You need to make an investment if you want to make money. Nobody ever started a restaurant and said “ugh I don’t want to have to buy a real stove”.
Creo Essentials starts at only $2200 now which is very reasonable but it is a subscription rate so that’s only good for a year. Solidworks by comparison starts at $4K, but it’s an indefinite license. Realistically either of those expenses would be small in the grand scheme of running a business. Solidworks is easier to learn IMO. Even with the new UI updates Creo still sucks.