# OpenTelemetry

OpenTelemetry is an open source observability framework for cloud native software. It provides a single set of APIs, libraries, agents, and collector services to capture distributed traces and metrics from applications. It is not an observability backend, so storage and visualization are left to other tools.

Page: https://slateindex.ai/brand/opentelemetry · data of 2026-11-03

## Facts

- Founded: 2019
- Company type: Open source project
- Deployment: On-premises, in hybrid environments, or across multiple clouds
- Best for: Teams that want to instrument applications once and keep the freedom to change observability backends

## Products

- OpenTelemetry Collector: A proxy that receives, processes, and exports telemetry data, deployed as an agent or gateway.
- Language SDKs: SDKs that implement the specification, APIs, and export of telemetry data for 12+ languages.
- Automatic instrumentation: Components that generate telemetry data without requiring code changes.
- OpenTelemetry Operator for Kubernetes: A tool for running OpenTelemetry on Kubernetes.
- OTLP protocol: A standard wire protocol that defines the shape of telemetry data.

## Rankings

| Category | Rank | Visibility | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Observability | 5 of 45 | 37.4 | 49 |

## By engine

| Engine | Visibility | Mention rate |
|---|---|---|
| chatgpt | 44.1 | 74.1% |
| google_ai_mode | 35.9 | 55.6% |
| perplexity | 32.0 | 51.8% |

## Definitions

- Visibility (0–100): how often and how high AI answers name the brand, weighted by position.
- Mention rate: share of collected AI answers that name the brand.
- Share of voice: the brand's mentions as a share of all brand mentions in the category.
- Citation authority: share of answers naming the brand that cite the brand's own site.

Cite as: SlateIndex, “OpenTelemetry AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/opentelemetry, data of 2026-11-03. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).