Nowadays, if you really don't need a server, then don't spin up one. In this case, the author does not need a server. If you think you might need to do some backend processing, see if you can use 'serverless' functions and offload the admin work to someone else. If that doesn't suffice, maybe something like App Engine. Still not enough? Ok, so maybe a AWS batch job (or equivalent). Does it have to run all the time? Then maybe a container managed by ECS or similar. None of this works and you need an actual VM? Fine, spin up one. But now you have to care for it and keep it monitored, patched and secured.