[pwg]

> I've ruled out hosting them locally in my home lab.

Then you've also ruled out "cost-efficiently host[ing]" them as well.

The most cost efficient method is using the internet connection you already have and are already paying for to also host them.

[toast0]

Kind of depends; my DO droplet is $6/month (I pay for their backup), and static IPs (if available) often cost that much, or more to add to a residential internet connection. Currently, I would need to have new service installed to switch to a different billing system where they could add a static; even the service was the same cost, I'd be paying off the install for a long time, so...

OTOH, if I needed more hardware, it'd be helpful to serve from home, because renting hardware gets expensive.

[_t2kx]

Read it as "cost-efficiently externally hosting" then I guess. For a PoC I might host locally just to show it off to others, but I wouldn't want to deploy it there long-term, mostly since I'm not physically near said lab for several months at a time so if things went down it'd be a drag.