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The OpenTelemetry Collector
OTel’s Hidden Superpowers
April 8, 2025
12pm EDT
The OpenTelemetry Collector is often underestimated—it’s more than just a pipeline for your telemetry data. It acts as a powerful proxy, enables seamless data transformation, and gives you fine-grained control over what’s collected and where it’s sent. The best part? You can modify your data collection strategy without touching your application code.
In this webinar, we’ll explore the lesser-known capabilities of the OpenTelemetry Collector, clear up common misconceptions, and share best practices for making the most of it.
What You’ll Learn:
- How the Collector fits into OpenTelemetry implementations
- Common misconceptions and overlooked features
- Best practices for filtering, efficiency, and statelessness
- How to chain multiple collectors and optimize data flow
- How Checkly uses the OpenTelemetry Collector to power Checkly Traces
Register now and unlock the full potential of the OpenTelemetry Collector
Who you'll hear from:

Nica Mellifera
Senior Developer Advocate
Checkly

María de Antón
Staff Product Manager
Checkly
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