OpenTelemetry Has a Free Observability Standard —...

Datadog costs $23/host/month. New Relic's free tier ends fast. OpenTelemetry sends your data to ANY backend — switch providers without changing your code. What is OpenTelemetry? OpenTelemetry (OTel) is a vendor-neutral observability standard. It provides APIs, SDKs, and a collector for traces, metrics, and logs. Your instrumentation stays the same — only the backend changes. Why OpenTelemetry Is the Standard 1. Instrument Once, Export Anywhere import { NodeSDK } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-node'; i