dd-otel-comparision

dd-otel-comparision.txt

1. Datadog https://a.cl.ly/4gu90zpp

        dd api intake
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|           |                                                        user application                                  |
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|           |                                             +----------+----------+--------+-----+--------------+        |
|           |                                             |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|           |                                             |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|           +                                             |          |          |        |custom              |        |
|                                                         |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|        dd-agent + trace-agent                           | flask    | redis    | sql    |     |              |        |
|    +---------+                                          |          |          | alchemy|     |              |        |
|    |         |                                          |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|    |         |                                          |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|    |         |                                          |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|    |         |                                          |          |          |  +     |  +  |              |        |
|    |         |                                          |          |  +       |  |     |  |  |              |        |
|    |         |                                          |     +    |  |       |  |     |  |  |              |        |
|    +---------+                                          +----------+----------+--------+-----+              |        |
|                                                         |     |       |          |        |                 |        |
|        ^                                                +-----v---------------------------------------------+        |
|        |                                                | dd-trace-py +------------+ +----------------------|        |
|        |                                                | +---------+ |all         | |manual    ||exporting||        |
|        |                                                | |runtime  | |integrations| |tracing   ||to agent ||        |
|        |                                                | |metrics  | +------------+ |api       +-----+-----+        |
|        |                                                | +---------+                +----------+     |     |        |
|        |                                                +---------------------------------------------------+        |
|        |                                                |                         ^                   |     |        |
|        |                                                +-------------------------+-------------------------+        |
|        |                                                  this is all one package +                   |              |
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2. Otel (without Datadog exporter) https://a.cl.ly/p9uGpjgn

         arbitrary vendor api

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|           |                                                        user application                                  |
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|           |                                             +----------+----------+--------+-----+--------------+        |
|           |                                             |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|           |                                             |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|           +                                             |          |          |        |custom              |        |
|                                                         |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|                                                         | flask    | redis    | sql    |     |              |        |
|    +---------+otel collector                            |          |          | alchemy|     |              |        |
|    |         |(basically a lightweight                  |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|    |nr export|trace-agent)                              |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|    |lightstep|                                          |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|    |honeycomb|                                          |          |          |        |  +  |              |        |
|    |etc      |                                          |          |  +       |        |  |  |              |        |
|    |         |                                          |     +    |  |       |        |  |  |              |        |
|    +---------+                   +--------------+       +----------+----------+--------+-----+              |        |
|                                  |zipkin        |       |     |       |                   |                 |        |
|        ^   +-------------+       |host          |       +-----v-------+-------------------+-----------------+        |
|        |   |jaeger       |       |collector?    |       |otel-python|otel|otel|otel-span   |otel            |        |
|        |   |host         |       +--------------+       |           |py  |py  |processor   |(jaeger|zipkin| |        |
|        |   |agent?       |                              |api        |flask    |            |prometheus|     |        |
|        |   +---+---------+            ^                 |           |    |redis            |stdout|         |        |
|        |       ^                      |                 |           |    |    |            |collector)      |        |
|        |       |                      |                 |           |    |    |            |exporter        |        |
|        |       |                      |                 |     ^     |  ^ |  ^ |    ^       |      ^         |        |
|        |       |                      |                 +-----+-----+--+-+--+-+----+-------+------+---+-----+        |
|        |       |                      |                  these are all seperate packages              |              |
|        <-------+----------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------v              |
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3. Otel (with Datadog exporter in OpenTelemetry Collector) 

         datadog intake api

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|           |                                                                                                          |
|           |                                                        user application                                  |
|           |                                                                                                          |
|           |                                             +----------+----------+--------+-----+--------------+        |
|           |                                             |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|           |                                             |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|           +                                             |          |          |        |custom              |        |
|                                                         |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|                                                         | flask    | redis    | sql    |     |              |        |
|    +---------+otel collector                            |          |          | alchemy|     |              |        |
|    |         |(basically a lightweight                  |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|    |datadog  |trace-agent)                              |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|    |exporter |                                          |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|    |         |                                          |          |          |        |  +  |              |        |
|    |(other   |                                          |          |  +       |        |  |  |              |        |
|    |vendors) |                                          |     +    |  |       |        |  |  |              |        |
|    +---------+                   +--------------+       +----------+----------+--------+-----+              |        |
|                                  |zipkin        |       |     |       |                   |                 |        |
|        ^   +-------------+       |host          |       +-----v-------+-------------------+-----------------+        |
|        |   |jaeger       |       |collector?    |       |otel-python|otel|otel|otel-span   |otel            |        |
|        |   |host         |       +--------------+       |           |py  |py  |processor   |(jaeger|zipkin| |        |
|        |   |agent?       |                              |api        |flask    |            |prometheus|     |        |
|        |   +---+---------+            ^                 |           |    |redis            |stdout|         |        |
|        |       ^                      |                 |           |    |    |            |collector)      |        |
|        |       |                      |                 |           |    |    |            |exporter        |        |
|        |       |                      |                 |     ^     |  ^ |  ^ |    ^       |      ^         |        |
|        |       |                      |                 +-----+-----+--+-+--+-+----+-------+------+---+-----+        |
|        |       |                      |                  these are all seperate packages              |              |
|        <-------+----------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------v              |
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4. Otel (with Datadog exporter in OpenTelemetry-SDK) https://a.cl.ly/YEuoG8mP

        dd api intake
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|           |                                                        user application                                  |
|           |                                                                                                          |
|           |                                             +----------+----------+--------+-----+--------------+        |
|           |                                             |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|           |                                             |          |          |        |     +              |        |
|           +                                             |          |          |        |custom              |        |
|                                                         |          |          |        |     +              |        |
|           dd-agent + trace-agent                        | flask    | redis    | sql    |     |              |        |
|    +---------+                                          |          |          | alchemy|     |              |        |
|    |         |                                          |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|    |         |                                          |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|    |         |                                          |          |          |        |     |              |        |
|    |         |                                          |          |          |        |  +  |              |        |
|    |         |                                          |          |  +       |        |  |  |              |        |
|    |         |                                          |     +    |  |       |        |  |  |              |        |
|    +---------+                                          +----------+----------+--------+-----+              |        |
|                                                         |     |       |                   |                 |        |
|        ^                                                +-----v-------+-------------------++----------------+        |
|        |                                                |otel+python|otel|otel|            |                |        |
|        |                                                |           |py  +py  | datadog    |  datadog       |this    |
|        |                                                |api        |flask    + span       |  exporter      |literally
|        |                                                |(+dd       |    +redis processor  |  1. translate  |imports |
|        |                                                |propagation)    |    +            |  2. send to    |dd-trace|py
|        |                                                |           |    |    |            |    trace-agent |for     |
|        |                                                |     ^     |  ^ |  ^ |    ^       |      ^         |it's    |
|        |                                                +-----+-----+--+-+--+-+----+-------+------+---+-----+exporter|
|        |                                                 these are all seperate packages              |      code    |
|        <----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------v              |
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