[systemvoltage]

It takes me about 2 hours to setup docker container + Github pipeline. I don't see why this is difficult. I am not saying go all out and manage your kubernetes cluster. I am saying that packaging your application in a docker container and running it in a VM is pretty straight forward.

[ornornor]

Heroku also handles databases, backing them up, etc. And scaling up or down.

[danjac]

DigitalOcean also has managed databases+backups. I'm not sure how it compares on price/reliability though.