I have a cheap VPS that I'm not using but I get the bill every month. Every time I see it I think "I should cancel that" but then I think "maybe I'll get around to doing something with it this month" and I let it go another month.
One option to consider would be to develop locally on a VM or container and then when it's in a "let others play" state, then fire that VM back up and push your artifacts or container to it.
