diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/routes.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/routes.tsx
index 1e64912cc57..ea93183aa40 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/routes.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/routes.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { RouteDescriptor } from 'app/core/navigation/types';
 import { uniq } from 'lodash';
 import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/core';
 import { AccessControlAction } from 'app/types';
+import { OrgRole } from '@grafana/data';
 import { evaluateAccess } from './unified/utils/access-control';
 
 const commonRoutes: RouteDescriptor[] = [
@@ -90,6 +91,10 @@ const unifiedRoutes: RouteDescriptor[] = [
   ...commonRoutes,
   {
     path: '/alerting/list',
+    roles: evaluateAccess(
+      [AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleRead, AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleExternalRead],
+      [OrgRole.Viewer, OrgRole.Editor, OrgRole.Admin]
+    ),
     component: SafeDynamicImport(
       () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "AlertRuleListIndex" */ 'app/features/alerting/unified/RuleList')
     ),
@@ -214,6 +219,10 @@ const unifiedRoutes: RouteDescriptor[] = [
   },
   {
     path: '/alerting/groups/',
+    roles: evaluateAccess(
+      [AccessControlAction.AlertingInstanceRead, AccessControlAction.AlertingInstancesExternalRead],
+      [OrgRole.Viewer, OrgRole.Editor, OrgRole.Admin]
+    ),
     component: SafeDynamicImport(
       () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "AlertGroups" */ 'app/features/alerting/unified/AlertGroups')
     ),
@@ -221,6 +230,10 @@ const unifiedRoutes: RouteDescriptor[] = [
   {
     path: '/alerting/new',
     pageClass: 'page-alerting',
+    roles: evaluateAccess(
+      [AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleCreate, AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleExternalWrite],
+      [OrgRole.Editor, OrgRole.Admin]
+    ),
     component: SafeDynamicImport(
       () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "AlertingRuleForm"*/ 'app/features/alerting/unified/RuleEditor')
     ),
@@ -228,6 +241,10 @@ const unifiedRoutes: RouteDescriptor[] = [
   {
     path: '/alerting/:id/edit',
     pageClass: 'page-alerting',
+    roles: evaluateAccess(
+      [AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleUpdate, AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleExternalWrite],
+      [OrgRole.Editor, OrgRole.Admin]
+    ),
     component: SafeDynamicImport(
       () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "AlertingRuleForm"*/ 'app/features/alerting/unified/RuleEditor')
     ),
@@ -235,6 +252,10 @@ const unifiedRoutes: RouteDescriptor[] = [
   {
     path: '/alerting/:sourceName/:id/view',
     pageClass: 'page-alerting',
+    roles: evaluateAccess(
+      [AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleRead, AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleExternalRead],
+      [OrgRole.Viewer, OrgRole.Editor, OrgRole.Admin]
+    ),
     component: SafeDynamicImport(
       () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "AlertingRule"*/ 'app/features/alerting/unified/RuleViewer')
     ),
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/AlertGroups.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/AlertGroups.test.tsx
index ec9704c7ede..765af678612 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/AlertGroups.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/AlertGroups.test.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jest.mock('app/core/services/context_srv', () => ({
   contextSrv: {
     isEditor: true,
     hasAccess: () => true,
+    hasPermission: () => true,
   },
 }));
 const mocks = {
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/alert-groups/AlertDetails.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/alert-groups/AlertDetails.tsx
index 53818045141..878620f5fd5 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/alert-groups/AlertDetails.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/alert-groups/AlertDetails.tsx
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { LinkButton, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
 import { AlertmanagerAlert, AlertState } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
+import { AccessControlAction } from 'app/types';
 import React, { FC } from 'react';
+import { getInstancesPermissions } from '../../utils/access-control';
+import { isGrafanaRulesSource } from '../../utils/datasource';
 import { makeAMLink, makeLabelBasedSilenceLink } from '../../utils/misc';
 import { AnnotationDetailsField } from '../AnnotationDetailsField';
 import { Authorize } from '../Authorize';
-import { getInstancesPermissions } from '../../utils/access-control';
 
 interface AmNotificationsAlertDetailsProps {
   alertManagerSourceName: string;
@@ -16,11 +18,19 @@ interface AmNotificationsAlertDetailsProps {
 
 export const AlertDetails: FC<AmNotificationsAlertDetailsProps> = ({ alert, alertManagerSourceName }) => {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
-  const permissions = getInstancesPermissions(alertManagerSourceName);
+  const instancePermissions = getInstancesPermissions(alertManagerSourceName);
+
+  // For Grafana Managed alerts the Generator URL redirects to the alert rule edit page, so update permission is required
+  // For external alert manager the Generator URL redirects to an external service which we don't control
+  const isGrafanaSource = isGrafanaRulesSource(alertManagerSourceName);
+  const isSeeSourceButtonEnabled = isGrafanaSource
+    ? contextSrv.hasPermission(AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleUpdate)
+    : true;
+
   return (
     <>
       <div className={styles.actionsRow}>
-        <Authorize actions={[permissions.update, permissions.create]} fallback={contextSrv.isEditor}>
+        <Authorize actions={[instancePermissions.update, instancePermissions.create]} fallback={contextSrv.isEditor}>
           {alert.status.state === AlertState.Suppressed && (
             <LinkButton
               href={`${makeAMLink(
@@ -45,13 +55,11 @@ export const AlertDetails: FC<AmNotificationsAlertDetailsProps> = ({ alert, aler
             </LinkButton>
           )}
         </Authorize>
-        <Authorize actions={[permissions.viewSource]}>
-          {alert.generatorURL && (
-            <LinkButton className={styles.button} href={alert.generatorURL} icon={'chart-line'} size={'sm'}>
-              See source
-            </LinkButton>
-          )}
-        </Authorize>
+        {isSeeSourceButtonEnabled && alert.generatorURL && (
+          <LinkButton className={styles.button} href={alert.generatorURL} icon={'chart-line'} size={'sm'}>
+            See source
+          </LinkButton>
+        )}
       </div>
       {Object.entries(alert.annotations).map(([annotationKey, annotationValue]) => (
         <AnnotationDetailsField key={annotationKey} annotationKey={annotationKey} value={annotationValue} />
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/RuleViewerVisualization.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/RuleViewerVisualization.tsx
index 26eb3ed2fd0..5d419399fcc 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/RuleViewerVisualization.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-viewer/RuleViewerVisualization.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import { AlertQuery } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
 import AutoSizer from 'react-virtualized-auto-sizer';
 import { PanelPluginsButtonGroup, SupportedPanelPlugins } from '../PanelPluginsButtonGroup';
 import { TABLE, TIMESERIES } from '../../utils/constants';
+import { Authorize } from '../Authorize';
+import { AccessControlAction } from 'app/types';
 
 type RuleViewerVisualizationProps = {
   data?: PanelData;
@@ -91,20 +93,22 @@ export function RuleViewerVisualization(props: RuleViewerVisualizationProps): JS
                     />
                   ) : null}
                   <PanelPluginsButtonGroup onChange={setPanel} value={panel} size="md" />
-                  {!isExpressionQuery(query.model) && (
-                    <>
-                      <div className={styles.spacing} />
-                      <LinkButton
-                        size="md"
-                        variant="secondary"
-                        icon="compass"
-                        target="_blank"
-                        href={createExploreLink(dsSettings, query)}
-                      >
-                        View in Explore
-                      </LinkButton>
-                    </>
-                  )}
+                  <Authorize actions={[AccessControlAction.DataSourcesExplore]}>
+                    {!isExpressionQuery(query.model) && (
+                      <>
+                        <div className={styles.spacing} />
+                        <LinkButton
+                          size="md"
+                          variant="secondary"
+                          icon="compass"
+                          target="_blank"
+                          href={createExploreLink(dsSettings, query)}
+                        >
+                          View in Explore
+                        </LinkButton>
+                      </>
+                    )}
+                  </Authorize>
                 </div>
               </div>
               <PanelRenderer
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetails.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetails.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4c78bd50443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetails.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
+import { configureStore } from 'app/store/configureStore';
+import { AccessControlAction } from 'app/types';
+import { CombinedRule } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
+import React from 'react';
+import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
+import { MemoryRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { byRole } from 'testing-library-selector';
+import { mockCombinedRule, mockDataSource, mockPromAlertingRule, mockRulerAlertingRule } from '../../mocks';
+import { RuleDetails } from './RuleDetails';
+import { useIsRuleEditable } from '../../hooks/useIsRuleEditable';
+
+jest.mock('../../hooks/useIsRuleEditable');
+
+const mocks = {
+  useIsRuleEditable: jest.mocked(useIsRuleEditable),
+};
+
+const ui = {
+  actionButtons: {
+    edit: byRole('link', { name: 'Edit' }),
+    delete: byRole('button', { name: 'Delete' }),
+    silence: byRole('link', { name: 'Silence' }),
+  },
+};
+
+jest.spyOn(contextSrv, 'accessControlEnabled').mockReturnValue(true);
+
+describe('RuleDetails FGAC', () => {
+  mocks.useIsRuleEditable.mockReturnValue({ loading: false, isEditable: true });
+
+  describe('Grafana rules action buttons', () => {
+    const grafanaRule = getGrafanaRule({ name: 'Grafana' });
+    it('Should not render Edit button for users without the update permission', () => {
+      // Arrange
+      jest.spyOn(contextSrv, 'hasPermission').mockReturnValue(false);
+
+      // Act
+      renderRuleDetails(grafanaRule);
+
+      // Assert
+      expect(ui.actionButtons.edit.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('Should not render Delete button for users without the delete permission', () => {
+      // Arrange
+      jest.spyOn(contextSrv, 'hasPermission').mockReturnValue(false);
+
+      // Act
+      renderRuleDetails(grafanaRule);
+
+      // Assert
+      expect(ui.actionButtons.delete.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('Should render Edit button for users with the update permission', () => {
+      // Arrange
+      jest
+        .spyOn(contextSrv, 'hasPermission')
+        .mockImplementation((action) => action === AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleUpdate);
+
+      // Act
+      renderRuleDetails(grafanaRule);
+
+      // Assert
+      expect(ui.actionButtons.edit.query()).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('Should render Delete button for users with the delete permission', () => {
+      // Arrange
+      jest
+        .spyOn(contextSrv, 'hasPermission')
+        .mockImplementation((action) => action === AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleDelete);
+
+      // Act
+      renderRuleDetails(grafanaRule);
+
+      // Assert
+      expect(ui.actionButtons.delete.query()).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('Should not render Silence button for users wihout the instance create permission', () => {
+      // Arrange
+      jest.spyOn(contextSrv, 'hasPermission').mockReturnValue(false);
+
+      // Act
+      renderRuleDetails(grafanaRule);
+
+      // Assert
+      expect(ui.actionButtons.silence.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('Should render Silence button for users with the instance create permissions', () => {
+      // Arrange
+      jest
+        .spyOn(contextSrv, 'hasPermission')
+        .mockImplementation((action) => action === AccessControlAction.AlertingInstanceCreate);
+
+      // Act
+      renderRuleDetails(grafanaRule);
+
+      // Assert
+      expect(ui.actionButtons.silence.query()).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Cloud rules action buttons', () => {
+    const cloudRule = getCloudRule({ name: 'Cloud' });
+    it('Should not render Edit button for users without the update permission', () => {
+      // Arrange
+      jest.spyOn(contextSrv, 'hasPermission').mockReturnValue(false);
+
+      // Act
+      renderRuleDetails(cloudRule);
+
+      // Assert
+      expect(ui.actionButtons.edit.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('Should not render Delete button for users without the delete permission', () => {
+      // Arrange
+      jest.spyOn(contextSrv, 'hasPermission').mockReturnValue(false);
+
+      // Act
+      renderRuleDetails(cloudRule);
+
+      // Assert
+      expect(ui.actionButtons.delete.query()).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('Should render Edit button for users with the update permission', () => {
+      // Arrange
+      jest
+        .spyOn(contextSrv, 'hasPermission')
+        .mockImplementation((action) => action === AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleExternalWrite);
+
+      // Act
+      renderRuleDetails(cloudRule);
+
+      // Assert
+      expect(ui.actionButtons.edit.query()).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('Should render Delete button for users with the delete permission', () => {
+      // Arrange
+      jest
+        .spyOn(contextSrv, 'hasPermission')
+        .mockImplementation((action) => action === AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleExternalWrite);
+
+      // Act
+      renderRuleDetails(cloudRule);
+
+      // Assert
+      expect(ui.actionButtons.delete.query()).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+function renderRuleDetails(rule: CombinedRule) {
+  const store = configureStore();
+
+  render(
+    <Provider store={store}>
+      <MemoryRouter>
+        <RuleDetails rule={rule} />
+      </MemoryRouter>
+    </Provider>
+  );
+}
+
+function getGrafanaRule(override?: Partial<CombinedRule>) {
+  return mockCombinedRule({
+    namespace: {
+      groups: [],
+      name: 'Grafana',
+      rulesSource: 'grafana',
+    },
+    ...override,
+  });
+}
+
+function getCloudRule(override?: Partial<CombinedRule>) {
+  return mockCombinedRule({
+    namespace: {
+      groups: [],
+      name: 'Cortex',
+      rulesSource: mockDataSource(),
+    },
+    promRule: mockPromAlertingRule(),
+    rulerRule: mockRulerAlertingRule(),
+    ...override,
+  });
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetails.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetails.tsx
index af21b4d4ab2..db8a5fc8e8c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetails.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetails.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-import { CombinedRule } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
-import React, { FC } from 'react';
-import { useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { CombinedRule } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
+import React, { FC } from 'react';
 import { AlertLabels } from '../AlertLabels';
 import { DetailsField } from '../DetailsField';
 import { RuleDetailsActionButtons } from './RuleDetailsActionButtons';
-import { RuleDetailsDataSources } from './RuleDetailsDataSources';
-import { RuleDetailsMatchingInstances } from './RuleDetailsMatchingInstances';
-import { RuleDetailsExpression } from './RuleDetailsExpression';
 import { RuleDetailsAnnotations } from './RuleDetailsAnnotations';
+import { RuleDetailsDataSources } from './RuleDetailsDataSources';
+import { RuleDetailsExpression } from './RuleDetailsExpression';
+import { RuleDetailsMatchingInstances } from './RuleDetailsMatchingInstances';
 
 interface Props {
   rule: CombinedRule;
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsActionButtons.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsActionButtons.tsx
index 3e6640a24ef..7f26d28ba87 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsActionButtons.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleDetailsActionButtons.tsx
@@ -1,24 +1,25 @@
-import React, { FC, Fragment, useState } from 'react';
-import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
-import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { GrafanaTheme2, urlUtil } from '@grafana/data';
 import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import { Button, ConfirmModal, ClipboardButton, HorizontalGroup, LinkButton, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
+import { Button, ClipboardButton, ConfirmModal, HorizontalGroup, LinkButton, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
+import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
+import { getRulesPermissions } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/access-control';
+import { AccessControlAction } from 'app/types';
+import { CombinedRule, RulesSource } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
+import { RulerGrafanaRuleDTO, RulerRuleDTO } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
+import React, { FC, Fragment, useState } from 'react';
+import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
+import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useIsRuleEditable } from '../../hooks/useIsRuleEditable';
+import { useStateHistoryModal } from '../../hooks/useStateHistoryModal';
+import { deleteRuleAction } from '../../state/actions';
+import { getAlertmanagerByUid } from '../../utils/alertmanager';
 import { Annotation } from '../../utils/constants';
 import { getRulesSourceName, isCloudRulesSource, isGrafanaRulesSource } from '../../utils/datasource';
 import { createExploreLink, createViewLink, makeRuleBasedSilenceLink } from '../../utils/misc';
 import * as ruleId from '../../utils/rule-id';
-import { deleteRuleAction } from '../../state/actions';
-import { CombinedRule, RulesSource } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
-import { getAlertmanagerByUid } from '../../utils/alertmanager';
-import { useStateHistoryModal } from '../../hooks/useStateHistoryModal';
-import { RulerGrafanaRuleDTO, RulerRuleDTO } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
 import { isFederatedRuleGroup } from '../../utils/rules';
-import { AccessControlAction } from 'app/types';
 
 interface Props {
   rule: CombinedRule;
@@ -38,12 +39,18 @@ export const RuleDetailsActionButtons: FC<Props> = ({ rule, rulesSource }) => {
   const alertmanagerSourceName = isGrafanaRulesSource(rulesSource)
     ? rulesSource
     : getAlertmanagerByUid(rulesSource.jsonData.alertmanagerUid)?.name;
+  const rulesSourceName = getRulesSourceName(rulesSource);
+
+  const rulesPermissions = getRulesPermissions(rulesSourceName);
+  const hasEditPermission = contextSrv.hasPermission(rulesPermissions.update);
+  const hasDeletePermission = contextSrv.hasPermission(rulesPermissions.delete);
+  const hasExplorePermission = contextSrv.hasPermission(AccessControlAction.DataSourcesExplore);
 
   const leftButtons: JSX.Element[] = [];
   const rightButtons: JSX.Element[] = [];
 
   const isFederated = isFederatedRuleGroup(group);
-  const { isEditable } = useIsRuleEditable(getRulesSourceName(rulesSource), rulerRule);
+  const { isEditable } = useIsRuleEditable(rulesSourceName, rulerRule);
   const returnTo = location.pathname + location.search;
   const isViewMode = inViewMode(location.pathname);
 
@@ -74,7 +81,7 @@ export const RuleDetailsActionButtons: FC<Props> = ({ rule, rulesSource }) => {
 
   // explore does not support grafana rule queries atm
   // neither do "federated rules"
-  if (isCloudRulesSource(rulesSource) && contextSrv.isEditor && !isFederated) {
+  if (isCloudRulesSource(rulesSource) && hasExplorePermission && !isFederated) {
     leftButtons.push(
       <LinkButton
         className={style.button}
@@ -180,6 +187,7 @@ export const RuleDetailsActionButtons: FC<Props> = ({ rule, rulesSource }) => {
     );
   }
 
+  // TODO Maybe there is a way to unify isEditable with FGAC permissions
   if (isEditable && rulerRule && !isFederated) {
     const sourceName = getRulesSourceName(rulesSource);
     const identifier = ruleId.fromRulerRule(sourceName, namespace.name, group.name, rulerRule);
@@ -210,22 +218,28 @@ export const RuleDetailsActionButtons: FC<Props> = ({ rule, rulesSource }) => {
       );
     }
 
-    rightButtons.push(
-      <LinkButton className={style.button} size="xs" key="edit" variant="secondary" icon="pen" href={editURL}>
-        Edit
-      </LinkButton>,
-      <Button
-        className={style.button}
-        size="xs"
-        type="button"
-        key="delete"
-        variant="secondary"
-        icon="trash-alt"
-        onClick={() => setRuleToDelete(rule)}
-      >
-        Delete
-      </Button>
-    );
+    if (hasEditPermission) {
+      rightButtons.push(
+        <LinkButton className={style.button} size="xs" key="edit" variant="secondary" icon="pen" href={editURL}>
+          Edit
+        </LinkButton>
+      );
+    }
+    if (hasDeletePermission) {
+      rightButtons.push(
+        <Button
+          className={style.button}
+          size="xs"
+          type="button"
+          key="delete"
+          variant="secondary"
+          icon="trash-alt"
+          onClick={() => setRuleToDelete(rule)}
+        >
+          Delete
+        </Button>
+      );
+    }
   }
   if (leftButtons.length || rightButtons.length) {
     return (
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesGroup.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesGroup.tsx
index b534a3e8592..ef668398c0c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesGroup.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesGroup.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Badge, ConfirmModal, HorizontalGroup, Icon, Spinner, Tooltip, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
 import kbn from 'app/core/utils/kbn';
+import { AccessControlAction } from 'app/types';
 import { CombinedRuleGroup, CombinedRuleNamespace } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
 import pluralize from 'pluralize';
 import React, { FC, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ export const RulesGroup: FC<Props> = React.memo(({ group, namespace, expandAll }
   const [isDeletingGroup, setIsDeletingGroup] = useState(false);
   const [isCollapsed, setIsCollapsed] = useState(!expandAll);
 
+  const canEditCloudRules = contextSrv.hasPermission(AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleExternalWrite);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     setIsCollapsed(!expandAll);
   }, [expandAll]);
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ export const RulesGroup: FC<Props> = React.memo(({ group, namespace, expandAll }
         );
       }
     }
-  } else if (hasRuler(rulesSource)) {
+  } else if (canEditCloudRules && hasRuler(rulesSource)) {
     if (!isFederated) {
       actionIcons.push(
         <ActionIcon
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/access-control.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/access-control.ts
index 7d18ec3c7fb..fa884513679 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/access-control.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/access-control.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ import { AccessControlAction } from 'app/types';
 import { isGrafanaRulesSource } from './datasource';
 import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
 
-function getAMversion(alertManagerSourceName: string) {
+type RulesSourceType = 'grafana' | 'external';
+
+function getRulesSourceType(alertManagerSourceName: string): RulesSourceType {
   return isGrafanaRulesSource(alertManagerSourceName) ? 'grafana' : 'external';
 }
 
-export function getInstancesPermissions(alertManagerSourceName: string) {
-  const amVersion = getAMversion(alertManagerSourceName);
+export function getInstancesPermissions(rulesSourceName: string) {
+  const sourceType = getRulesSourceType(rulesSourceName);
 
   const permissions = {
     read: {
@@ -26,23 +28,18 @@ export function getInstancesPermissions(alertManagerSourceName: string) {
       grafana: AccessControlAction.AlertingInstanceUpdate,
       external: AccessControlAction.AlertingInstancesExternalWrite,
     },
-    viewSource: {
-      grafana: AccessControlAction.AlertingInstanceRead,
-      external: AccessControlAction.DataSourcesExplore,
-    },
   };
 
   return {
-    read: permissions.read[amVersion],
-    create: permissions.create[amVersion],
-    update: permissions.update[amVersion],
-    delete: permissions.delete[amVersion],
-    viewSource: permissions.viewSource[amVersion],
+    read: permissions.read[sourceType],
+    create: permissions.create[sourceType],
+    update: permissions.update[sourceType],
+    delete: permissions.delete[sourceType],
   };
 }
 
-export function getNotificationsPermissions(alertManagerSourceName: string) {
-  const amVersion = getAMversion(alertManagerSourceName);
+export function getNotificationsPermissions(rulesSourceName: string) {
+  const sourceType = getRulesSourceType(rulesSourceName);
 
   const permissions = {
     read: {
@@ -64,10 +61,40 @@ export function getNotificationsPermissions(alertManagerSourceName: string) {
   };
 
   return {
-    read: permissions.read[amVersion],
-    create: permissions.create[amVersion],
-    update: permissions.update[amVersion],
-    delete: permissions.delete[amVersion],
+    read: permissions.read[sourceType],
+    create: permissions.create[sourceType],
+    update: permissions.update[sourceType],
+    delete: permissions.delete[sourceType],
+  };
+}
+
+export function getRulesPermissions(rulesSourceName: string) {
+  const sourceType = getRulesSourceType(rulesSourceName);
+
+  const permissions = {
+    read: {
+      grafana: AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleRead,
+      external: AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleExternalRead,
+    },
+    create: {
+      grafana: AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleCreate,
+      external: AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleExternalWrite,
+    },
+    update: {
+      grafana: AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleUpdate,
+      external: AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleExternalWrite,
+    },
+    delete: {
+      grafana: AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleDelete,
+      external: AccessControlAction.AlertingRuleExternalWrite,
+    },
+  };
+
+  return {
+    read: permissions.read[sourceType],
+    create: permissions.create[sourceType],
+    update: permissions.update[sourceType],
+    delete: permissions.delete[sourceType],
   };
 }