I think staking is great. However, only if I can stake the corresponding coins myself using the corresponding wallet.
From experience, I don't trust platforms. Especially to store large sums of my money there for a long time.
Not your keys, not your coins!
I can recommend "Tron (TRX)" if you want to try staking.
The associated "TronLink-Wallet" is user-friendly, you can use it for staking directly and you have complete control over your private keys.
In addition, the coins are only "locked" for 3 days after you have staked them. after that, they can theoretically be used again immediately.
There are also other staking coins where you have to lock your money for longer time, before it's spendeble again....
There are two types of staking in Biance (as I tried their platform)
*Flexible -where you can withdraw your funds anytime
* Locked - that you need to set time when you withdraw your funds
I have to say that you can't make a good profit if you just have a small amount to stake, honestly. And the choice of coins to a stake is also important. But I have to suggest to choice flexible, it could somewhat smaller APY/returns compared to Locked staking but that was it gives safety to our side. Who knows, right?
availed both of those services in binance before. and you are very right, it depends on the coins that you want to stake as you may only be wasting your time. but for example, if you just want to earn some interest for your btc, and don't want to do any work, you can either put it in flexible or locked savings, for those who are thinking to get it anytime they want, they can opt for flexible. but don't expect you can get a lot from savings. just think that while waiting to sell your btc, you are adding a lil bit of satoshis. i prefer binance as for me, it is more secure than other exchanges owed to their insurance in place.
when it comes to staking other alts, you should really check the development progress of the coin, to see if they have good chance to make it good in the market. it is not about the % profit that you will get but sometimes the capability of the project matters as it will influence its value in the market.