No you are not alone. I have been using checkmate for about 2 years and I love it. I was a lead man on a press line for 10 years when my company hired a man to lead our layout group. He snatched me off the floor and had me up and running shortly thereafter.
The one true thing about checkmate is the support, those guys will bend over backwards
to help solve your problems, even if it isn't origin related. I'm still green at this position but even I can see what a difference this software has made in my company.