If you've never tried a tiling window manager, give them a try. I've been on i3 for over a decade and love it. It takes a lot more work to setup, but once you get going, it's an amazing environment.
If you insist on using Wayland, Hyprland is an excellent choice. It's the least broken tiling widow manager for Wayalnd. Sway was the original i3-compatiable replacement and it's still not all that great.
Can you explain what's wrong with sway? I've been using it for quite a while and it's been the one of the most stable pieces of graphical Linux software I've yet seen. It seems to handle most of my features, except i3-like layout saving.
If you insist on using Wayland, Hyprland is an excellent choice. It's the least broken tiling widow manager for Wayalnd. Sway was the original i3-compatiable replacement and it's still not all that great.