Third party integration via API

Question

We have engaged with a third party marketing automation platform. To get the most from this we would like it and Sugar to talk to each other via an API. 
 Do we need to purchase a full Sugar licence to enable this communication or can it be done using a dedicated API user, if so can anyone advise how this is accomplished? 
 Thanks 
 David

David Bundock · Answer

David Bundock 
 Normally we would use a separate user for various reasons during integrations: 
 
 there is no confusion to users what changes records, especially if the user is clearly named 
 normally integration users have different permissions as regular users (normally integrations act as admin) 
 with the current capabilities, password management is clearer, and there is clear separation also for SSO purposes between integration users and application users
 
 especially when leveraging SSO, I am pretty sure that today you would need a non-sso user to complete server to server integrations

for 2 way syncs polling based, it allows to easily stop loops based on last modified user on the Sugar side