Difference between Elastic APM and XRebel

Elastic Observability APM
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Hello, I want to know more regarding Elastic APM Java agent. I have seen XRebel also collects the application performance and can run through Java agent.I don't know much about XRebel. I would like to know the difference and more features of elastic apm UI.

Can I use the APM Java agent with microservices?

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Yes.

For the other questions, I don't know.

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Thanks for the response

I can run Java agent as a separate service?

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No. The agent is starting within the jvm running your micro service.