Alibaba Cloud Application Real-Time Monitoring Service (ARMS)

Alibaba Cloud Application Real-Time Monitoring Service (ARMS) is a comprehensive, cloud-native observability platform offered by Alibaba Cloud. It provides real-time monitoring capabilities for various application types, including distributed applications, frontend performance, mobile app…

Key facts

First appeared
2017
Category
technology
Problem solved
Alibaba Cloud ARMS was created to address the escalating complexity of monitoring modern distributed applications, microservices, and serverless architectures in cloud environments. Before ARMS, organizations struggled with fragmented monitoring tools, reactive troubleshooting, and a lack of unified visibility into application performance, making it difficult to pinpoint root causes of performance degradation or outages in real time across dynamic cloud infrastructure.
Platforms
Kubernetes, Linux, Alibaba Cloud, Windows Server, Docker

Related technologies

Notable users

  • SMEs deploying applications on Alibaba Cloud
  • Enterprises and organizations using Alibaba Cloud for their core business applications across various industries (e.g., e-commerce, finance, gaming, logistics)
  • Alibaba Group (internal applications)