I honestly might just pay the $10/yr just to support them but bitwarden_rs is dead simple to deploy if you already have a VPS sitting around for other stuff.
I consider the self-deployment option the 'npm eject' feature of open-core software, and I'd prefer to support an org to avoid having them disappear and consequently needing to manage my own build infra and scanning mailing lists for security vulnerabilities :P
I think the author of Bitwarden should seriously start considering making the official daemon lighter as bitwarden_rs is just that good.
With a requirement to pay extra $5 on your server instance monthly for more memory to self host the official version, you'll be paying a lot more than $10/year.
Too bad that the owner/maintainer doesn't really like an open API. The only way to interact with the backend seems to be using the cli or trying to figure out the API yourself.