Data transfer hasn't been an issue for me in those low end work-type scenarios. However, as a person having connections to several countries I use to spin up a

Data transfer hasn't been an issue for me in those low end work-type scenarios. However, as a person having connections to several countries I use to spin up an instance in a suitable country to work around geo-blocking of TV stations occasionally. That way you very quickly accumulate a couple of GB. Looks like for this use case this lightsail should be much cheaper, even if my bill is not a problem in absolute terms.