You could get a dedicated Xeon with 16GB ECC for $36 a month, that's less than $1000 for two years. You would also be able to forego the VMs since you can run

You could get a dedicated Xeon with 16GB ECC for $36 a month, that's less than $1000 for two years. You would also be able to forego the VMs since you can run your containers on the metal.