Well, a lot of people claiming that hondata expensive, and they compare it to the BASE crome set, which is of course cheaper, what's even better is when they say that it has full hondata features, which it doesn't.
This is John Cui's Website, and this is the actual costs of a COMPLETE crome system.
http://www.tunewithcrome.com/recommendation.html
It's only slightly cheaper than hondata (note the wideband unit they put there)
And even John Cui himself put this questions to his buyers.
http://www.tunewithcrome.com/gopro.html
because he himself knows that there are features available with hondata, AEM EMS, and etc. that he cannot implement in Crome.
But for budget purposes, crome is the cheapest and most basic standalone package you can find right now.
The devices, you can buy from
http://www.moates.net/index.php?cPath=50
They're not as straightforward to use as hondata, Power FC and etc, so be prepared for difficulties if you're not computer/electronically inclined.
Do I regret buying hondata?
Are you kidding? they added like 3-5 features since I bought it, which means that I have 5 new features to play with if I do upgrade my car to the extremes, like using a strain gauge dogbox setup.
But then again, the more features I find useful are the overheat protection, and the ability to tune anytime when I just changed a part.
the new displays also put them on part with most racing ECU systems, although the limitation of the single ignition control module and 4 injectors is the main limiting factor compared to K series and expensive aftermarket ECUs.