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Alibaba Cloud ARMS RUM
What Alibaba Cloud ARMS RUM is
Alibaba Cloud ARMS RUM is an application monitoring service for Android, iOS, and web. It tracks app performance, application-not-responding (ANR) events, and network requests, with data retained for 90 days. Session replay is not included. The listed Pay-as-you-go plan costs $0.02 a month and settles charges daily; its allocation includes 80 OCU/month for sessions and 20 OCU/month for custom reports. Other listed options are resource plans of 5,000, 10,000, 150,000, 630,000, 3.6 million, and 18 million OCU, but prices for those plans are not provided. There is no free plan. These details make the service's monitoring scope and stated OCU allowances central considerations when choosing a plan. Mobile support is listed for Android and iOS, while web is also named among the platforms.
Who it suits
It suits teams seeking app performance, ANR, and network request monitoring across Android, iOS, and web. Buyers should account for paid plans and the stated OCU allocations.
What it does well
- Monitors app performance, ANR events, and network requests
- Retains data for 90 days
- Lists Android, iOS, and web platforms
- Pay-as-you-go includes session and report OCU allowances
What to know first
- No free plan
- Session replay is not included
Limits
Pay-as-you-go includes 80 OCU/month for sessions and 20 OCU/month for custom reports, with charges settled daily. The service has no free plan, and session replay is unavailable.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | Charges settled daily · 80 OCU/month sessions · 20 OCU/month custom reports | $0.02 a month |
| 5,000 OCU resource plan | 5,000 OCU | On request |
| 10,000 OCU resource plan | 10,000 OCU | On request |
| 150,000 OCU resource plan | 150,000 OCU | On request |
| 630,000 OCU resource plan | 630,000 OCU | On request |
| 3.6 million OCU resource plan | 3.6 million OCU | On request |
| 18 million OCU resource plan | 18 million OCU | On request |
| Pay-as-you-go, Chinese mainland public cloud | daily per OCU · 80 session OCUs/month free · 20 custom-report OCUs/month free · detail retention 30 days · metric retention 90 days | $0.02 a month |
The first 8 of 15 plans, as alibabacloud.com lists them, read 20 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word. Every plan
Getting started
- Visit the Alibaba Cloud ARMS RUM website.
- Choose Pay-as-you-go or one of the listed OCU resource plans.
- Use the supported Android or iOS platforms, or the web platform.
Verdict
Alibaba Cloud ARMS RUM covers several core monitoring areas and specifies a 90-day retention period. Compare the listed paid plan allocations with your requirements, noting daily settlement for Pay-as-you-go.
Questions
Is Alibaba Cloud ARMS RUM free?
No. It is a paid service and has no free plan.
How much does Pay-as-you-go cost?
The listed price is $0.02 a month, with charges settled daily.
What does Pay-as-you-go include?
It includes 80 OCU/month for sessions and 20 OCU/month for custom reports.
Which platforms does it support?
Android and iOS are listed as supported mobile platforms; web is also listed as a platform.
Does ARMS RUM include session replay?
No. Session replay is not included.
Facts from Alibaba Cloud ARMS RUM's own pages
- Alerting
- RUM alert rules cover web vitals such as LCP, FID and CLS, while mobile rules cover resource loading, API calls, crashes and janks. · alibabacloud.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Android SDK
- The Android SDK supports startup configuration, user tracking, custom events, exception reporting and log reporting. · alibabacloud.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Commercial change
- RUM became a commercial service on June 24, 2024, with pay-as-you-go and resource-plan billing. · alibabacloud.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Company founded
- Alibaba Cloud states it was founded in 2009. · linkedin.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters and size
- LinkedIn lists Alibaba Cloud headquarters in Hangzhou and company size of 10,001-plus employees. · linkedin.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Alibaba Cloud lists certifications and reports including CSA STAR, ISO 27001, ISO 20000, ISO 22301, ISO 9001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, PCI DSS and SOC reports. · alibabacloud.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Dashboards
- RUM supplies built-in Grafana dashboards and supports custom dashboards. · alibabacloud.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The official user guide links separate documentation sets for Application Monitoring, Browser Monitoring, Prometheus, Grafana, Application Security, Synthetic Monitoring and OpenTelemetry. · alibabacloud.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Electron SDK
- The Electron SDK supports JavaScript errors, console errors, native crashes, API requests, startup metrics, browser resource loading, clicks and long-task detection. · alibabacloud.com, 14 Oct 2026
- End-to-end analysis
- RUM can combine with ARMS Application Monitoring for full-stack network analysis and troubleshooting. · alibabacloud.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Free quota change
- On April 7, 2026, the previous combined 100-OCU monthly allowance was split into 80 session OCUs and 20 custom-report OCUs that cannot be combined. · alibabacloud.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- RUM integrates with Simple Log Service for log storage and querying, ARMS Prometheus for metrics, and Grafana for visualization. · alibabacloud.com, 14 Oct 2026
- iOS SDK
- The iOS SDK is distributed through CocoaPods as AlibabaCloudRUM 2.4.0 or as downloadable XCFramework files. · help.aliyun.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: Capterra availability
- Capterra lists pricing as contact-vendor, says no free trial is available and says no free version is included. · capterra.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: G2 reliability complaint
- The G2 reviewer reports several long Alibaba Cloud outages and concern about overall platform stability. · g2.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Mobile monitoring
- RUM monitors production iOS and Android applications, collecting exceptions and contextual performance information for root-cause analysis. · alibabacloud.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Ownership
- Crunchbase identifies Alibaba Group as the funder or owner of Alibaba Cloud and places its headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. · crunchbase.com, 14 Oct 2026
- PC limitations
- The PC SDK currently collects data only from dynamic libraries and supports PV/UV, crashes, network services and custom events. · alibabacloud.com, 14 Oct 2026
- PC requirements
- The PC SDK supports Windows 7 or later on x86/x86_64 and macOS 10.13 or later on x86_64/arm64. · alibabacloud.com, 14 Oct 2026
- PC SDK
- A C/C++ SDK supports RUM integration for Windows and macOS desktop applications. · alibabacloud.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Praise: G2 reviewer
- The sole G2 reviewer says deployment is easy, monitoring works well for Alibaba Cloud applications and pricing is competitive or flexible. · g2.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Praise: Gartner reviewers
- Reviewers repeatedly praise end-to-end frontend, backend, API, microservice and infrastructure observability, real-time alerts, distributed tracing, dashboards and Alibaba-service integrations. · gartner.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Public API
- The ARMS OpenAPI uses regional endpoints such as arms.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com and authenticates with Alibaba Cloud AccessKey or STS credentials. · static-aliyun-doc.oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Rating on Capterra
- 0.0 out of 5 from 0 reviews · capterra.com, 14 Oct 2026
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