What is the difference between native and integrated Salesforce apps?

A native platform is built directly on Salesforce and stores all event data inside your org, using the same database and security model as the rest of your CRM. An integrated platform runs on separate infrastructure and pushes data into Salesforce through an API or middleware. The practical difference shows up in three places: native apps don’t consume API calls for core functions, they inherit your org’s permissions automatically, and there’s no sync delay between an action happening and it appearing in Salesforce.