I ran my own personal server for my me and my wifeI (no hosting provider). I paid 1- or 15 (IRCC) when Steenamaroo was doing it for free and the changes from oxide > Umod and changes in Umod's agreement.
If I had a paying community, I'd pay for the plugin.
If you have a community, you COULD ask people to chip in if they really like the plugin and chip in yourself. The worst that can happen if they say NO. Or some say yes, reducing YOUR costs. Otherwise you can look around and see what's there.
I had taken a break shortly after that happened and just got back into Rust.
There are a few others I'd like to have but not sure how long I'll be back in the game.
BTW, Thahnks Steenamaroo for providing it as long as you could.