@vkc If you don't mind the higher latency of hopping across the pond, Hetzner Cloud ARM instances start at about $3.60/month (US is exempted from VAT, but local sales tax may be calculated) isn't too bad with 2 ARM cores, 4 GB of RAM and 40 GB of storage.

It's definitely cheaper than the big cloud providers here and less clunky to deal with compared to Oracle Cloud.