Unfortunately the best experience on a degoogled mobile OS is on a Pixel. Pixel 6A is probably the cheapest you can have brand new.
CalyxOS does not come with the same security benefits than GrapheneOS but it's quite good. Unfortunately they don't support the Mi A2 anymore, which was the cheapest phone to degoogled.
The only non-pixel phones they supports aren't cheap.
LineageOS even without GApps isn't degoogled and doesn't support secure boot. It's good to extend the life of a device but isn't near GrapheneOS.
So if you really want to avoid Google hardware and go cheap IMO your best bet is an old OnePlus model that is well supported by DivestOS and with relockable bootloader. DivestOS is a fork of LineageOS that is quite degoogled and harden (with a few GrapheneOS features)
It does not support either microG nor Sandboxed Google Services and so compatibility with apps could be disappointing. Check on plexus.techlore.tech to see if your needed apps needs Google services or microG to work.
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