Regarding performance, you may want to reach out UnrealDevOp because he’s been testing motion matching for a while:
Unreal Engine 5 - ALS vs Motion Matching (Performance Profiling)
His modified sample project:
For usability and fomo, if Lyra’s is working for you I’d keep it that way. But, if you have development time, budget and dedicated resources to experiment with new features, go for it.