# KEDA

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/keda/  
**Website:** https://keda.sh/  
**APIs profiled:** 5

KEDA (Kubernetes Event Driven Autoscaling) is a CNCF graduated application autoscaler that drives scaling of any container in Kubernetes based on the number of events needing to be processed. It extends Kubernetes with custom resources for defining scaling behavior and supports over 50 built-in scalers for event sources including Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS SQS, Azure Service Bus, and Prometheus.

## Kin Score — 41.4 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 41.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 75.3 |
| Governance | 11.4 |
| Contract Governance | 11.4 |
| Operational Transparency | 34.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 38.1 |
| Commercial Clarity | 13.2 |
| Access Clarity | 13.2 |

## Agent readiness — 43.4 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | derived |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Free · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (5)

- **KEDA Metrics API** — External metrics API server that exposes event-driven metrics from configured scalers to the Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscaler. It implements the Kubernetes external metrics ...
- **KEDA ScaledObject API** — The ScaledObject custom resource defines the mapping between an event source and a Kubernetes Deployment, StatefulSet, or custom resource that should be scaled based on event me...
- **KEDA ScaledJob API** — The ScaledJob custom resource defines the mapping between an event source and Kubernetes Jobs that should be created in response to events. Unlike ScaledObject, ScaledJob create...
- **KEDA TriggerAuthentication API** — The TriggerAuthentication and ClusterTriggerAuthentication custom resources define authentication parameters for KEDA trigger scalers, allowing credentials to be sourced from Ku...
- **KEDA CloudEventSource API** — The CloudEventSource and ClusterCloudEventSource custom resources define HTTP or Azure Event Grid destinations where KEDA delivers CloudEvents when scaling events occur. Events ...

## Agentic access (1)

- **Keda Agentic Access** — 1 operation

## Security (2)

- **Keda Authentication** — apiKey/http · 3 schemes
- **Keda Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS

## Plans (1)

- **Keda Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Auto-Scaling, CNCF, Event-Driven, Graduated, Kubernetes

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/keda/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.