I think, broadly speaking, that price is largely irrelevant.
If a pedal produces the sound I'm looking for, that is the end of the search for me. Heaven knows I've spend a vast amount of money chasing my drive tones, trying boutique this and boutique that, only to find the sounds that I was searching for ( and sat well in the mix!) via ehx and mxr ( bass soul food, glove, and bass fuzz deluxe. ) for my main band, and bass soul food and bass tube screamer/ cm2 for the others.
I still have my darkglass pedals here, but ATM I'm not using them. Shame really, as they are superb pedals, but just didn't give me the exact sound I was after.