Oh man that sounds like a lot of work!! Are you using Photoshop or some other app. One of my fav things in Photoshop is that I can use the Camer Raw Filter to have all my options that I have in RAW for a JPG. Not saying that it makes them the same, but just that it is a cool feature. This is how the panel look for a JPG.
It was a lot of work, but I enjoyed it. I have two editors that I use: Aurora HDR and Luminar 4. I got them both from a deal on Humble Bundle once and found I'm really enjoying them; Luminar in particular. I also use Photolemur occasional for "one click processing," and it does a surprisingly good job.