Datadog, Inc. announced a unified experience integrating the Datadog Agent and OpenTelemetry Collector. With this announcement, customers can use Datadog's fully supported Agent while accessing the complete capabilities of the OpenTelemetry Collector, onboard quickly using the existing collector configuration and centralize the management of collectors remotely?all while benefiting from Datadog's reliability and global support team. With the unified OpenTelemetry Collector and Datadog Agent experience, users can: Access Datadog's comprehensive observability solutions alongside existing OpenTelemetry capabilities, enriching OTLP data.

Manage fleets of embedded OpenTelemetry Collectors remotely with Datadog Fleet Automation and onboard faster without manual configurations. Receive dedicated assistance for onboarding and troubleshooting from Datadog's global support team when using the Datadog Agent with the OpenTelemetry Collector and Datadog's SaaS platform.