diff --git a/exporter/debugexporter/exporter.go b/exporter/debugexporter/exporter.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e08ec46fefc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporter/debugexporter/exporter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package debugexporter
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/internal/otlptext"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/plog"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/ptrace"
+)
+
+type debugExporter struct {
+	verbosity        configtelemetry.Level
+	logger           *zap.Logger
+	logsMarshaler    plog.Marshaler
+	metricsMarshaler pmetric.Marshaler
+	tracesMarshaler  ptrace.Marshaler
+}
+
+func newDebugExporter(logger *zap.Logger, verbosity configtelemetry.Level) *debugExporter {
+	return &debugExporter{
+		verbosity:        verbosity,
+		logger:           logger,
+		logsMarshaler:    otlptext.NewTextLogsMarshaler(),
+		metricsMarshaler: otlptext.NewTextMetricsMarshaler(),
+		tracesMarshaler:  otlptext.NewTextTracesMarshaler(),
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *debugExporter) pushTraces(_ context.Context, td ptrace.Traces) error {
+	s.logger.Info("TracesExporter",
+		zap.Int("resource spans", td.ResourceSpans().Len()),
+		zap.Int("spans", td.SpanCount()))
+	if s.verbosity != configtelemetry.LevelDetailed {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	buf, err := s.tracesMarshaler.MarshalTraces(td)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	s.logger.Info(string(buf))
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *debugExporter) pushMetrics(_ context.Context, md pmetric.Metrics) error {
+	s.logger.Info("MetricsExporter",
+		zap.Int("resource metrics", md.ResourceMetrics().Len()),
+		zap.Int("metrics", md.MetricCount()),
+		zap.Int("data points", md.DataPointCount()))
+	if s.verbosity != configtelemetry.LevelDetailed {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	buf, err := s.metricsMarshaler.MarshalMetrics(md)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	s.logger.Info(string(buf))
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *debugExporter) pushLogs(_ context.Context, ld plog.Logs) error {
+	s.logger.Info("LogsExporter",
+		zap.Int("resource logs", ld.ResourceLogs().Len()),
+		zap.Int("log records", ld.LogRecordCount()))
+	if s.verbosity != configtelemetry.LevelDetailed {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	buf, err := s.logsMarshaler.MarshalLogs(ld)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	s.logger.Info(string(buf))
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/exporter/debugexporter/factory.go b/exporter/debugexporter/factory.go
index e9e75130dd6..f0f6ae8ed62 100644
--- a/exporter/debugexporter/factory.go
+++ b/exporter/debugexporter/factory.go
@@ -5,12 +5,17 @@ package debugexporter // import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/debugexp
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"time"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/debugexporter/internal/metadata"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/internal/common"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/internal/otlptext"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 )
 
 // The value of "type" key in configuration.
@@ -42,27 +47,47 @@ func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
 
 func createTracesExporter(ctx context.Context, set exporter.CreateSettings, config component.Config) (exporter.Traces, error) {
 	cfg := config.(*Config)
-	return common.CreateTracesExporter(ctx, set, config, &common.Common{
-		Verbosity:          cfg.Verbosity,
-		SamplingInitial:    cfg.SamplingInitial,
-		SamplingThereafter: cfg.SamplingThereafter,
-	})
+	exporterLogger := createLogger(cfg, set.TelemetrySettings.Logger)
+	debugExporter := newDebugExporter(exporterLogger, cfg.Verbosity)
+	return exporterhelper.NewTracesExporter(ctx, set, config,
+		debugExporter.pushTraces,
+		exporterhelper.WithCapabilities(consumer.Capabilities{MutatesData: false}),
+		exporterhelper.WithTimeout(exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings{Timeout: 0}),
+		exporterhelper.WithShutdown(otlptext.LoggerSync(exporterLogger)),
+	)
 }
 
 func createMetricsExporter(ctx context.Context, set exporter.CreateSettings, config component.Config) (exporter.Metrics, error) {
 	cfg := config.(*Config)
-	return common.CreateMetricsExporter(ctx, set, config, &common.Common{
-		Verbosity:          cfg.Verbosity,
-		SamplingInitial:    cfg.SamplingInitial,
-		SamplingThereafter: cfg.SamplingThereafter,
-	})
+	exporterLogger := createLogger(cfg, set.TelemetrySettings.Logger)
+	debugExporter := newDebugExporter(exporterLogger, cfg.Verbosity)
+	return exporterhelper.NewMetricsExporter(ctx, set, config,
+		debugExporter.pushMetrics,
+		exporterhelper.WithCapabilities(consumer.Capabilities{MutatesData: false}),
+		exporterhelper.WithTimeout(exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings{Timeout: 0}),
+		exporterhelper.WithShutdown(otlptext.LoggerSync(exporterLogger)),
+	)
 }
 
 func createLogsExporter(ctx context.Context, set exporter.CreateSettings, config component.Config) (exporter.Logs, error) {
 	cfg := config.(*Config)
-	return common.CreateLogsExporter(ctx, set, config, &common.Common{
-		Verbosity:          cfg.Verbosity,
-		SamplingInitial:    cfg.SamplingInitial,
-		SamplingThereafter: cfg.SamplingThereafter,
-	})
+	exporterLogger := createLogger(cfg, set.TelemetrySettings.Logger)
+	debugExporter := newDebugExporter(exporterLogger, cfg.Verbosity)
+	return exporterhelper.NewLogsExporter(ctx, set, config,
+		debugExporter.pushLogs,
+		exporterhelper.WithCapabilities(consumer.Capabilities{MutatesData: false}),
+		exporterhelper.WithTimeout(exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings{Timeout: 0}),
+		exporterhelper.WithShutdown(otlptext.LoggerSync(exporterLogger)),
+	)
+}
+
+func createLogger(cfg *Config, logger *zap.Logger) *zap.Logger {
+	core := zapcore.NewSamplerWithOptions(
+		logger.Core(),
+		1*time.Second,
+		cfg.SamplingInitial,
+		cfg.SamplingThereafter,
+	)
+
+	return zap.New(core)
 }
diff --git a/exporter/debugexporter/go.mod b/exporter/debugexporter/go.mod
index 276754fc04a..2d3529c91c7 100644
--- a/exporter/debugexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/debugexporter/go.mod
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.97.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.97.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.97.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.97.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.97.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.4.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.24.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.24.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -40,7 +42,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.97.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configretry v0.97.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.97.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.97.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.97.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.24.0 // indirect
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.24.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.24.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.23.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect