It would depend on how many things were being changed at once.
If I wanted 5 parameter changes for different plugins simultaneously, I would adjust the 5 widgets for that variation and then later i would merely need to recall that variation to have all 5 of those parameters change.
In a DAW I would have to create 5 different lanes of automation for those changes, and then copy/paste those changes in every section I wanted those changes to occur. I don’t see that as being less time consuming.
If you’re wanting continuous automation where the values of parameters are constantly moving and in flux, then DAW automation has its advantages.
For my own usage, I use an external app for my looping that has a timeline, and I use Gig Performer for hosting all of my plugins – the infrastructure for all my songs and song parts, the rackspaces and variations, and multiple instances for various instrument groups. This is what GP does better than any other app. In the other app, I merely send OSC and/or MIDI messages back to GP to make the appropriate changes at the assigned points on the timeline. Each app gets to do what it does best.