description Elastic APM Overview
Elastic APM is an open-source monitoring solution that collects detailed performance data for applications and websites, tracking metrics like response time, error rates, and resource consumption to identify bottlenecks and optimize user experience.
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What does Elastic APM track inside an application?
Elastic APM tracks transactions, spans, errors, latency, and service dependencies. Those signals appear in Kibana so teams can inspect slow routes, failed requests, and traces across services.
Which languages have Elastic APM agents?
Elastic has APM agents for common server languages such as Java, Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, .NET, and PHP. The exact feature set can vary by agent, especially for framework auto-instrumentation.
How is Elastic APM different from just reading logs in Elasticsearch?
Logs usually tell you what happened at a point in time, while APM traces show how one request moved through services and database calls. In Elastic Observability, logs, metrics, and APM data can be correlated in Kibana.
Can Elastic APM work with OpenTelemetry?
Yes, modern Elastic observability workflows can ingest OpenTelemetry data, which matters if a team already instruments services with OTel SDKs or collectors. Elastic APM agents are still useful when you want Elastic-specific auto-instrumentation and UI integration.
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