SFTP Integrations vs. Native APIs for User Provisioning

SFTP integrations and native APIs are two methods for user provisioning when SCIM is not available. For simplicity and cost-effectiveness, SFTP is recommended, while for flexibility and scalability, native APIs are preferred. Both methods have their pros and cons, with SFTP offering security, simplicity, compatibility, and batch processing but also having latency issues, manual handling, lack of feedback, and scalability limitations. On the other hand, native APIs provide real-time operations, flexibility, error handling, and automation but can be complex, require maintenance, have security concerns, and face rate limits. The choice between the two methods depends on factors such as organization size, technical expertise available, integration complexity, security and compliance requirements, frequency of user changes, future scalability, and costs and maintenance efforts. WorkOS is another option that uses SCIM and SFTP to streamline user provisioning and deprovisioning integrations.