Specified for the workload
Sized for what the application actually does, with headroom that matches how you expect it to grow.
For applications that need their own machine, with the administration handled rather than handed to you with a root password.

An unmanaged server is a good deal until it needs patching on a Friday, or until the person who set it up leaves and takes the configuration knowledge with them.
Managed means we own the operating system, the patching, the monitoring and the backup. You own the application.
Sized for what the application actually does, with headroom that matches how you expect it to grow.
Applied on a schedule and tested, rather than deferred until a vulnerability makes it urgent.
Capacity, performance and availability watched, so problems are caught while they are still small.
Offsite copies and a documented recovery time, tested rather than assumed.
Thirty minutes with a senior engineer, then a written one-page summary you keep whether or not you work with us.