A cloud-based system is design with multi-tenancy controls for conducting analytics performed on objects submitted by a subscriber. This system features an analysis monitoring service and an analysis selection services. The analysis monitoring service, operating as a first cloud service, includes logic that is configured to collect metadata associated with an operating state for each of a plurality of clusters and generate cluster selection information. The analysis selection service, operating as a second cloud service and communicatively coupled to the analysis monitoring service, is configured to select a cluster of the plurality of clusters to analyze the object for malware based, at least in part, on the cluster selection information provided from the analysis monitoring service.