What Are the Differences Between OTel, Fluent Bit and Fluentd?

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When considering whether to use Fluentd or Fluent Bit, and even Fluent Bit or Open Telemetry (OTel), the answer need not be one or the other. From the outset, Fluent Bit and Fluentd have been built to communicate easily and seamlessly. Because of the way the Fluent Bit and Fluentd solutions structure their payloads internally, we can take an OTel payload, wrap it inside the Fluent model and unpack it again.

The key to answering the question about Fluentd lies with the adoption of OTel for more…