Abstract: Systems and methods for universal auto-scaling are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method may include: (1) monitoring, by an auto-scale computer program executed by a computer processor, a utilization level at each of a plurality of data layers in a data pod, wherein each data layer comprises at least one node; (2) comparing, by the auto-scale computer program, each of the utilization levels to a threshold; (3) identifying, by the auto-scale computer program, that one of the thresholds is met or exceeded; and (4) deploying, by the auto-scale computer program, an additional node to the data layer with the met or exceeded utilization level.