[alpeb]

DO is VPS, so there's not the slightest chance for tenants in the same machine to see or modify stuff from other tenants (besides attacks through the network); also you have a guarantee on the amount of CPU and memory allotted to you. The best kind of shared hosting only relies on unix user permissions for security and that's not enough, plus you don't get the CPU and memory guarantees VPS offers.

[triangleman]

I actually had a DO instance hacked, via Wordpress exploit. I guess I wasn't keeping my Wordpress up to date, or not running a security plugin I didn't know I needed. Had to shut the whole thing down, start up a new droplet, reload the website from backup.

Meanwhile my WP sites on DreamHost are happily humming along, automatically upgraded, any problems are promptly attended to by their support team. $12/month, unlimited sites/storage/bandwidth. I do not work for DreamHost.