# OpenTelemetry

URL: https://donedeploy.com/technologies/opentelemetry/

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Questions

## OpenTelemetry: frequently asked

Does OpenTelemetry replace Prometheus or Datadog?

No. It collects and sends telemetry; Prometheus, Grafana's backends or Datadog store and display it. It lets you change those backends without re-instrumenting code.

Can OpenTelemetry trace LLM calls?

Yes. There are semantic conventions for generative AI and libraries that instrument common model SDKs, so prompts, token counts and latency appear in traces. We make sure sensitive prompt content is handled according to your policy.

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