What are your experiences with wp-discourse plugin and DiscourseConnect?

I’m considering the WP-Discourse plugin to integrate my WP site with Discourse, but would be interested in understanding a bit better what the benefits and costs are. What do you lose exactly when you turn on SSO in terms of discourse functionality, and what do you gain? How are the WP and Discourse accounts linked? For example, can the user profile info like picture, username, email address, “about me” and location be shared across both platforms?

Thanks for any guidance. I’d love to be directed also any good examples of the wp-discourse plugin in action, with and without SSO.