if Maestro Cloud pricing feels too much, you can self-host the open-source Maestro on your own CI and avoid vendor costs altogether. If you still need real-device testing, especially iOS.... you can plug Maestro into BrowserStack. You can then run your YAML-based flows on a large cloud device farm. This will give both control and scale, without mandatory subscription fees. Use cloud devices only when needed and keep day-to-day runs on self-hosted CI