> do basic due diligence wrt security (lock down ssh, firewall, etc.) This is exactly the benefit. You don't have to do any of this stuff. For example, my orga

> do basic due diligence wrt security (lock down ssh, firewall, etc.) This is exactly the benefit. You don't have to do any of this stuff. For example, my organisation has two developers neither of which are experts in network security or system administration. So if can outsource this work to a 3rd party provider then that's a huge benefit. The difference in cost between a $5/month DO droplet and a $10/month managed Redis instance is negligible for us.