The invention belongs to the technical field of safe-guard door locks, and particularly relates to an intelligent lock. The intelligent lock comprises a lock rack, wherein a lock tongue and lock heads, which are used for safe guard, are slidingly arranged in the lock rack, a motor used for driving the lock heads to move is arranged on the lock rack, a gear set is arranged between the motor and thelock tongue, the motor drives the gear set to move, and drives the lock tongue to slide relative to the lock rack, and the gear set comprises a gear lock cylinder, a reduction gear set and an intermittent gear set. The intermittent gear set comprises a first gear and a second gear, the first gear and the second gear are connected with the reduction gear set and the gear lock cylinder respectively, a first arc-shaped groove is formed in the first gear, a second bulge is arranged on the second gear, the second bulge is arranged in the first arc-shaped groove in a penetrating mode, when the lockis opened by a user through a mechanical key, the mechanical key controls the gear lock cylinder to rotate, and the lock tongue is controlled by the second gear to shrink towards the interior of thelock rack, so that the second bulge slides in the first arc-shaped groove. The purpose is to provide the intelligent lock which is convenient to use and can be opened manually and effortlessly.