# Migrate Datadog telemetry with the OpenTelemetry Collector

DevFeed: [Migrate Datadog telemetry with the OpenTelemetry Collector](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/migrate-datadog-telemetry-with-the-opentelemetry-collector-5223.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://clickhouse.com/blog/datadog-receiver-opentelemetry-collector>)

Author: Mike Shi

Published: 2026-07-21T18:01:08Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [ClickHouse Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/clickhouse-blog.md>)

Topics: [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clickhouse.md>), [cost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost.md>), [instrumentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/instrumentation.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [logs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logs.md>), [metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/metrics.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [opentelemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opentelemetry.md>), [sdks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdks.md>), [telemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/telemetry.md>), [traces](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/traces.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes using the OpenTelemetry Collector's Datadog receiver to route existing Datadog agent and SDK telemetry to other supported observability destinations, avoiding immediate reinstrumentation during migration. It presents ClickStack as an example and frames lower storage costs and fuller telemetry retention as motivations for moving from Datadog.

## Source excerpt

Recent improvements to the OpenTelemetry Collector's Datadog receiver let teams reroute telemetry from their existing Datadog agents and SDKs to ClickStack. or any OTel destination making migrations and evaluations simpler than ever.