Uncrowned Addiction and
Uncrowned Gaming use Invision's Cloud hosting. It is expensive, costing around triple what they were self-hosted and with always up-to-date licenses.
However, they still combine to around $100 a month and allow me 100% focus on content vs fighting server issues. So FOR ME that is a significant win. Instead of every Friday being "backup day" and sometimes spending weeks dealing with strange errors, I can now just put that time into more articles and content that generate income. So my logic is that overcoming $100 a month isn't that bad compared to the perks.
It isn't for everyone and the costs are higher than self-hosting. But after decades of self-hosting, the urge to keep up with server needs and education has just left me and now I want to focus on my site's content, not the sites themselves.