Limited-quantity PCBs; where do I get them?

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I have a very simple design for my microcontroller, using an accelerometer and distance sensor. I have a couple of Protoboards right now, but for each design I need 14 connections made and naturally I spend a considerable time on soldering parts together - not to mention the limited durability and reliability of wires in the first place compared to a printed PCB.

I'd like a single-layered printed PCB that can make these connections for me, and has through-holes for mounting my microcontroller and sensors onto. Basically a regular Protoboard but with connections pre-made on it so it doesn't require any wiring. I have a limited budget and don't want to go ahead and order tons of them as my little project may very well not work out as expected - so I'd like to limit it to 20-50 boards only.

Does anyone have any tips or suggestions? Especially since this is not an industrial-grade and highly-complex PCB I'm requesting, but more like a hobbyist thing.

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The Products and Services section of the forum has posts from manufacturers making small quantities. Usually, they'll make 2 or 4 (depending on size) to allow you to test the final product before buying more. The first set is usually very low price.

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Alright, I'll head over there, thanks!

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OSHPark for domestic (US) production. DirtyPCBs, PCBWay, or Seeed for much cheaper production in china.

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if you can make the drawings with some sort of pcb program, you can have a lot of options.
I really like itead. https://www.itead.cc/open-pcb/pcb-prototyping.html

depending on size, you can get 10 boards for $10.
if your boards are smaller, you can get two boards on the 5cmx5cm form, if they are smaller still, you can get more per 5x5 footprint.