Intelligent Advisor is a cloud architecture inspection and optimization platform. Built on the Alibaba Cloud Well-Architected Framework and best practices from Alibaba Cloud technical account managers (TAMs), it uses preset inspection rules to detect risks and suggest solutions across stability, cost optimization, and capacity scenarios.
Benefits
Comprehensive coverage
Intelligent Advisor supports 20+ cloud services and nearly 300 inspection rules, with ongoing expansion for comprehensive risk detection.
Scenario-specific inspection
Intelligent Advisor provides scenario-specific inspection for stability, cost, and usage, with deep risk analysis for targeted optimization.
Multi-account support
Intelligent Advisor lets you view inspection reports across multiple Alibaba Cloud accounts.
Best practices
Intelligent Advisor incorporates best practices from Alibaba Cloud TAMs and continuously improves based on customer service experience.
Features
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Module |
Description |
Feature |
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General inspection |
Intelligent Advisor scans resources against inspection rules and generates risk results and alerts. |
Overview |
Displays health scores, risk categories, a risk to-do list, and historical overview based on the latest multidimensional inspection results. |
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Multidimensional inspection |
Inspects risks across five dimensions — security compliance, performance efficiency, business stability, cost optimization, and service restrictions — covering 20+ services and 300+ rules based on the Well-Architected Framework. |
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Inspection report |
Export and subscribe to inspection reports for routine O&M to stay informed about risks. |
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Risk operations |
Provides a risk to-do list and inspection whitelist to help you detect, track, and manage risks. |
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Dedicated governance |
Intelligent Advisor provides scenario-specific inspection for stability, cost, and usage, with deep risk analysis for targeted optimization. |
Stability inspection |
Performs risk inspection and analysis based on Alibaba Cloud stability events across services. Results are displayed on a timeline for historical analysis. |
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Cost optimization |
Analyzes resource utilization, idle resources, billing methods, and resource iterations to identify cost savings. |
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Usage analysis |
Collects and analyzes core metrics across services within a specified time range. Displays load statistics against thresholds to help evaluate and improve resource utilization. |
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Resources and historical risks |
Intelligent Advisor synchronizes resource data and historical risk records for centralized viewing and management. |
My resources |
Synchronizes and displays resources for the current account, including basic information and status. Navigate to the related console for detailed management. |
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Historical risks |
Query and export historical inspection records to trace and review past risks. |
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Service linkage |
Intelligent Advisor provides various service linkage capabilities. You can purchase related services to use more features. |
Support plan |
Authorize Alibaba Cloud TAMs to use Intelligent Advisor for tailored cloud resource solutions and optimization recommendations. |
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Architecture consulting |
Combines Intelligent Advisor with Alibaba Cloud Well-Architected Framework consulting for complete, comprehensive, and custom architecture consulting suggestions and optimization solutions. |