# Start stop timer for cloud VM

**URL:** <https://community.cloudbank.org/t/start-stop-timer-for-cloud-vm/190>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 26, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/start-stop-timer-for-cloud-vm/190 "2024-08-26T19:24:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![rob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.cloudbank.org/rob/32/5_2.png) [@rob](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/rob)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/start-stop-timer-for-cloud-vm/190/1 "2024-08-26T19:24:48Z")

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I have a Virtual Machine or VM on the cloud and I pay for this ‘by the hour’. I only use it 8 hours per day; so is there a way to automatically turn it off and on on a fixed schedule to save me money in my cloud operating budget?

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**Author:** ![rob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.cloudbank.org/rob/32/5_2.png) [@rob](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/rob)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/start-stop-timer-for-cloud-vm/190/2 "2024-08-26T19:31:12Z")

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Yes absolutely; and it is a great idea. You can reduce your VM spend from $100 per week (leaving the VM on all the time) down to $24 (for a 40-hour work week). This stretches your cloud dollar by a factor of 4! As of August 2024 we have these reference links for setting up an automatic on/off timer:

- [AWS Instance Scheduler](https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/implementations/instance-scheduler-on-aws/)
- [Azure Start/Stop VMs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/start-stop-vms/overview)
- [Google cloud VM start/stop documentation](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/schedule-instance-start-stop)

Also note that when you create the VM resource: The “wizard” helping you along the way may offer to set up a timer as part of that process.