> I assume I'd be using at least a day to set things up You assume wrong. :) It takes an hour or so to get a tileserver up and running with the switch2osm ins

> I assume I'd be using at least a day to set things up You assume wrong. :) It takes an hour or so to get a tileserver up and running with the switch2osm instructions. I've done it countless times. (You do then need to wait for the Postgres database to populate, but that's just fire-and-forget.) They're written for Ubuntu LTS versions so the "newer versions" issue doesn't arise. Or if Docker's your bag, you can get a ready-to-go image from openmaptiles: https://openmaptiles.com/server/ https://openmaptiles.com/server/ > where anyone can spin it up for $5/mo Not gonna happen. Running a worldwide map server needs a lot of (SSD) storage and decent CPU. I have a £10/month Hetzner VM just to do geocoding (with Photon: https://github.com/komoot/photon https://github.com/komoot/photon) so you aren't going to get a tileserver for half that - and that's no surprise; OSM is ultimately competing with Google, and you can't really expect to host your own Google for $5. But there are plenty of hosted options with tiered pricing.