Application Real-Time Monitoring Service (ARMS) provides observability for applications, infrastructure, and frontend through specialized sub-services. Activation is free. Paid sub-services include a free quota; billing starts automatically on a pay-as-you-go basis after the free quota is exhausted.
Prerequisites
Before you begin, ensure that you have:
An Alibaba Cloud account
A linked credit card or PayPal account
Activate ARMS
Go to the ARMS product page and click Log In in the upper-right corner. Sign in with your Alibaba Cloud account.
Click Try Now, then click Buy Now on the page that appears.
After activation, all sub-services in public preview are available at no cost.
Billing
Paid sub-services require a billing edition. Each edition includes a free quota. After the free quota is exhausted, the sub-service switches to the corresponding billing model automatically.
New billing model (by ingestion data volume)
The ingestion-based billing model is available for new users of the following sub-services:
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Sub-service |
Billing details |
Activation |
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Application Monitoring |
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Managed Service for OpenTelemetry |
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Managed Service for Prometheus |
To switch from the legacy billing model, contact the DingTalk group (Group ID: 37120013838).
Legacy billing model (by observability feature)
Basic Edition is no longer available for activation. Starting March 31, 2024, technical support is no longer provided for Basic Edition. For details, see [[Billing changes] Discontinuation of Application Monitoring Basic Edition and Browser Monitoring Basic Edition activation](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/arms/product-overview/arms-basic-edition-stops-providing-technical-support-announcement).
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Sub-service |
Edition |
Billing details |
Activation |
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Application Monitoring |
Pro Edition (pay-as-you-go) |
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Subscription resource plan |
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Managed Service for OpenTelemetry |
Pay-as-you-go |
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Browser Monitoring |
Pro Edition (pay-as-you-go) |
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Pro Edition (subscription resource plan) |
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Managed Service for Prometheus |
Pro Edition (pay-as-you-go) |
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Pro Edition (subscription) |
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Managed Service for Grafana |
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Pro, Developer, and Premium editions |
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Synthetic Monitoring |
Pro Edition (pay-as-you-go) |
No longer available. Starting June 1, 2024, new activations and purchases are discontinued. For details, see [[Product changes] Discontinuation of the activation of Synthetic Monitoring](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/arms/product-overview/new-users-stop-opening-cloud-dial-test-announcement). |
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Alert Management |
In public preview |
Free |
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What's next
Select the sub-service that matches your use case:
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Use case |
Sub-service |
Getting started |
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Monitor application performance (Java, Go, PHP, etc.) |
Application Monitoring |
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Monitor frontend performance and user experience |
Browser Monitoring |
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Monitor infrastructure and applications with Prometheus metrics |
Managed Service for Prometheus |
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Build dashboards and visualize observability data |
Managed Service for Grafana |
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Detect application vulnerabilities and security threats |
Application Security |
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Test endpoint availability from distributed locations |
Synthetic Monitoring |
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Trace distributed requests across microservices |
Managed Service for OpenTelemetry |
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Configure alert rules and manage notifications |
Alert Management |