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So, uh...
Digital Ocean Is pretty inexpensive at US$7 monthly for 1 vCPU/1GB RAM with 1TB transfer. Decent platform. US-based, alas.
(2025 September, for the archives)
Oracle Cloud will give you far more for free.
Oracle Cloud will also delete your shit for the price of admission.
Caveat emptor, hey?
Mine has been running for years now without any such deletions.
And I genuinely hope it stays that way for years more to come. Cheers.