Trying every possible possible option for photo management

I still can't decide where and how to manage my photos. I sort of gave up on Lightroom because I can't get comfortable with its cloud-based catalog. I've been trying the usual suspects, Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, Capture One, NeoFinder, MuseBox, Photo Mechanic, etc. Each of them have things that I need but none of them have a combination of those things that I want.