OpenTelemetry
Open standard for traces, metrics and logs, with no vendor lock-in.
FrameworkOpen source
Set of APIs, SDKs and a collector to instrument applications and send traces, metrics and logs to any observability backend.
When to use
To instrument apps once and choose or switch the observability backend later.
When to avoid
In small projects, where a single vendor's agent is enough.
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