Will Aqara zibgee sensors have issues with my existing coordinator, do u really need their hub

Fro. Searching past posts I'm seeing different kinds of answers so wondering if I can get an up to date info on wether Aqara zogbee sensors like water leak, temp/humidity etc will work totally fine with my Sonoff 3 or Third Reality zigbee dongles.

Currently using the TR one on zha for IKEA stuff and tuya sensors. I want to get some diff brand sensors to get more averaged accurate readings on my temp humidity and maybe leaks. I also have a Sonoff 3 dongle I was thinking of switching to using it along with z2mqtt and try it out.

Aqaras stuff looks cool but every device says needs Aqara hub

Does it really need that or will it just work fine with a normal ha zogbee dongle setup, and with all the normal features. Is the hub pointless for me

Is there some other brand of sensors that's fair priced that might be better anyways