Here’s the problem, it usually leads to this:
@Patrick, if it makes you feel any better, that’s actually the text they originally intended Integrate to integrate with. 
I tested a few Integrate units last year with my then 10th, 7th, and 5th graders. My 10th grader was using Miller & Levine Biology, and the younger two used CK-12 Life Science for Middle School (free online textbook with embedded videos).
Integrate is a supplement, not a Biology curriculum. It’s meant to be used alongside a normal Biology curriculum so that students can see that science and their faith don’t need to be at odds. It’s exactly the opposite of AiG.
I found the curriculum useful for my kids, since we attend a church that teaches YEC. Integrate pointed out a lot of problems with the YEC view and taught the mainstream scientific explanation. I’ll bet you’d approve of it for use by Christians if you saw it. It absolutely would not be used in a public school and is not intended for that purpose.
I do think Integrate is expensive, and I doubt many homeschoolers will buy it because of that. If it were a full Biology curriculum, the price would be more reasonable.
The homeschool science market is SEVERELY lacking in good options. Public school curricula are not as easy to use, and most homeschool “science” curricula are YEC. I think the only one I can think of that’s truly secular off the top of my head is R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey from Pandia Press, but I don’t think they have high school level yet.
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That’s the part that seems out of step. This was funded by a JTF too, so I’m unclear why they aren’t charging just a nominal fee.
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They were paying testers very well. I was kind of shocked at that. As much money as they put into writing and testing it, I can see why they want to price it like they are, but again, the homeschool market won’t sustain that price. Most curricula written for homeschoolers don’t use paid testers, to my knowledge. I think usually people will get the curriculum for free in exchange for testing, but they don’t get paid. And usually it’s one or two people writing a curriculum, not 20 experts.
Not complaining about getting paid… my school budget got several hundred dollars added to it. 
Perhaps Biologos expects a lot of private Christian schools to use them and cover the costs of development. They would be used to spending a lot of money for curriculum.
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