Add Beats and Elastic Agent feature comparison doc #2762
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Co-authored-by: Visha Angelova <91186315+vishaangelova@users.noreply.github.com>
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| | Secret management |  |  |  | {{agent}} stores credentials in the agent policy. {{beats}} allows users to access credentials in a local [keystore](beats://reference/filebeat/keystore.md). | | ||
| | Progressive or canary deployments |  | <br>{applies_to}`stack: ga 9.1.0` |  | To upgrade {{fleet}}-managed {{agents}} progressively, you can [configure an automatic upgrade](upgrade-elastic-agent.md#auto-upgrade-agents) in the {{agent}} policy. {applies_to}`stack: ga 9.1.0`<br><br>With standalone {{agent}} and {{beats}} you can deploy configuration files progressively using third party solutions. | | ||
| | Multiple configurations per host |  | <br>(uses input conditions instead) | <br>(uses input conditions instead) | {{agent}} uses a single {{agent}} policy for configuration, and uses [variables and input conditions](dynamic-input-configuration.md) to adapt on a per-host basis. {{beats}} supports multiple configuration files per host, enabling third party solutions to deploy files hierarchically or in multiple groups, and enabling finer-grained access control to those files. | | ||
| | Compatible with version control and infrastructure as code solutions |  | <br>(only via API) |  | Agent policies created in the {{fleet}} UI can't be managed with external version control or infrastructure as code solutions. However, you could develop a solution that [uses the {{fleet}} API or adds a preconfigured policy to Kibana](/reference/fleet/create-policy-no-ui.md). {{beats}} and {{agent}} in standalone mode use a YAML file that is compatible with these solutions. | |
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Fixes #1948
Adds Beats and Elastic Agent feature comparison doc and links to it.
Note: This is just a copy/paste from asciidocalypse (+ fixing any errors and links).