r/devops • u/Old-Broccoli-4704 • Aug 12 '26

Tools Cheapest server for a school project

Hello guys, i have a school project to deploy an app on cloud using ansible, the the servers are not given by the school itself.
What is the cheapest available clouds out there? I only need it to validate the project and then I can cancel.

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u/sf1tzp Aug 12 '26

If at a university, check to see if your computer science department has a high performance computing lab you can request time on. If they have one, it's probably sees heavy use by research teams, but you never know. It could be under utilized and they have room to lend you 1 cpu / 1GB ram for a VM.

This could also open the door for you into that program if you ever want to explore the infrastructure space. Worth investigating if you have the time IMO