The pros and cons of managed VPS hosting
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Managed VPS is the middle ground between bare metal control and full PaaS lock‑in—higher unit cost, lower ops overhead. For lean teams, the real question is whether you want to own 24/7 patching and incident response; if not, the premium is often cheaper than one extra SRE headcount.
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