LTI vs API for LMS Integration: How to Pick the...

Most edtech teams pick LTI because it sounds like the obvious choice. It's a standard, it works across LMS platforms, and everyone supports it. They start building. Three months in, they hit something LTI simply cannot do — and now they're either redesigning the product or bolting on a custom API integration they didn't plan for. The decision between LTI and a direct API integration isn't about which one is better. It's about what your product actually needs to do. Get this wrong at the start an