Let's put it like this: you want a nice drawer to store clothes. It has one purpose and one purpose only. You can either go to Ikea and get a 50 EUR drawer that will do the job, or you can pay 500 EUR to a local artisan for a nice cabinet with solid wood, an elegant design, a nice finish and even good wood for the back part. Literally depends on who you are, but I don't see how this is any different.

And before "software is cheap and wood is not", yes, but paint is also cheap and you don't judge an art piece by the price of the materials used.