Edge Native include mobile and radio-based networks, while Cloud Native use high-speed networks with rich capabilities

Edge Native applications are not affected by network speeds, while Cloud Native applications are limited by slow networks

Edge Native applications do not require any WAN connection

Edge Native applications require central management for networking, while Cloud Native applications offer more autonomy in network management

Edge Native networks are solely dependent on IP protocol networks, while Cloud Native applications can utilize any type of network

Edge-native applications avoid cloud integration for security reasons.

Edge-native applications are designed with cloud-native principles but adapted for edge-specific constraints.

Edge-native applications are always deployed on constrained devices.

Edge-native applications fully replicate cloud compute resources locally.

Ability to support virtualization and containerization.

Network latency tolerance.

Amount of physical ruggedization (equipment strength).

Use of AI/ML inferencing.

Volatility

Vagueness

Variability

Vulnerability

Created, stored, used/shared, archived and destroyed

Created, used/shared, deleted

Imported, migrated, reviewed, analyzed

Extracted, transformed, processed, archive