I tried cloudron recently and the experience was pretty smooth. However the 30$/month price tag put me off. Yunohost offers the same (please correct me, if cloudron has features yunohost doesn't have) for free, and it's hard to compete with free.
Agreed the price is steep but it's probably good they're focusing on profitablity. IMO what killed sandstorm.io is the lack of resources to keep apps integrated and updated. It's awesome tech but just didn't hit critical mass.