I'm thinking about moving a project to a VPS and dreading the migration. Anyone moved to newbielink:https://hostpro.com/ [nonactive] — was the process smooth? I'd also need daily backups and DDoS protection on the new setup

Migrating to a new VPS ranges from painless (under 30 minutes) to moderately stressful, depending entirely on how your server is configured and whether you automate deployments. If you use Docker or a hosting control panel, the move is straightforward; if you manually configured software and databases years ago without dоcumentation, expect some troubleshooting.