# Difference between Elastic APM and XRebel

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-elastic-apm-and-xrebel/159418>\
**Category:** APM\
**Created:** [December 4, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-elastic-apm-and-xrebel/159418 "2018-12-04T20:27:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![shiv94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@shiv94](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shiv94)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-elastic-apm-and-xrebel/159418/1 "2018-12-04T20:27:41Z")

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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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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-elastic-apm-and-xrebel/159418/2 "2018-12-04T20:52:17Z")

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> [@shiv94](#):
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> Can I use the APM Java agent with microservices?

Yes.

For the other questions, I don't know.

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**Author:** ![shiv94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@shiv94](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shiv94)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-elastic-apm-and-xrebel/159418/3 "2018-12-04T21:05:00Z")

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Thanks for the response

I can run Java agent as a separate service?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-elastic-apm-and-xrebel/159418/4 "2018-12-04T21:58:40Z")

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

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-elastic-apm-and-xrebel/159418/5 "2018-12-25T17:58:42Z")

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