I do't know if it is still available, but the student version of "Eagle" does most anything you could want, within its limitations, that is. If you start with a particular program, my advice is to stick with it. Just because you know one, doesn't mean any other will be easy. I tried Kicad. Couldn't make heads or tails of it, though I know someone who loves it. I bought Autotrax, which is supposed to be very capable and easy to use. Nothing about it made sense to me. I never used it and let my license lapse. Eagle has its little issues, for sure. I have done projects with it that I thought were going to kill me. I am not talking about complicated things either. After a few years, I got to the point where I could do a board pretty quickly. My former employers bought a license, but then erased that version from my PC. That license didn't work for newer versions, so I ended up using the student version for the last few years. I let the PC board house handle panelization. Solder stencils made from my artwork are still in use today and, by this point, millions of boards have been made using it as well. The free stuff the PC board houses supply would probably work as long as you were willing to buy your boards from them. My particular employer required Gerber files, which Eagle can easily produce.