DDoS protection starts(!) at around 500$ monthly, this is only for 1gbit of protection. The biggest pservers get around 7gbit of DDoS on a medium attack, go do the math.
A decent dedicated server in europe starts at around 200-300$, you could go for less in certain datacenters (ovh and hetzner) but they're not exactly known for their quality hardware nor network.
Anyway, I told them from the start, their team had no structure, I have trouble working in a group of 4 people, let alone work with 12 people all doing it their own way. Maybe if they had decent leadership they could have managed something, there were some skilled people in their team, I guess SRO is cursed
