I am running Aotect Zi-Stick (ZGA008), but I would probably go with Sonoff ZBDongle-E, which is based the same EFR32MG21 chip, but has external antenna.
I recommend to use #Zigbee2MQTT because it's decoupled from home automation software:
ability to switch software in future without repairing all devices in different software,
no duplication of efforts to add device support in multiple softwares,
ability to run (or evaluate) different software in parallel against the same Zigbee network.