diff --git a/cmd/otelbench/record.go b/cmd/otelbench/record.go
index 2cac670c..82c1b7a1 100644
--- a/cmd/otelbench/record.go
+++ b/cmd/otelbench/record.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 	"github.com/go-faster/errors"
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/snappy"
 	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/prompb"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ type Record struct {
 	Duration time.Duration
 	Output   string
 	Validate bool
+	Encoding string
 
 	points   atomic.Uint64
 	requests atomic.Uint64
@@ -35,8 +37,8 @@ func (r *Record) read(req *http.Request) ([]byte, error) {
 	if t := req.Header.Get("Content-Type"); t != "application/x-protobuf" {
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("unsupported content type %q", t)
 	}
-	if e := req.Header.Get("Content-Encoding"); e != "zstd" {
-		return nil, errors.Errorf("unsupported encoding %q", e)
+	if e := req.Header.Get("Content-Encoding"); e != r.Encoding {
+		return nil, errors.Errorf("unexpected encoding %q", e)
 	}
 
 	compressedData, err := io.ReadAll(req.Body)
@@ -44,16 +46,24 @@ func (r *Record) read(req *http.Request) ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "read compressed data")
 	}
 
-	d, err := zstd.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(compressedData))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "create decoder")
-	}
-	defer d.Close()
-
 	if r.Validate {
-		data, err := io.ReadAll(d)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "read data")
+		var data []byte
+		switch r.Encoding {
+		case "zstd":
+			reader, err := zstd.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(compressedData))
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "create decoder")
+			}
+			defer reader.Close()
+			if data, err = io.ReadAll(reader); err != nil {
+				return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "read data")
+			}
+		case "snappy":
+			if data, err = snappy.Decode(data, compressedData); err != nil {
+				return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "decode data")
+			}
+		default:
+			return nil, errors.Errorf("unsupported encoding %q", r.Encoding)
 		}
 		var writeRequest prompb.WriteRequest
 		if err := writeRequest.Unmarshal(data); err != nil {
@@ -100,6 +110,7 @@ func (r *Record) Run(ctx context.Context) (rerr error) {
 			}
 			compressedData, err := r.read(req)
 			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Println("> bad request:", err)
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
 				return
 			}
@@ -181,5 +192,6 @@ func newRecordCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().DurationVarP(&recorder.Duration, "duration", "d", time.Minute*5, "Duration to record")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&recorder.Output, "output", "o", "requests.rwq", "Output file")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&recorder.Validate, "validate", true, "Validate requests")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&recorder.Encoding, "encoding", "zstd", "Encoding to use")
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/cmd/otelbench/replay.go b/cmd/otelbench/replay.go
index cfd65b2c..456ef832 100644
--- a/cmd/otelbench/replay.go
+++ b/cmd/otelbench/replay.go
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Replay struct {
-	Target  string
-	Source  string
-	Workers int
+	Target   string
+	Source   string
+	Encoding string
+	Workers  int
 }
 
 func (r *Replay) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ func (r *Replay) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "create request")
 		}
 		req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/x-protobuf")
-		req.Header.Set("Content-Encoding", "zstd")
+		req.Header.Set("Content-Encoding", r.Encoding)
 		res, err := client.Do(req)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "do request")
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ func (r *Replay) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 		if len(out) == 0 {
 			out = []byte("empty")
 		}
-		if res.StatusCode != http.StatusAccepted {
+		if !(res.StatusCode == http.StatusAccepted || res.StatusCode == http.StatusNoContent || res.StatusCode == http.StatusOK) {
 			return errors.Errorf("%s: %s", res.Status, out)
 		}
 		return nil
@@ -135,5 +136,6 @@ func newReplayCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&replay.Target, "target", "http://127.0.0.1:19291", "Target server")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&replay.Source, "input", "i", "requests.rwq", "Source file")
 	cmd.Flags().IntVarP(&replay.Workers, "workers", "j", 8, "Number of workers")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&replay.Encoding, "encoding", "zstd", "Encoding")
 	return cmd
 }