Why use Ola Hallengren DatabaseBackup method with Idera SQLSafe? We are planning to implement Ola Hallengren's Maintenance Solution in our environment.

Our organization on the other end, is planning to purchase Idera SQLSafe (requested a demo first).

I see a parameter @BackupSoftware = 'SQLSAFE' in Ola's solution. 

Question:


With Idera SQLSafe tool installed, based on the parameter @BackupSoftware in Ola's solution, I assume even Idera SQLSafe can benefit by Ola's solution. Can I know how does it benefit? - Is it just the compression level?
When we have Ola's solution, is it really necessary for a 3rd party tool?
Ola's solution blends with third party softwares

LITESPEED     LiteSpeed for SQL Server
SQLBACKUP     Red Gate SQL Backup Pro
SQLSAFE Idera SQL Safe Backup


It allows you to leverage automation and has a lot of flexibility in-terms of different parameters e.g. blocksize, compression, etc that you might end up writing when deploying the software to many machines.

See the comparison chart : https://www.idera.com/productssolutions/sqlserver/sqlsafebackup/best-sql-backup-software