What are some proven yet not premium priced boards for MicroPython besides this one? Goal is just to play around with a bunch of sensors from Joy-It X40 40 sen

What are some proven yet not premium priced boards for MicroPython besides this one? Goal is just to play around with a bunch of sensors from Joy-It X40 40 sensor sampler - nothing serious. Looking at https://forum.micropython.org/ https://forum.micropython.org/ looks like activity is evenly split between various ESP8266 and ESP32 boards.