My understanding is it is a bit complex to learn/use, but if you are willing to learn it, there certainly is the benefit of it being free!
Yeah, that’s what I would say too. 🙂 I’ve never really used it seriously so most of what I know is what I’ve gathered from others. Another free & open source option that I do have some experience with is RawTherapee. I made a video tutorial for it many years ago that shows the basics of how to use it if you want to check it out.