Is Koh Lanta cheap, or does it just feel cheaper than the islands next to it?

Lanta gets recommended as the calmer, better-value option, but that reputation is a few years old and long-stay visitors have been arriving in larger numbers since. Whether the value is still there is not something we can look up. The coast and season question that decides whether it works at all is here: https://meetlocale.com/guides/andaman-vs-gulf What were you paying for a month there, and how long ago was that?