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Telemetry stacks rely on their pipeline. An OpenTelemetry-native pipeline keeps data portable, architecture flexible, and teams in control.

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Telemetry Pipeline Comparison

Open Pipelines vs Locked Pipelines:
A Practical Comparison

Telemetry teams face messy data, fragmented agents, slow rollouts, and vendor lock-in.
Here’s how an open OTel-native pipeline compares where it matters.

Feature Comparison

OpenTelemetry is the internal data model
OTLP used end-to-end without schema conversion
Portable & open-source telemetry data formats
Vendor-neutral routing to any destination
Routing without destination-specific pipeline logic
Control plane decoupled from data plane
Centralized collector lifecycle management (config, upgrade, rollback)
Bring-your-own collectors as first-class citizens
No mandatory proprietary agents
Single pipeline fan-out to multiple tools
Destination-agnostic processing and filtering rules
Normalization via OpenTelemetry semantic conventions
Cost controls applied before data leaves your environment
Switch destinations without re-instrumenting applications
No early vendor lock-in

OpenTelemetry-native

Vendor Locked

Proprietary pipelines may support some individual capabilities, but typically through destination-specific logic, proprietary schemas, or tightly coupled agents rather than a unified, OpenTelemetry-native control plane.

Bindplane Makes the Open Path the Easy Path

Bindplane gives you an OTel control plane for collectors, configs, and routing — no need to build your own pipeline. It’s not a closed ecosystem; it keeps your telemetry independent.

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