Running Kubernetes clusters often means balancing two competing priorities: ensuring your workloads have enough resources to perform well, and not overspending on idle infrastructure. Node Pool Autoscaling solves this by automatically adjusting your node pool size based on actual demand. What it solves Autoscaling directly addresses two key challenges—all related to how efficiently you use your infrastructure resources. Without autoscaling, you typically size your node pools for peak demand. This means you pay for resources you do not need most of the time.