Disagree, most people who use IDA professionally only use it occasionally, when the job calls for it. I know many security professionals who only end up using it a few times a year, but when they need it they need it. Full time reverse engineers are the exception, but they are not the majority of IDA users. For everyone else, it's typically one of many pieces of expensive software.
Though it's unclear if we are discussing sticker shock over IDA Pro or over IDA Pro + Hex Rays decompilers, because there is a pretty huge increase in cost as you start needing those.
Though it's unclear if we are discussing sticker shock over IDA Pro or over IDA Pro + Hex Rays decompilers, because there is a pretty huge increase in cost as you start needing those.