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AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry

Ch 107.2of 27 Telemetry Pipeline Software
  1. 1Runs onAndroid, API, Linux, self-hosted, Windows
  2. 2CostsFree plan
  3. 3Logs supportYes
  4. 4Metrics supportYes
  5. 5Traces supportYes
  6. 6Transform rulesYes
  7. 7Multi-destination routingYes
  8. 8Data enrichmentYes
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Overview

AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry is ranked #10 of 27 in telemetry pipeline software on Specifiction. It runs on Android, API, Linux, Self-hosted, Windows. There is a free plan.

AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry plans and pricing

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AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Free Apache-2.0 licensed distribution · collector version 0.50.0 listed aws-otel.github.io · 5 Oct 2026

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Logs support
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Traces support
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Facts

Purpose
ADOT is an AWS-supported distribution of OpenTelemetry for collecting logs, metrics, and traces.aws-otel.github.io · 5 Oct 2026
Instrumentation
Applications can be instrumented once to send correlated telemetry to one or more observability backends.aws-otel.github.io · 5 Oct 2026
Auto-instrumentation
Auto-instrumentation can generate traces without changing application code.aws-otel.github.io · 5 Oct 2026
AWS metadata
ADOT collects metadata from AWS resources and managed services to correlate application performance data with infrastructure data.aws-otel.github.io · 5 Oct 2026
Backends
Documented backends include Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, Amazon OpenSearch, OTLP-compliant backends, and Amazon MSK.aws-otel.github.io · 5 Oct 2026
Deployment environments
ADOT supports applications on AWS App Runner, Lambda, EC2, ECS, EKS on EC2, Fargate, and on-premises datacenters.aws-otel.github.io · 5 Oct 2026
SDK languages
The documentation has getting-started guides for Go, Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, .NET, and PHP.aws-otel.github.io · 5 Oct 2026
Android
The documentation includes an Android getting-started guide.aws-otel.github.io · 5 Oct 2026
Security and support
The project describes ADOT as secure and production-ready and says it is backed by AWS Support, testing, and certification.aws-otel.github.io · 5 Oct 2026
Open source
The project says it follows an upstream-first approach and contributes enhancements, changes, and bug fixes to the OpenTelemetry community.aws-otel.github.io · 5 Oct 2026
License and release
The download page lists Collector version 0.50.0, released August 25, 2026, under the Apache-2.0 license.aws-otel.github.io · 5 Oct 2026

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