to 1. So paying per month is just too expensive.
I bought DxO and it does the job very nicely. Bought it at a discount with Nik collection, and you can do whatever you want with the files.
I cannot resist : The reserve bank.