The pricing is moderate for tools in a similar class but 'expensive' by comparison the Big box stool stools. When you look at drills, as example, if you compare to Hilti and Metabo than Festool doesn't stand out as being particularly expensive.
Same goes for track saws when you add Mafell into the mix, that is the direction I'm leaning. According to my research the arbor on the Mafell 55 is also 20mm, so at least I'd be able to repurpose some blades, which are Tenryuu not Festool.
Bumbling forward into the unknown.