let's say they hike up the price: as long as the performance increase surpasses a dev salary for less of the cost, it's still worth it. Do you prefer paying 2

let's say they hike up the price: as long as the performance increase surpasses a dev salary for less of the cost, it's still worth it. Do you prefer paying 2 devs 100k a year? or 1 dev + 20-30k in tokens?