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## Java agent versus Spring Boot starter

You can use two options to instrument
[Spring Boot](https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot) applications with
OpenTelemetry.
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- **Spring Boot configuration files** (`application.properties`,
`application.yml`) to configure the OpenTelemetry Spring Boot starter which
doesn't work with the OpenTelemetry Java agent

## Comparison to Micrometer

A question asked frequently is how [Micrometer](https://micrometer.io/) and the OpenTelemetry Spring Boot Starter differentiate. At a high level, the differences are as follows:

OpenTelemetry Spring Boot starter:

- Natively uses the OpenTelemetry API, OpenTelemetry SDK, and the OpenTelemetry
semantic conventions.
- Supported by the OpenTelemetry community (governed by the CNCF / Linux
Foundation).

Micrometer [^1][^2]:

- An independent standalone observability system.
- Offers optional bridges into parts of the OpenTelemetry ecosystem.
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- Offers optional bridges into parts of the OpenTelemetry ecosystem.
- Offers optional bridges into OpenTelemetry Tracing and Metrics.

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you also don't get SDK features

- Supported by the Micrometer community (governed by Broadcom Inc).

As the authors of the OpenTelemetry Spring Boot starter, we recommend using the
OpenTelemetry Spring Boot starter. We have a great community behind it, and are
continuously making improvements. If you try it out and have any problems or
suggestions, open an
[issue](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/issues)
in our repository.
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As the authors of the OpenTelemetry Spring Boot starter, we recommend using the
OpenTelemetry Spring Boot starter. We have a great community behind it, and are
continuously making improvements. If you try it out and have any problems or
suggestions, open an
[issue](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/issues)
in our repository.
Both solutions are open source and support different exporters, including OTLP and Prometheus,
and both are compatible for tracing use cases. This means, that they fit equally into an existing
observability architecture. It is up to the end user to decide, which solution satisfies their requirements better.

This is the sentence I would remove in the light of "neutrality". It's very obvious that we recommend the otel solution, so we don't have to say that explicitly.

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It sounds a bit like we would not be convinced that our solution is the better one.

We do try to become the standard API in the java world - can we say that in a friendly way?


[^1]:
[Micrometer metrics OTLP registry](https://docs.micrometer.io/micrometer/reference/implementations/otlp.html)

[^2]:
[Micrometer tracing OpenTelemetry bridge](https://docs.micrometer.io/tracing/reference/tracers.html)
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{{% alert title="Note" color="info" %}}

You can also use the [Java agent](../../agent) to instrument your Spring Boot
application. For the pros and cons, see [Java zero-code instrumentation](..).
application. For the pros and cons, see
[Java agent versus Spring Boot starter](../#java-agent-versus-spring-boot-starter).

{{% /alert %}}

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