We're excited to announce the release of Smart Scaler 2.16.0, our latest update that is live as of July 24, 2025 is aimed at enhancing predictive scaling capabilities in Kubernetes environments. This version introduces new features and improvements designed to optimize resource utilization, reduce costs, and provide better visibility into your cluster operations. 

What is Smart Scaler? 

Smart Scaler is an enterprise-grade solution designed to address the complexities of Kubernetes scaling and resource management. It provides intelligent autoscaling capabilities that go beyond traditional Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) by considering multiple metrics simultaneously and making scaling decisions based on advanced algorithms. 

Smart Scaler comes with Smart Sizing, which involves adjusting resource requests and limits to ensure your applications have the optimal amount of resources to operate efficiently. This helps prevent overprovisioning, which can unnecessarily increase costs, and underprovisioning, which may lead to performance issues. 

Key Highlights in Smart Scaler 2.16.0 

Azure Active Directory Integration for Single Sign On 

Smart Scaler now supports single sign-on (SSO) login, enabling easier integration with your organization’s Azure Active Directory. This enhances access control and aligns with enterprise-level security practices. 

For more information, see Azure Active Directory Integration for Single Sign-On 

Ask Smart Scaler 

Ask Smart Scaler (Beta) is an interactive feature that allows you to query anything related to Smart Scaling metrics. You can also use it to visualize metrics. 

This feature is currently in beta and may undergo changes based on user feedback. For more information, see Ask Smart Scaler.

The following figure is an example of a query that returns output with a graphical visualization.

Key Highlights in Smart Scaler Agent versions 2.9.29 and later 

HPA Support for Multiple Application Deployments in Event Scaling 

Starting with the Smart Scaler agent version 2.9.29, event scaling no longer requires an individual HPA for each application deployment. This removes the limitation of having to configure a separate HPA for each deployed application. 

Getting Started 

Existing Smart Scaler users can upgrade to version 2.16.0 and agent version 2.9.29 or later through our standard upgrade process. New users can install our Smart Scaler agent using Helm. 

For detailed installation instructions and documentation, visit our Smart Scaler documentation. 

We encourage all users to upgrade to the latest version to take advantage of these new features and improvements.