Most recently, I have used Mixbook. I like it because you can go entirely "free form" in how you design your pages -- size and placement of photographs. Other services offer templates which you cannot alter.
I disagree. I make albums using an online service. One for each year. One for special occasions. They come out looking great, and you can organize your prints to tell a story. My children love them!
I recently bought a Microsoft Surface for the same reasons, and I could not be happier with it. As an added plus, you can detach the screen and use it as a tablet. I uploaded some 1500 pictures I took while in Barcelona. They were in NEF and I converted them to DNG, on the laptop. I edited them in Lightroom, with excursions into Photoshop, both of which are installed on it. While it took a little longer than my desktop, I didn't switch back. Be sure to get as much memory as you can since photo editing goes much faster the more memory you have.
We are about to go on a vacation which will feature a lot of photographs of architectural art (buildings). Does anyone have a view on whether Lightroom/Photoshop deals adequately with removing the distortion (of objects "leaning in" if they are off to the side) or one should invest in a rackable, "perspective correction" lens? I will be shooting a Nikon D850.