--- title: Elastic features available with EDOT description: Overview of Elastic features available with EDOT. url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/features products: - Elastic Cloud Serverless - Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector - Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry SDK - Elastic Observability applies_to: - Serverless Observability projects: Generally available - Elastic Stack: Generally available --- # Elastic features available with EDOT The following table shows Elastic features and their level of support and compatibility with Elastic Distributions of OpenTelemetry (EDOT). Refer to the [SDKs Overview](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/edot-sdks) for SDK-specific features. | Feature | Compatibility | Support level | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | **APM** | [Compatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | [Supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | | [Service Maps](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/solutions/observability/apm/service-map) | [Compatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | [Supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | | [Distributed Tracing](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/solutions/observability/apm/traces-ui) | [Compatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | [Supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | | [Head-based Sampling (HBS)](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/solutions/observability/apm/transaction-sampling#apm-head-based-sampling) | [Compatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | [Supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | | [Tail-based Sampling (TBS)](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/solutions/observability/apm/transaction-sampling#apm-tail-based-sampling) | [Compatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature)^4^ | [Not supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | | [Self-managed, OTel Collector-based TBS](https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2022/tail-sampling/) | [Compatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature)^4^ | [Not supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | | TBS managed / hosted in Elastic Cloud | [Incompatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | [Not supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | | Runtime metrics | [See language-specific overview](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/edot-sdks) | - | | **Infrastructure Monitoring** | [Compatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | [Supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | | Host view^1^ | [Compatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | [Supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | | Kubernetes dashboard | [Compatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | [Supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | | **Logs Collection** | [Compatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | [Supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | | OTel-native, Collector-based logs parsing & processing | [Compatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | [Supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | | OTel-native, Collector-based data routing | [Compatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | [Supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | | Managed, centralized processing^2^ | [Incompatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | [Not supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | | **Metrics Collection**^3^ | [Compatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | [Supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | | Automatic metrics mapping | [Compatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | [Supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | | Usage of [Time Series Data Streams](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/manage-data/data-store/data-streams/time-series-data-stream-tsds) | [Compatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | [Supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | | **Central Management** | [Incompatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | [Not supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | | Central management of OTel collectors | [Incompatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | [Not supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | | Central management of OTel SDKs | [Compatible](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | [Supported](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/nomenclature) | ^1^ Refer to [limitations on host metrics](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/limitations#infrastructure-and-host-metrics) ^2^ Refer to [limitations on Ingest Pipelines](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/limitations#centralized-parsing-and-processing-of-data) ^3^ Refer to [limitations on metrics ingestion](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/limitations#metrics-data-ingestion) ^4^ While ingesting traces that have been sampled using TBS is technically possible, there are important limitations to consider. Refer to [Tail-based sampling (TBS) limitations](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/limitations#tail-based-sampling-tbs) for more information.