---
title: Managed inputs
description: Managed inputs are fully managed ingestion endpoints for sending data to Elastic Cloud.
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3663/reference/opentelemetry/managed-inputs
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless
  - Elastic Observability
applies_to:
  - Serverless Observability projects: Generally available
  - Serverless Security projects: Generally available
  - Elastic Cloud Hosted: Generally available
---

# Managed inputs
Managed inputs are fully managed ingestion endpoints for sending data to Elastic Cloud. Each input exposes a protocol-specific endpoint that buffers data, applies back-pressure, and routes it into Elasticsearch, so you don't need to run your own ingestion infrastructure.
Managed inputs are the recommended ingestion path for Elastic Cloud. The following managed inputs are available:

| Input                                                                                                                                                            | Protocol                         | Use it to                                                                                                                                                                          |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [Managed OTLP Endpoint](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3663/reference/opentelemetry/managed-inputs/managed-otlp-endpoint)                      | OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP)    | Ingest OpenTelemetry logs, metrics, and traces from EDOT collectors and SDKs, the EDOT Cloud Forwarder, upstream OpenTelemetry collectors and SDKs, or any OTLP-compliant shipper. |
| [Managed Prometheus Remote Write endpoint](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3663/reference/opentelemetry/managed-inputs/prometheus-remote-write) | Prometheus Remote Write v1 (PRW) | Ingest Prometheus metrics into Elasticsearch time series data streams.                                                                                                             |