diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleEditorExisting.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleEditorExisting.test.tsx
index 87143007b66..ee8a14a749f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleEditorExisting.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleEditorExisting.test.tsx
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ describe('RuleEditor grafana managed rules', () => {
             {
               annotations: { description: 'some description', summary: 'some summary' },
               labels: { severity: 'warn', team: 'the a-team' },
-              for: '5m',
+              for: '1m',
               grafana_alert: {
                 uid,
                 namespace_uid: 'abcd',
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ describe('RuleEditor grafana managed rules', () => {
           {
             annotations: { description: 'some description', summary: 'some summary', custom: 'value' },
             labels: { severity: 'warn', team: 'the a-team', custom: 'value' },
-            for: '5m',
+            for: '1m',
             grafana_alert: {
               uid,
               condition: 'B',
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleEditorGrafanaRules.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleEditorGrafanaRules.test.tsx
index d4f6f031e6f..096c594ae83 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleEditorGrafanaRules.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleEditorGrafanaRules.test.tsx
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ describe('RuleEditor grafana managed rules', () => {
             {
               annotations: { description: 'some description', summary: 'some summary' },
               labels: { severity: 'warn', team: 'the a-team' },
-              for: '5m',
+              for: '1m',
               grafana_alert: {
                 uid: '23',
                 namespace_uid: 'abcd',
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ describe('RuleEditor grafana managed rules', () => {
             {
               annotations: { description: 'some description', summary: 'some summary' },
               labels: { severity: 'warn', team: 'the a-team' },
-              for: '5m',
+              for: '1m',
               grafana_alert: {
                 uid: '23',
                 namespace_uid: 'b',
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ describe('RuleEditor grafana managed rules', () => {
           {
             annotations: { description: 'some description' },
             labels: { severity: 'warn' },
-            for: '5m',
+            for: '1m',
             grafana_alert: {
               condition: 'B',
               data: getDefaultQueries(),
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleList.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleList.test.tsx
index a02a5b6a67a..06d1e9c8256 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleList.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleList.test.tsx
@@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ describe('RuleList', () => {
       await userEvent.clear(ui.editGroupModal.ruleGroupInput.get());
       await userEvent.type(ui.editGroupModal.ruleGroupInput.get(), 'super group');
 
+      await userEvent.clear(ui.editGroupModal.intervalInput.get());
       await userEvent.type(ui.editGroupModal.intervalInput.get(), '5m');
 
       // submit, check that appropriate calls were made
@@ -743,6 +744,8 @@ describe('RuleList', () => {
       // make changes to form
       await userEvent.clear(ui.editGroupModal.ruleGroupInput.get());
       await userEvent.type(ui.editGroupModal.ruleGroupInput.get(), 'super group');
+
+      await userEvent.clear(ui.editGroupModal.intervalInput.get());
       await userEvent.type(ui.editGroupModal.intervalInput.get(), '5m');
 
       // submit, check that appropriate calls were made
@@ -773,6 +776,7 @@ describe('RuleList', () => {
 
     testCase('edit lotex group eval interval, no renaming', async () => {
       // make changes to form
+      await userEvent.clear(ui.editGroupModal.intervalInput.get());
       await userEvent.type(ui.editGroupModal.intervalInput.get(), '5m');
 
       // submit, check that appropriate calls were made
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/EvaluationGroupQuickPick.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/EvaluationGroupQuickPick.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec9b1ceb0ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/EvaluationGroupQuickPick.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { screen } from '@testing-library/dom';
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+import React from 'react';
+
+import { getEvaluationGroupOptions, EvaluationGroupQuickPick } from './EvaluationGroupQuickPick';
+
+describe('EvaluationGroupQuickPick', () => {
+  it('should render the correct default preset, set active element and allow selecting another option', async () => {
+    const onSelect = jest.fn();
+    render(<EvaluationGroupQuickPick currentInterval={'10m'} onSelect={onSelect} />);
+
+    const shouldHaveButtons = ['10s', '30s', '1m', '5m', '10m', '15m', '30m', '1h'];
+    const shouldNotHaveButtons = ['0s', '2h'];
+
+    shouldHaveButtons.forEach((name) => {
+      expect(screen.getByRole('option', { name })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    shouldNotHaveButtons.forEach((name) => {
+      expect(screen.queryByRole('option', { name })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('option', { selected: true })).toHaveTextContent('10m');
+
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('option', { name: '30m' }));
+    expect(onSelect).toHaveBeenCalledWith('30m');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('getEvaluationGroupOptions', () => {
+  it('should return the correct default options', () => {
+    const options = getEvaluationGroupOptions();
+    expect(options).toEqual(['10s', '30s', '1m', '5m', '10m', '15m', '30m', '1h']);
+  });
+
+  it('should return the correct options when minInterval is set within set of defaults', () => {
+    const options = getEvaluationGroupOptions('1m0s');
+    expect(options).toEqual(['1m', '5m', '10m', '15m', '30m', '1h', '2h', '4h']);
+  });
+
+  it('should return the correct options when minInterval is set outside set of defaults', () => {
+    const options = getEvaluationGroupOptions('12h');
+    expect(options).toEqual(['12h', '1d', '1d12h', '2d', '2d12h', '3d', '3d12h', '4d']);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/EvaluationGroupQuickPick.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/EvaluationGroupQuickPick.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a92c2826676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/EvaluationGroupQuickPick.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { last, times } from 'lodash';
+import React from 'react';
+
+import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { Button, Stack } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+import { formatPrometheusDuration, parsePrometheusDuration, safeParsePrometheusDuration } from '../../utils/time';
+
+const MIN_INTERVAl = config.unifiedAlerting.minInterval ?? '10s';
+export const getEvaluationGroupOptions = (minInterval = MIN_INTERVAl) => {
+  const MIN_OPTIONS_TO_SHOW = 8;
+  const DEFAULT_INTERVAL_OPTIONS: number[] = [
+    parsePrometheusDuration('10s'),
+    parsePrometheusDuration('30s'),
+    parsePrometheusDuration('1m'),
+    parsePrometheusDuration('5m'),
+    parsePrometheusDuration('10m'),
+    parsePrometheusDuration('15m'),
+    parsePrometheusDuration('30m'),
+    parsePrometheusDuration('1h'),
+  ];
+
+  // 10s for OSS and 1m0s for Grafana Cloud
+  const minEvaluationIntervalMillis = safeParsePrometheusDuration(minInterval);
+
+  /**
+   * 1. make sure we always show at least 8 options to the user
+   * 2. find the default interval closest to the configured minInterval
+   * 3. if we have fewer than 8 options, we basically double the last interval until we have 8 options
+   */
+  const head = DEFAULT_INTERVAL_OPTIONS.filter((millis) => minEvaluationIntervalMillis <= millis);
+
+  const tail = times(MIN_OPTIONS_TO_SHOW - head.length, (index: number) => {
+    const lastInterval = last(head) ?? minEvaluationIntervalMillis;
+    const multiplier = head.length === 0 ? 1 : 2; // if the head is empty we start with the min interval and multiply it only once :)
+    return lastInterval * multiplier * (index + 1);
+  });
+
+  return [...head, ...tail].map(formatPrometheusDuration);
+};
+
+export const QUICK_PICK_OPTIONS = getEvaluationGroupOptions(MIN_INTERVAl);
+
+interface Props {
+  currentInterval: string;
+  onSelect: (interval: string) => void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Allow a quick selection of group evaluation intervals, based on the configured "unifiedAlerting.minInterval" value
+ * ie. [1m, 2m, 5m, 10m, 15m] etc.
+ */
+export const EvaluationGroupQuickPick = ({ currentInterval, onSelect }: Props) => (
+  <Stack direction="row" gap={0.5} role="listbox">
+    {QUICK_PICK_OPTIONS.map((interval) => {
+      const isActive = currentInterval === interval;
+
+      return (
+        <Button
+          role="option"
+          aria-selected={isActive}
+          key={interval}
+          variant={isActive ? 'primary' : 'secondary'}
+          size="sm"
+          onClick={() => onSelect(interval)}
+        >
+          {interval}
+        </Button>
+      );
+    })}
+  </Stack>
+);
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/FolderAndGroup.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/FolderAndGroup.tsx
index f36ed62992a..e2e59d7c7b7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/FolderAndGroup.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/FolderAndGroup.tsx
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ import { useUnifiedAlertingSelector } from '../../hooks/useUnifiedAlertingSelect
 import { fetchRulerRulesAction } from '../../state/actions';
 import { RuleFormValues } from '../../types/rule-form';
 import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from '../../utils/datasource';
-import { MINUTE } from '../../utils/rule-form';
+import { DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL } from '../../utils/rule-form';
 import { isGrafanaRulerRule } from '../../utils/rules';
 import { ProvisioningBadge } from '../Provisioning';
 import { evaluateEveryValidationOptions } from '../rules/EditRuleGroupModal';
 
+import { EvaluationGroupQuickPick } from './EvaluationGroupQuickPick';
 import { containsSlashes, Folder, RuleFolderPicker } from './RuleFolderPicker';
 import { checkForPathSeparator } from './util';
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ export const useFolderGroupOptions = (folderUid: string, enableProvisionedGroups
       return {
         label: group.name,
         value: group.name,
-        description: group.interval ?? MINUTE,
+        description: group.interval ?? DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL,
         // we include provisioned folders, but disable the option to select them
         isDisabled: !enableProvisionedGroups ? isProvisioned : false,
         isProvisioned: isProvisioned,
@@ -357,12 +358,17 @@ function EvaluationGroupCreationModal({
   };
 
   const formAPI = useForm({
-    defaultValues: { group: '', evaluateEvery: '' },
+    defaultValues: { group: '', evaluateEvery: DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL },
     mode: 'onChange',
     shouldFocusError: true,
   });
 
-  const { register, handleSubmit, formState, getValues } = formAPI;
+  const { register, handleSubmit, formState, setValue, getValues, watch: watchGroupFormValues } = formAPI;
+  const evaluationInterval = watchGroupFormValues('evaluateEvery');
+
+  const setEvaluationInterval = (interval: string) => {
+    setValue('evaluateEvery', interval, { shouldValidate: true });
+  };
 
   return (
     <Modal
@@ -379,7 +385,7 @@ function EvaluationGroupCreationModal({
           <Field
             label={<Label htmlFor={'group'}>Evaluation group name</Label>}
             error={formState.errors.group?.message}
-            invalid={!!formState.errors.group}
+            invalid={Boolean(formState.errors.group)}
           >
             <Input
               className={styles.formInput}
@@ -392,22 +398,24 @@ function EvaluationGroupCreationModal({
 
           <Field
             error={formState.errors.evaluateEvery?.message}
-            invalid={!!formState.errors.evaluateEvery}
+            invalid={Boolean(formState.errors.evaluateEvery) ? true : undefined}
             label={
-              <Label
-                htmlFor={evaluateEveryId}
-                description="How often is the rule evaluated. Applies to every rule within the group."
-              >
+              <Label htmlFor={evaluateEveryId} description="How often all rules in the group are evaluated.">
                 Evaluation interval
               </Label>
             }
           >
-            <Input
-              className={styles.formInput}
-              id={evaluateEveryId}
-              placeholder="e.g. 5m"
-              {...register('evaluateEvery', evaluateEveryValidationOptions(groupRules))}
-            />
+            <Stack direction="column">
+              <Input
+                className={styles.formInput}
+                id={evaluateEveryId}
+                placeholder={DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL}
+                {...register('evaluateEvery', evaluateEveryValidationOptions(groupRules))}
+              />
+              <Stack direction="row" alignItems="flex-end">
+                <EvaluationGroupQuickPick currentInterval={evaluationInterval} onSelect={setEvaluationInterval} />
+              </Stack>
+            </Stack>
           </Field>
           <Modal.ButtonRow>
             <Button variant="secondary" type="button" onClick={onCancel}>
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/GrafanaEvaluationBehavior.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/GrafanaEvaluationBehavior.tsx
index 054bdc8d6a8..2311d815bc3 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/GrafanaEvaluationBehavior.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/GrafanaEvaluationBehavior.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { EditCloudGroupModal } from '../rules/EditRuleGroupModal';
 import { FolderAndGroup, useFolderGroupOptions } from './FolderAndGroup';
 import { GrafanaAlertStatePicker } from './GrafanaAlertStatePicker';
 import { NeedHelpInfo } from './NeedHelpInfo';
+import { PendingPeriodQuickPick } from './PendingPeriodQuickPick';
 import { RuleEditorSection } from './RuleEditorSection';
 
 export const MIN_TIME_RANGE_STEP_S = 10; // 10 seconds
@@ -104,6 +105,11 @@ function FolderGroupAndEvaluationInterval({
     setIsEditingGroup(false);
   };
 
+  // when the group evaluation interval changes, update the pending period to match
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setValue('evaluateFor', evaluateEvery);
+  }, [evaluateEvery, setValue]);
+
   const onOpenEditGroupModal = () => setIsEditingGroup(true);
 
   const editGroupDisabled = groupfoldersForGrafana?.loading || isNewGroup || !folderUid || !groupName;
@@ -163,9 +169,16 @@ function ForInput({ evaluateEvery }: { evaluateEvery: string }) {
   const {
     register,
     formState: { errors },
+    setValue,
+    watch,
   } = useFormContext<RuleFormValues>();
 
   const evaluateForId = 'eval-for-input';
+  const currentPendingPeriod = watch('evaluateFor');
+
+  const setPendingPeriod = (pendingPeriod: string) => {
+    setValue('evaluateFor', pendingPeriod);
+  };
 
   return (
     <Stack direction="row" justify-content="flex-start" align-items="flex-start">
@@ -180,10 +193,17 @@ function ForInput({ evaluateEvery }: { evaluateEvery: string }) {
         }
         className={styles.inlineField}
         error={errors.evaluateFor?.message}
-        invalid={!!errors.evaluateFor?.message}
+        invalid={Boolean(errors.evaluateFor?.message) ? true : undefined}
         validationMessageHorizontalOverflow={true}
       >
-        <Input id={evaluateForId} width={8} {...register('evaluateFor', forValidationOptions(evaluateEvery))} />
+        <Stack direction="row" alignItems="center">
+          <Input id={evaluateForId} width={8} {...register('evaluateFor', forValidationOptions(evaluateEvery))} />
+          <PendingPeriodQuickPick
+            selectedPendingPeriod={currentPendingPeriod}
+            groupEvaluationInterval={evaluateEvery}
+            onSelect={setPendingPeriod}
+          />
+        </Stack>
       </Field>
     </Stack>
   );
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/PendingPeriodQuickPick.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/PendingPeriodQuickPick.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..be299bee8d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/PendingPeriodQuickPick.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { screen } from '@testing-library/dom';
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+import React from 'react';
+
+import { PendingPeriodQuickPick } from './PendingPeriodQuickPick';
+
+describe('PendingPeriodQuickPick', () => {
+  it('should render the correct default preset, set active element and allow selecting other options', async () => {
+    const onSelect = jest.fn();
+    render(<PendingPeriodQuickPick onSelect={onSelect} groupEvaluationInterval={'1m'} selectedPendingPeriod={'2m'} />);
+
+    const shouldHaveButtons = ['None', '1m', '2m', '3m', '4m', '5m'];
+    const shouldNotHaveButtons = ['0s', '10s', '6m'];
+
+    shouldHaveButtons.forEach((name) => {
+      expect(screen.getByRole('option', { name })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    shouldNotHaveButtons.forEach((name) => {
+      expect(screen.queryByRole('option', { name })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('option', { selected: true })).toHaveTextContent('2m');
+
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('option', { name: '3m' }));
+    expect(onSelect).toHaveBeenCalledWith('3m');
+
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('option', { name: 'None' }));
+    expect(onSelect).toHaveBeenCalledWith('0s');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/PendingPeriodQuickPick.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/PendingPeriodQuickPick.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11015a643a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/PendingPeriodQuickPick.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+import { Button, Stack } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+import { formatPrometheusDuration, safeParsePrometheusDuration } from '../../utils/time';
+
+interface Props {
+  selectedPendingPeriod: string;
+  groupEvaluationInterval: string;
+  onSelect: (interval: string) => void;
+}
+
+export function getPendingPeriodQuickOptions(groupEvaluationInterval: string): string[] {
+  const groupEvaluationIntervalMillis = safeParsePrometheusDuration(groupEvaluationInterval);
+
+  // we generate the quick selection based on the group's evaluation interval
+  const options: number[] = [
+    0,
+    groupEvaluationIntervalMillis * 1,
+    groupEvaluationIntervalMillis * 2,
+    groupEvaluationIntervalMillis * 3,
+    groupEvaluationIntervalMillis * 4,
+    groupEvaluationIntervalMillis * 5,
+  ];
+
+  return options.map(formatPrometheusDuration);
+}
+
+export function PendingPeriodQuickPick({ selectedPendingPeriod, groupEvaluationInterval, onSelect }: Props) {
+  const isQuickSelectionActive = (duration: string) => selectedPendingPeriod === duration;
+
+  const options = getPendingPeriodQuickOptions(groupEvaluationInterval);
+
+  return (
+    <Stack direction="row" gap={0.5} role="listbox">
+      {options.map((duration) => (
+        <Button
+          role="option"
+          aria-selected={isQuickSelectionActive(duration)}
+          key={duration}
+          variant={isQuickSelectionActive(duration) ? 'primary' : 'secondary'}
+          size="sm"
+          onClick={() => {
+            onSelect(duration);
+          }}
+        >
+          {duration === '0s' ? 'None' : duration}
+        </Button>
+      ))}
+    </Stack>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/AlertRuleForm.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/AlertRuleForm.tsx
index 1e0bdd3d0aa..6c1a1434f02 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/AlertRuleForm.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/AlertRuleForm.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { RuleFormType, RuleFormValues } from '../../../types/rule-form';
 import { initialAsyncRequestState } from '../../../utils/redux';
 import {
   MANUAL_ROUTING_KEY,
-  MINUTE,
+  DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL,
   formValuesFromExistingRule,
   getDefaultFormValues,
   getDefaultQueries,
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export const AlertRuleForm = ({ existing, prefill }: Props) => {
   const notifyApp = useAppNotification();
   const [queryParams] = useQueryParams();
   const [showEditYaml, setShowEditYaml] = useState(false);
-  const [evaluateEvery, setEvaluateEvery] = useState(existing?.group.interval ?? MINUTE);
+  const [evaluateEvery, setEvaluateEvery] = useState(existing?.group.interval ?? DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL);
 
   const routeParams = useParams<{ type: string; id: string }>();
   const ruleType = translateRouteParamToRuleType(routeParams.type);
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ function formValuesFromQueryParams(ruleDefinition: string, type: RuleFormType):
     annotations: normalizeDefaultAnnotations(ruleFromQueryParams.annotations ?? []),
     queries: ruleFromQueryParams.queries ?? getDefaultQueries(),
     type: type || RuleFormType.grafana,
-    evaluateEvery: MINUTE,
+    evaluateEvery: DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL,
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/ModifyExportRuleForm.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/ModifyExportRuleForm.tsx
index 87f44a6c2b9..e8490cd7e7f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/ModifyExportRuleForm.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/ModifyExportRuleForm.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { fetchRulerRulesGroup } from '../../../api/ruler';
 import { useDataSourceFeatures } from '../../../hooks/useCombinedRule';
 import { RuleFormValues } from '../../../types/rule-form';
 import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from '../../../utils/datasource';
-import { formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO, MINUTE } from '../../../utils/rule-form';
+import { DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL, formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO } from '../../../utils/rule-form';
 import { isGrafanaRulerRule } from '../../../utils/rules';
 import { FileExportPreview } from '../../export/FileExportPreview';
 import { GrafanaExportDrawer } from '../../export/GrafanaExportDrawer';
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export function ModifyExportRuleForm({ ruleForm, alertUid }: ModifyExportRuleFor
   const [exportData, setExportData] = useState<RuleFormValues | undefined>(undefined);
 
   const [conditionErrorMsg, setConditionErrorMsg] = useState('');
-  const [evaluateEvery, setEvaluateEvery] = useState(ruleForm?.evaluateEvery ?? MINUTE);
+  const [evaluateEvery, setEvaluateEvery] = useState(ruleForm?.evaluateEvery ?? DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL);
 
   const onInvalid = (): void => {
     notifyApp.error('There are errors in the form. Please correct them and try again!');
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/getPayloadToExport.test.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/getPayloadToExport.test.ts
index 1dd5e991d94..cedaff19f6d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/getPayloadToExport.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/getPayloadToExport.test.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const expectedModifiedRule2 = (uid: string) => ({
   annotations: {
     summary: 'This grafana rule2 updated',
   },
-  for: '5m',
+  for: '1m',
   grafana_alert: {
     condition: 'A',
     data: [
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/simplifiedRouting/SimplifiedRuleEditor.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/simplifiedRouting/SimplifiedRuleEditor.test.tsx
index fc6db8b26bd..901671761a1 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/simplifiedRouting/SimplifiedRuleEditor.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/simplifiedRouting/SimplifiedRuleEditor.test.tsx
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ describe('Can create a new grafana managed alert unsing simplified routing', ()
             {
               annotations: { description: 'some description', summary: 'some summary' },
               labels: { severity: 'warn', team: 'the a-team' },
-              for: '5m',
+              for: '1m',
               grafana_alert: {
                 uid: '23',
                 namespace_uid: 'abcd',
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ describe('Can create a new grafana managed alert unsing simplified routing', ()
             {
               annotations: { description: 'some description', summary: 'some summary' },
               labels: { severity: 'warn', team: 'the a-team' },
-              for: '5m',
+              for: '1m',
               grafana_alert: {
                 uid: '23',
                 namespace_uid: 'b',
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ describe('Can create a new grafana managed alert unsing simplified routing', ()
             {
               annotations: { description: 'some description', summary: 'some summary' },
               labels: { severity: 'warn', team: 'the a-team' },
-              for: '5m',
+              for: '1m',
               grafana_alert: {
                 uid: '23',
                 namespace_uid: 'abcd',
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ describe('Can create a new grafana managed alert unsing simplified routing', ()
             {
               annotations: { description: 'some description', summary: 'some summary' },
               labels: { severity: 'warn', team: 'the a-team' },
-              for: '5m',
+              for: '1m',
               grafana_alert: {
                 uid: '23',
                 namespace_uid: 'b',
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ describe('Can create a new grafana managed alert unsing simplified routing', ()
           {
             annotations: {},
             labels: {},
-            for: '5m',
+            for: '1m',
             grafana_alert: {
               condition: 'B',
               data: getDefaultQueries(),
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/EditRuleGroupModal.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/EditRuleGroupModal.tsx
index 4864237c17c..2e56dfb04e8 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/EditRuleGroupModal.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/EditRuleGroupModal.tsx
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ import { rulesInSameGroupHaveInvalidFor, updateLotexNamespaceAndGroupAction } fr
 import { checkEvaluationIntervalGlobalLimit } from '../../utils/config';
 import { getRulesSourceName, GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from '../../utils/datasource';
 import { initialAsyncRequestState } from '../../utils/redux';
+import { DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL } from '../../utils/rule-form';
 import { AlertInfo, getAlertInfo, isRecordingRulerRule } from '../../utils/rules';
-import { parsePrometheusDuration, safeParseDurationstr } from '../../utils/time';
+import { formatPrometheusDuration, parsePrometheusDuration, safeParsePrometheusDuration } from '../../utils/time';
 import { DynamicTable, DynamicTableColumnProps, DynamicTableItemProps } from '../DynamicTable';
 import { EvaluationIntervalLimitExceeded } from '../InvalidIntervalWarning';
 import { decodeGrafanaNamespace, encodeGrafanaNamespace } from '../expressions/util';
+import { EvaluationGroupQuickPick } from '../rule-editor/EvaluationGroupQuickPick';
 import { MIN_TIME_RANGE_STEP_S } from '../rule-editor/GrafanaEvaluationBehavior';
 
 const ITEMS_PER_PAGE = 10;
@@ -68,7 +70,8 @@ export const RulesForGroupTable = ({ rulesWithoutRecordingRules }: { rulesWithou
       data: getAlertInfo(rule, currentInterval),
     }))
     .sort(
-      (alert1, alert2) => safeParseDurationstr(alert1.data.forDuration) - safeParseDurationstr(alert2.data.forDuration)
+      (alert1, alert2) =>
+        safeParsePrometheusDuration(alert1.data.forDuration) - safeParsePrometheusDuration(alert2.data.forDuration)
     );
 
   const columns: AlertsWithForTableColumnProps[] = useMemo(() => {
@@ -145,7 +148,12 @@ export const evaluateEveryValidationOptions = (rules: RulerRuleDTO[]): RegisterO
       if (rulesInSameGroupHaveInvalidFor(rules, evaluateEvery).length === 0) {
         return true;
       } else {
-        return `Invalid evaluation interval. Evaluation interval should be smaller or equal to 'For' values for existing rules in this group.`;
+        const rulePendingPeriods = rules.map((rule) => {
+          const { forDuration } = getAlertInfo(rule, evaluateEvery);
+          return safeParsePrometheusDuration(forDuration);
+        });
+        const largestPendingPeriod = Math.min(...rulePendingPeriods);
+        return `Evaluation interval should be smaller or equal to "pending period" values for existing rules in this rule group. Choose a value smaller than or equal to "${formatPrometheusDuration(largestPendingPeriod)}".`;
       }
     } catch (error) {
       return error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Failed to parse duration';
@@ -176,9 +184,9 @@ export function EditCloudGroupModal(props: ModalProps): React.ReactElement {
     (): FormValues => ({
       namespaceName: decodeGrafanaNamespace(namespace).name,
       groupName: group.name,
-      groupInterval: group.interval ?? '',
+      groupInterval: group.interval ?? DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL,
     }),
-    [namespace, group]
+    [namespace, group.name, group.interval]
   );
 
   const rulesSourceName = getRulesSourceName(namespace.rulesSource);
@@ -227,6 +235,8 @@ export function EditCloudGroupModal(props: ModalProps): React.ReactElement {
     register,
     watch,
     formState: { isDirty, errors },
+    setValue,
+    getValues,
   } = formAPI;
 
   const onInvalid = () => {
@@ -260,7 +270,7 @@ export function EditCloudGroupModal(props: ModalProps): React.ReactElement {
                       {nameSpaceLabel}
                     </Label>
                   }
-                  invalid={!!errors.namespaceName}
+                  invalid={Boolean(errors.namespaceName) ? true : undefined}
                   error={errors.namespaceName?.message}
                 >
                   <Input
@@ -305,14 +315,20 @@ export function EditCloudGroupModal(props: ModalProps): React.ReactElement {
                   <Stack gap={0.5}>Evaluation interval</Stack>
                 </Label>
               }
-              invalid={!!errors.groupInterval}
+              invalid={Boolean(errors.groupInterval) ? true : undefined}
               error={errors.groupInterval?.message}
             >
-              <Input
-                id="groupInterval"
-                placeholder="1m"
-                {...register('groupInterval', evaluateEveryValidationOptions(rulesWithoutRecordingRules))}
-              />
+              <Stack direction="column">
+                <Input
+                  id="groupInterval"
+                  placeholder={DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL}
+                  {...register('groupInterval', evaluateEveryValidationOptions(rulesWithoutRecordingRules))}
+                />
+                <EvaluationGroupQuickPick
+                  currentInterval={getValues('groupInterval')}
+                  onSelect={(value) => setValue('groupInterval', value, { shouldValidate: true })}
+                />
+              </Stack>
             </Field>
 
             {checkEvaluationIntervalGlobalLimit(watch('groupInterval')).exceedsLimit && (
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts
index 377877f84a4..caf8d9db0a0 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ import { AsyncRequestMapSlice, withAppEvents, withSerializedError } from '../uti
 import * as ruleId from '../utils/rule-id';
 import { getRulerClient } from '../utils/rulerClient';
 import { getAlertInfo, isGrafanaRulerRule, isRulerNotSupportedResponse } from '../utils/rules';
-import { safeParseDurationstr } from '../utils/time';
+import { safeParsePrometheusDuration } from '../utils/time';
 
 function getDataSourceConfig(getState: () => unknown, rulesSourceName: string) {
   const dataSources = (getState() as StoreState).unifiedAlerting.dataSources;
@@ -782,8 +782,8 @@ interface UpdateNamespaceAndGroupOptions {
 export const rulesInSameGroupHaveInvalidFor = (rules: RulerRuleDTO[], everyDuration: string) => {
   return rules.filter((rule: RulerRuleDTO) => {
     const { forDuration } = getAlertInfo(rule, everyDuration);
-    const forNumber = safeParseDurationstr(forDuration);
-    const everyNumber = safeParseDurationstr(everyDuration);
+    const forNumber = safeParsePrometheusDuration(forDuration);
+    const everyNumber = safeParsePrometheusDuration(everyDuration);
 
     return forNumber !== 0 && forNumber < everyNumber;
   });
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/__snapshots__/rule-form.test.ts.snap b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/__snapshots__/rule-form.test.ts.snap
index feca637e835..972dd0ff608 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/__snapshots__/rule-form.test.ts.snap
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/__snapshots__/rule-form.test.ts.snap
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ exports[`formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO should correctly convert rule form valu
     "runbook_url": "",
     "summary": "",
   },
-  "for": "5m",
+  "for": "1m",
   "grafana_alert": {
     "condition": "A",
     "data": [],
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ exports[`formValuesToRulerGrafanaRuleDTO should not save both instant and range
     "runbook_url": "",
     "summary": "",
   },
-  "for": "5m",
+  "for": "1m",
   "grafana_alert": {
     "condition": "A",
     "data": [
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/amroutes.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/amroutes.ts
index e8f875d14b3..fd59aac2a84 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/amroutes.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/amroutes.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { matcherToMatcherField } from './alertmanager';
 import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from './datasource';
 import { normalizeMatchers, parseMatcherToArray, quoteWithEscape, unquoteWithUnescape } from './matchers';
 import { findExistingRoute } from './routeTree';
-import { isValidPrometheusDuration, safeParseDurationstr } from './time';
+import { isValidPrometheusDuration, safeParsePrometheusDuration } from './time';
 
 const matchersToArrayFieldMatchers = (
   matchers: Record<string, string> | undefined,
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ export const repeatIntervalValidator = (repeatInterval: string, groupInterval =
     return validGroupInterval;
   }
 
-  const repeatDuration = safeParseDurationstr(repeatInterval);
-  const groupDuration = safeParseDurationstr(groupInterval);
+  const repeatDuration = safeParsePrometheusDuration(repeatInterval);
+  const groupDuration = safeParsePrometheusDuration(groupInterval);
 
   const isRepeatLowerThanGroupDuration = groupDuration !== 0 && repeatDuration < groupDuration;
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/config.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/config.ts
index d5f7817561d..2183ebd5ce1 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/config.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { DataSourceInstanceSettings, DataSourceJsonData } from '@grafana/data';
 import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 
-import { isValidPrometheusDuration, parsePrometheusDuration } from './time';
+import { isValidPrometheusDuration, safeParsePrometheusDuration } from './time';
 
 export function getAllDataSources(): Array<DataSourceInstanceSettings<DataSourceJsonData>> {
   return Object.values(config.datasources);
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ export function checkEvaluationIntervalGlobalLimit(alertGroupEvaluateEvery?: str
     return { globalLimit: 0, exceedsLimit: false };
   }
 
-  const evaluateEveryGlobalLimitMs = parsePrometheusDuration(config.unifiedAlerting.minInterval);
+  const evaluateEveryGlobalLimitMs = safeParsePrometheusDuration(config.unifiedAlerting.minInterval);
 
   if (!alertGroupEvaluateEvery || !isValidPrometheusDuration(alertGroupEvaluateEvery)) {
     return { globalLimit: evaluateEveryGlobalLimitMs, exceedsLimit: false };
   }
 
-  const evaluateEveryMs = parsePrometheusDuration(alertGroupEvaluateEvery);
+  const evaluateEveryMs = safeParsePrometheusDuration(alertGroupEvaluateEvery);
 
   const exceedsLimit = evaluateEveryGlobalLimitMs > evaluateEveryMs && evaluateEveryMs > 0;
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/query.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/query.ts
index bde53876d92..950c7340956 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/query.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/query.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { AlertQuery } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
 
 import { isCloudRulesSource } from './datasource';
 import { isGrafanaRulerRule } from './rules';
-import { safeParseDurationstr } from './time';
+import { safeParsePrometheusDuration } from './time';
 
 export function alertRuleToQueries(combinedRule: CombinedRule | undefined | null): AlertQuery[] {
   if (!combinedRule) {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export function alertRuleToQueries(combinedRule: CombinedRule | undefined | null
 export function widenRelativeTimeRanges(queries: AlertQuery[], pendingPeriod: string, groupInterval?: string) {
   // if pending period is zero that means inherit from group interval, if that is empty then assume 1m
   const pendingPeriodDurationMillis =
-    safeParseDurationstr(pendingPeriod) ?? safeParseDurationstr(groupInterval ?? '1m');
+    safeParsePrometheusDuration(pendingPeriod) ?? safeParsePrometheusDuration(groupInterval ?? '1m');
   const pendingPeriodDuration = Math.floor(pendingPeriodDurationMillis / 1000);
 
   return queries.map((query) =>
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.ts
index f7dd7d6c437..1b664dfbfb4 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { omit } from 'lodash';
+import { clamp, omit } from 'lodash';
 
 import {
   DataQuery,
@@ -48,14 +48,21 @@ import { Annotation, defaultAnnotations } from './constants';
 import { getDefaultOrFirstCompatibleDataSource, GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME, isGrafanaRulesSource } from './datasource';
 import { arrayToRecord, recordToArray } from './misc';
 import { isAlertingRulerRule, isGrafanaRulerRule, isRecordingRulerRule } from './rules';
-import { parseInterval } from './time';
+import { formatPrometheusDuration, parseInterval, safeParsePrometheusDuration } from './time';
 
 export type PromOrLokiQuery = PromQuery | LokiQuery;
 
-export const MINUTE = '1m';
-
 export const MANUAL_ROUTING_KEY = 'grafana.alerting.manualRouting';
 
+// even if the min interval is < 1m we should default to 1m, but allow arbitrary values for minInterval > 1m
+const GROUP_EVALUATION_MIN_INTERVAL_MS = safeParsePrometheusDuration(config.unifiedAlerting?.minInterval ?? '10s');
+const GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL_LOWER_BOUND = safeParsePrometheusDuration('1m');
+const GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL_UPPER_BOUND = Infinity;
+
+export const DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL = formatPrometheusDuration(
+  clamp(GROUP_EVALUATION_MIN_INTERVAL_MS, GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL_LOWER_BOUND, GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL_UPPER_BOUND)
+);
+
 export const getDefaultFormValues = (): RuleFormValues => {
   const { canCreateGrafanaRules, canCreateCloudRules } = getRulesAccess();
 
@@ -75,8 +82,8 @@ export const getDefaultFormValues = (): RuleFormValues => {
     condition: '',
     noDataState: GrafanaAlertStateDecision.NoData,
     execErrState: GrafanaAlertStateDecision.Error,
-    evaluateFor: '5m',
-    evaluateEvery: MINUTE,
+    evaluateFor: DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL,
+    evaluateEvery: DEFAULT_GROUP_EVALUATION_INTERVAL,
     manualRouting: getDefautManualRouting(), // we default to true if the feature toggle is enabled and the user hasn't set local storage to false
     contactPoints: {},
     overrideGrouping: false,
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.ts
index ca45ba028d4..49481acb971 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import { RuleHealth } from '../search/rulesSearchParser';
 import { RULER_NOT_SUPPORTED_MSG } from './constants';
 import { getRulesSourceName } from './datasource';
 import { AsyncRequestState } from './redux';
-import { safeParseDurationstr } from './time';
+import { safeParsePrometheusDuration } from './time';
 
 export function isAlertingRule(rule: Rule | undefined): rule is AlertingRule {
   return typeof rule === 'object' && rule.type === PromRuleType.Alerting;
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ export const getAlertInfo = (alert: RulerRuleDTO, currentEvaluation: string): Al
 };
 
 export const getNumberEvaluationsToStartAlerting = (forDuration: string, currentEvaluation: string) => {
-  const evalNumberMs = safeParseDurationstr(currentEvaluation);
-  const forNumber = safeParseDurationstr(forDuration);
+  const evalNumberMs = safeParsePrometheusDuration(currentEvaluation);
+  const forNumber = safeParsePrometheusDuration(forDuration);
   if (forNumber === 0 && evalNumberMs !== 0) {
     return 1;
   }
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/time.test.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/time.test.ts
index 6237b023e6d..2e92645e4ed 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/time.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/time.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { isValidPrometheusDuration } from './time';
+import { formatPrometheusDuration, isValidPrometheusDuration, parsePrometheusDuration } from './time';
 
 describe('isValidPrometheusDuration', () => {
   const validDurations = ['20h30m10s45ms', '1m30s', '20s4h', '90s', '10s', '20h20h', '2d4h20m'];
@@ -13,3 +13,44 @@ describe('isValidPrometheusDuration', () => {
     expect(isValidPrometheusDuration(duration)).toBe(false);
   });
 });
+
+describe('parsePrometheusDuration', () => {
+  const tests: Array<[string, number]> = [
+    ['1ms', 1],
+    ['1s', 1000],
+    ['1m', 1000 * 60],
+    ['1h', 1000 * 60 * 60],
+    ['1d', 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24],
+    ['1w', 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7],
+    ['1y', 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365],
+    ['1d10h17m36s789ms', 123456789],
+    ['1w4d10h20m54s321ms', 987654321],
+    ['1y1w1d1h1m1s1ms', 32230861001],
+  ];
+  test.each(tests)('.parsePrometheusDuration(%s)', (input, expected) => {
+    expect(parsePrometheusDuration(input)).toBe(expected);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('formatPrometheusDuration', () => {
+  it('should return "0s" for 0 milliseconds', () => {
+    const result = formatPrometheusDuration(0);
+    expect(result).toBe('0s');
+  });
+
+  const tests: Array<[number, string]> = [
+    [0, '0s'],
+    [1000, '1s'],
+    [60000, '1m'],
+    [3600000, '1h'],
+    [86400000, '1d'],
+    [604800000, '1w'],
+    [31536000000, '1y'],
+    [123456789, '1d10h17m36s789ms'],
+    [987654321, '1w4d10h20m54s321ms'],
+    [32230861001, '1y1w1d1h1m1s1ms'],
+  ];
+  test.each(tests)('.formatPrometheusDuration(%s)', (input, expected) => {
+    expect(formatPrometheusDuration(input)).toBe(expected);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/time.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/time.ts
index d0bc6840377..9a836c3a21d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/time.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/time.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,46 @@ export function parsePrometheusDuration(duration: string): number {
   return totalDuration;
 }
 
-export const safeParseDurationstr = (duration: string): number => {
+/**
+ * Formats the given duration in milliseconds into a human-readable string representation.
+ *
+ * @param milliseconds - The duration in milliseconds.
+ * @returns The formatted duration string.
+ */
+export function formatPrometheusDuration(milliseconds: number): string {
+  const seconds = Math.floor(milliseconds / 1000);
+  const minutes = Math.floor(seconds / 60);
+  const hours = Math.floor(minutes / 60);
+  const days = Math.floor(hours / 24);
+  const weeks = Math.floor(days / 7);
+  const years = Math.floor(days / 365);
+
+  // we'll make an exception here for 0, 0ms seems a bit weird
+  if (milliseconds === 0) {
+    return '0s';
+  }
+
+  const timeUnits: Array<[number, string]> = [
+    [years, 'y'],
+    [weeks % 52, 'w'],
+    [(days % 365) - 7 * (weeks % 52), 'd'],
+    [hours % 24, 'h'],
+    [minutes % 60, 'm'],
+    [seconds % 60, 's'],
+    [milliseconds % 1000, 'ms'],
+  ];
+
+  return (
+    timeUnits
+      // remove all 0 values
+      .filter(([time]) => time > 0)
+      // join time and unit
+      .map(([time, unit]) => time + unit)
+      .join('')
+  );
+}
+
+export const safeParsePrometheusDuration = (duration: string): number => {
   try {
     return parsePrometheusDuration(duration);
   } catch (e) {