This is the time of year (black Friday / Cyber Monday) when you can get very cheap VPSes. Not necessarily good, but cheap. I have a couple that cost about US$10 or so a year. Sometimes useful for pinging. You can do actual useful things with them, but the resources are fairly constrained. <https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/190145/2023-black-friday-cyber-monday-flash-sale-megathread/p1>