GGA and meta-GGA functionals do not require four-center integrals as the Coulomb interaction can be calculated directly via the electron density, which is particularly beneficial for periodic calculations and for codes employing different basis functions than Gaussian-type orbitals. On the other hand, pure Kohn-Sham DFT is very prone to errors originating from the self-interaction error. Thus, an overall poor general performance for excited state calculations can be expected due to weakly bound electrons.