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Application Real-Time Monitoring Service (ARMS)

Alibaba Cloud’s Application Real-Time Monitoring Service (ARMS) handles business monitoring by tracking application performance and user experience in real time. It captures transaction data, traces distributed systems, and identifies bottlenecks within your stack. The service aggregates this telemetry to provide visibility into how applications behave under live traffic, helping teams spot issues before they impact end users.

This setup suits teams already operating within the Alibaba Cloud ecosystem who need deep observability without upfront commitments. However, there is no free tier available, meaning every monitoring session incurs immediate costs. The pay-as-you-go model requires careful budgeting, as even basic usage generates charges from the first request, making it less accessible for small projects or experimental workloads.

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  • Free tier No
  • Pricing Pay as you go
  • Regions 8 · 4 continents
  • SLA uptime 99.99%
  • Compliance 10 certifications
  • Provider health A

Decision score

38 /100
Features 20
Pricing 0
Reliability 100
Community 0
Ecosystem 86

Computed from catalog breadth, pricing, provider reliability (uptime & SLA), community signal, and ecosystem (compliance & regions). Weighted equally.

Trust & reach via Alibaba Cloud

Compliance
  • C5
  • CSA STAR
  • FedRAMP
  • GDPR
  • HIPAA
  • ISO 27001
  • ISO 27017
  • ISO 27018
  • ISO 9001
  • PCI DSS
  • SOC 1 Type II
  • SOC 2 Type II
+1 more
SLA uptime
  • compute99.95%
  • database99.95%
  • networking99.95%
  • storage99.99%
Global reach

8 regions across 4 continents

  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania

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