docs/vmalert: mention VM Cloud where it can be helpful to a user (#6888)

### Describe Your Changes

Add mentions of VictoriaMetrics Cloud to the documentation of vmalert
where this info is helpful to a user.

### Checklist

The following checks are **mandatory**:

- [x] My change adheres [VictoriaMetrics contributing
guidelines](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/contributing/).

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Co-authored-by: Roman Khavronenko <roman@victoriametrics.com>
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`vmalert` executes a list of the given [alerting](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/alerting_rules/)
or [recording](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/recording_rules/)
rules against configured `-datasource.url` compatible with Prometheus HTTP API. For sending alerting notifications
vmalert relies on [Alertmanager](https://github.com/prometheus/alertmanager) configured via `-notifier.url` flag.
`vmalert` relies on [Alertmanager](https://github.com/prometheus/alertmanager) configured via `-notifier.url` flag.
Recording rules results are persisted via [remote write](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/storage/#remote-storage-integrations)
protocol and require `-remoteWrite.url` to be configured.
Vmalert is heavily inspired by [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/latest/overview/)
`vmalert` is heavily inspired by [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/latest/overview/)
implementation and aims to be compatible with its syntax.
A [single-node](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#vmalert)
or [cluster version](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/cluster-victoriametrics/#vmalert)
of VictoriaMetrics are capable of proxying requests to vmalert via `-vmalert.proxyURL` command-line flag.
of VictoriaMetrics are capable of proxying requests to `vmalert` via `-vmalert.proxyURL` command-line flag.
Use this feature for the following cases:
* for proxying requests from [Grafana Alerting UI](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/alerting/);
* for accessing vmalerts UI through VictoriaMetrics Web interface.
* for accessing `vmalert`'s UI through VictoriaMetrics Web interface.
[VictoriaMetrics Cloud](https://cloud.victoriametrics.com/signUp?utm_source=website&utm_campaign=docs_vm_vmalert_intro)
provides out-of-the-box alerting functionality based on `vmalert`. This service simplifies the setup
and management of alerting and recording rules as well as the integration with Alertmanager. For more details,
please refer to the [VictoriaMetrics Cloud documentation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics-cloud/alertmanager-setup-for-deployment/).
## Features
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> Explore how to integrate `vmalert` with [VictoriaMetrics Anomaly Detection](/anomaly-detection/) in the following [guide](/anomaly-detection/guides/guide-vmanomaly-vmalert/)
> For users of [VictoriaMetrics Cloud](https://cloud.victoriametrics.com/signUp?utm_source=website&utm_campaign=docs_vm_vmalert_config),
> many of the configuration steps (including highly available setup of `vmalert` for cluster deployments) are handled automatically.
> Please, refer to the [VictoriaMetrics Cloud documentation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics-cloud/alertmanager-setup-for-deployment/) for more details.
### Groups
Each group has the following attributes: