# Use OpenTelemetry-native observability with Datadog from ingestion to investigation

DevFeed: [Use OpenTelemetry-native observability with Datadog from ingestion to investigation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/use-opentelemetry-native-observability-with-datadog-from-ingestion-to-investigation-2300.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/native-otel-with-datadog/>)

Author: Shanel Huang

Published: 2026-07-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Datadog | The Monitor blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/datadog-the-monitor-blog.md>)

Topics: [OpenTelemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/opentelemetry.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/observability.md>), [telemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/telemetry.md>), [Application Performance Management (APM)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/apm.md>), [infrastructure monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/infrastructure-monitoring.md>), [Instrumentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/instrumentation.md>), [Traces](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/traces.md>), [log management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/log-management.md>)

Tags: [apm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apm.md>), [infrastructure-monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure-monitoring.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>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [opentelemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opentelemetry.md>), [sdks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdks.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>), [telemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/telemetry.md>), [traces](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/traces.md>), [tracing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tracing.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how Datadog supports OpenTelemetry-native observability from instrumentation through ingestion and investigation. It covers vendor-neutral OTLP ingestion through the OTel Collector's standard HTTP exporter and Datadog's direct OTLP intake for metrics, logs, and traces, including use cases such as managed services and serverless environments.

## Source excerpt

Learn how you can use vendor-neutral telemetry while preserving Datadog's infrastructure and APM experiences.